A Manual Of Scientific And Practical Agriculture

Author : John Wrightson
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330056165
Total Pages : 662 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (561 download)

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Download or read book Agriculture, Theoretical and Practical written by John Wrightson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-13 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Agriculture, Theoretical and Practical: A Textbook of Mixed Farming for Large and Small Farmers and for Agricultural Students I comply very willingly with the request of Professor Wrightson and Mr. Newsham, that I should write a few lines of introduction to their textbook on Agriculture, Theoretical and Practical. It may be said, and with some force, that there is no lack of manuals and other excellent works on the subject already in existence, but, while it is easy to obtain exhaustive information on some one phase of farming practice, and on the sciences affecting it, there are few, if any, up-to-date textbooks holding precisely the position this book is intended to fill. A technical manual on the theory or practice of agriculture, designed with a definite aim, may fill two very useful and necessary functions; namely, those connected with the instruction of pupils at Agriculture Colleges, Farm Schools, or similar institutions, and those attached to a book of reference which the farmer or small-holder may consult, when, from time to time, he is in need of advice based on practical experience and scientific knowledge. The school purpose and the farm purpose, though allied, are quite distinct, and it is the aim of the authors to provide a book that will serve both. There is another reason for hoping that such a book will find a place both in the classroom, and the houses of small as well as the large farmers. We are just at the beginning of a great movement in agricultural matters. Small-holdings may be expected to increase in number in suitable districts, and Farm Institutes, under the encouragement of the Board of Agriculture and financial support from the Development Fund, will no doubt spread over the country. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.