Burkett, Charles William: Agriculture For Beginners, v.1, 25 Dec 2008
This 1914 edition was used as a textbook for teaching agricultural techniques to school students in the U.S. It contains over 300 illustrations. Here is the table of contents:
CHAPTER I - THE SOIL
ORIGIN OF THE SOIL
TILLAGE OF THE SOIL
THE MOISTURE OF THE SOIL
HOW THE WATER RISES IN THE SOIL
DRAINING THE SOIL
IMPROVING THE SOIL
MANURING THE SOIL
CHAPTER II - THE SOIL AND THE PLANT
ROOTS
HOW THE PLANT FEEDS FROM THE SOIL
ROOT-TUBERCLES
THE ROTATION OF CROPS
CHAPTER III - THE PLANT
HOW THE PLANT FEEDS FROM THE AIR
THE SAP CURRENT
THE FLOWER AND THE SEED
POLLINATION
CROSSES, HYBRIDS, AND CROSS-POLLINATION
PROPAGATION BY BUDS
PLANT SEEDING
SELECTING SEED CORN
WEEDS
SEED PURITY AND VITALITY
CHAPTER IV - HOW TO RAISE A FRUIT TREE
GRAFTING
BUDDING
PLANTING AND PRUNING
CHAPTER V - HORTICULTURE
MARKET-GARDENING
FLOWER-GARDENING
CHAPTER VI - THE DISEASES OF PLANTS
THE CAUSE AND NATURE OF PLANT DISEASE
YEAST AND BACTERIA
PREVENTION OF PLANT DISEASE
SOME SPECIAL PLANT DISEASES
CHAPTER VII - ORCHARD, GARDEN, AND FIELD INSECTS
INSECTS IN GENERAL
ORCHARD INSECTS
GARDEN AND FIELD INSECTS
THE COTTON-BOLL WEEVIL
CHAPTER VIII - FARM CROPS
COTTON
TOBACCO
WHEAT
CORN
PEANUTS
SWEET POTATOES
WHITE, OR IRISH, POTATOES
OATS
RYE
BARLEY
SUGAR PLANTS
HEMP AND FLAX
BUCKWHEAT
RICE
THE TIMBER CROP
THE FARM GARDEN
CHAPTER IX - FEED STUFFS
GRASSES
LEGUMES
CHAPTER X - DOMESTIC ANIMALS
HORSES
CATTLE
SHEEP
SWINE
FARM POULTRY
BEE CULTURE
WHY WE FEED ANIMALS
CHAPTER XI - FARM DAIRYING
THE DAIRY COW
MILK, CREAM, CHURNING, AND BUTTER
HOW MILK SOURS
THE BABCOCK MILK-TESTER
CHAPTER XII - MISCELLANEOUS
GROWING FEED STUFFS ON THE FARM
FARM TOOLS AND MACHINES
LIMING THE LAND
BIRDS
FARMING ON DRY LAND
IRRIGATION
LIFE IN THE COUNTRY
APPENDIX
GLOSSARY
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