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AFTHOR OP "diseases OP DOMESTIC AXI]!trAL3," AXD POEMEKLT SDITOR OP 

 THE "AZilERICAN AGRICUETUPJ:ST." 

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ATTTHOR OP " AiIERICA2T CATTLE," EDITOR OP THE ' 

 HERD BOOK," ETC. 



co:n"t:e:n"ts: 



'AMERICAN SHORT-HOB 



IxTBODUCTiON. — Tillage Husbandry 

 — Grazing — Feeding^— Breeding — 

 Planting, etc. 



Chapter I. — Soils — Classification — 

 Description — Management — Pro- 

 perties. 



Chapter II. — Inorganic Manures — 

 Mineral — Stone — Earth. — Plios- 

 phatic. 



Chapter III. — Organic Manures — 

 Their Composition — ..rinimal — s'e- 

 getable. 



Chapter IV. — Irrigation and Drain- 

 ing. 



Chapter V. — Mechanical Divisions 

 of Soils — Spading — Plowing— Im- 

 plements. 



Chapter VI.— The Grasses— Clovers 

 — Meadows — Pastures — Compara- 

 tive A^alues of Grasses — Implements 

 for their Cultivation. 



Chapter VII. — Grain, and its Culti- 

 vation — Varieties — Growth — Har- 

 vesting. 



Chapter VIII. — Leguminous Plants 

 — Tae Pea— Bean — English Field 

 Bean— Tare or Vetch— Cultivation 

 — Harvesting. 



Chapter IS. — Hoots and Esculents — 

 Varieties — Growta — Cultivation — 

 Securing the Crops — Fses — Nutri- 

 tive E;iuivalents ol Different Kinds 

 of Forage. 



Chapter X. — Fruits— Apples— Cider 

 — Vine ga r — ? ears — Quince s— Plum s 

 Pel 2 13 3 — Apricot3 — Xectarines — 

 Smaller Fruits— Planting— Cultiva- 

 tion— Gatherin-— Preserving. 



Chapter XL— Miscellaneous Ohjects 

 of Cultivation, aside from the Or- 

 dinary Farm Crops— Broom-corn— 

 Flax— Cotton— Hemp— Sua-;ir Cane 

 Sor^-hum- :Maple Su2:ar —Tobacco— 

 Indigo — Madder— Wood— Sumach- 

 Teasel — Mustard — Hops — Castor 

 Bean. 



CnAPTi::R Xn. — Aids and Objects of 

 Agriculture — Potation of Crops, 

 and their Effects— Weeds— Hestora- 



tion of Worn-out Soils — Fertilizing 

 Barren Lands— Utility of Birds— 

 Fences — Hedges — Farm Roads — 

 Shade Trees— Wood Lands— Time 

 of Cutting Timber — Tool-^ — Agri- 

 cultural Education of the Farmer. 



CH.VPTER XIII. — Farm Buildings- 

 House — Barn — Sheds — Cisterns — 

 Various other Outbuildings— Steam- 

 ing Apparatus. 



Chapter XiV.— Domestic Animals 

 — ^Br e eding — Ana t o ni y— P e spir a tion 

 — Consumption of Food. 



Chapter XV. — eat or Homed Cattle 

 Dsvons — Hereto rds — Ayreshires — 

 Galloways — Short -horns — Alder- 

 neys or Jerseys — Dutch or Holstein , 

 — ilanagemeiit from Birth to Milk- 

 ing. Labor, or Slaughter. 



Chapter XVI.— The Dairy— ^Milk- 

 Butter — Cheese — Different Kinds- 

 Manner of Working. 



Chapter XVIL — Sheep — Merino— 

 Saxon— South Down — The Long- 

 wooled Breeds — Cotswold— Lincoln 

 — Breeding — Management — Shep- 

 herd Dogs. 



Chapter X^HH. — The Horse— De- 

 ecription of Different Breeds— Their 

 Various Hses — Breeding — Manage- 

 ment. 



Chapter XIX. —The Ass— Mule — 

 Comparative Labor of Working 

 Animals. 



Chapter XX. — Swine — Different 

 Breeds — Bi'eeding — Pearing — Fat- 

 tening — Curing Pork and Hams. 



Chapter XXI. — Poultry — Htns, or 

 Barn-door Fowls — Turkey — Pea- 

 cock — Guinea Hen — Goose — Duck 

 — Honey Bees. 



Chapter XX;IL — Di-eases of Ani- 

 mals — Whi- AurliOrity Shah We 

 Adopt '? — Sheen — Swi'ne — Treat- 

 ment an;l_Ereedingr of Horses. 



Chapier XXIII. — Conclusion — Gerc- 

 ral P 3 -narks — The Farmer Vsho 

 Lives by his Occtipation — The Ama- 

 teur Farmer— Stmdry Useful Tables. 



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