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ELEMENTS OF AGKICLx.x ORE. 
3. Horticulture has for its object the cultivation of 
vegetable gardens, and orchards. It flourishes most in the 
vicinity of cities, as there it not only finds a ready market 
for its products, but an abundant supply of manures. It is 
by means of horticulture that the greatest quantity possi¬ 
ble of products is obtained ; for several crops are usually 
taken from the same ground, in the same year. 
4. Arboriculture treats of the planting, growth, and 
management of trees. It is a branch of agriculture that 
will increase in importance with the decrease, now so 
rapidly going on, in the timber throughout the country. 
5. The cultivation of the grasses, for pasturage and hay, 
is of such well-known importance, that it will be sepa¬ 
rately treated in this work. 
This work is specially devoted to agriculture and rural 
economy. 
6. A knowledge of the principles that it may be neces¬ 
sary to follow in cultivation, is called the theory ; the ap¬ 
plication of these principles to cultivation, is called prac¬ 
tice ; and he who applies them, is called an agriculturist 
or farmer. 
7. In the theory and practice together, consists the art 
of cultivation. To be a good farmer, it is not only neces¬ 
sary to possess a knowledge of the theory, but also to 
know how to put it in practice. 
QUESTIONS. 
1. In what does the art of cultivation consist? 
2. How is it divided ? 
3. What is the principal object of agriculture ? 
4. What is theory ? 
5. What is practice ? 
6. What is a farmer ? 
7. Does it require a knowledge of the practice and theory both, to 
a good farmer ? 
