SEVENTH  EDITION 
(THIRTY-NriNTHC  rrHOXISAlSTD) 
OF 
Elements  of  Agriculture 
A ^e:x^-sook; 
PREPARED  UNDER  THE  AUTHORITY  OP  THE 
ROYAL 
AGRICULTURAL  SOCIETY  OF  ENGLAND. 
By  W.  FREAM,  LL.D. 
CONTENTS. 
PART  L— THE  SOIL. 
1. 
Origin  and  Properties  of  Soils. 
2. 
Composition  and  Classification  of  Soils. 
3. 
Sources  of  Loss  and  of  Gain  to  Soils. 
4. 
Moisture  in  Soils. 
5. 
Improvement  of  Soils. 
6. 
Tillage. 
7. 
Implements  for  Working  Soils. 
8. 
Manures  and  Manuring. 
PART  II.— THE  PLANT. 
9. 
Seeds  and  their  Germination. 
10. 
Structure  and  Functions  of  Plants. 
11. 
Cultivated  Plants. 
12. 
Weeds. 
13. 
Selection  of  Seeds. 
14. 
Implements  for  Securing  Crops. 
15. 
Grass  Land  and  its  Management. 
16. 
Farm  Crops. 
17. 
Fungus  Pests. 
18. 
Insect  Pests. 
PART  HI.— THE  ANIMAL. 
19. 
Structure  and  Functions  of  Farm  Animals. 
20. 
Composition  of  the  Animal  Body. 
21. 
Foods  and  Feeding. 
22. 
The  Art  of  Breeding. 
23. 
Horses:  their  Breeds,  Feeding,  and  Management. 
24. 
Cattle;  their  Breeds,  Feeding,  and  Management. 
26. 
Sheep:  their  Breeds,  Feeding,  and  Management. 
26. 
Pigs:  their  Breeds,  Feeding,  and  Management. 
27. 
The  P’attening  of  Cattle,  Sheep,  and  Pigs. 
28. 
Dairying. 
Index  of  Plants. 
General  Index. 
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