A work whose purpose is to sift the literature in which scientific farming finds expression and to “embody its most important and permanent results.” (N. Y. Times.)
v. 1. Deals with “Farms.” Discusses agricultural regions, their soils, temperature; the selection, laying out and culture of farms; farm machinery irrigation, sanitation, etc.
v. 2. Considers the subject of crops under three divisions: “the first deals with the plant in general, its life processes, its response to such stimuli as artificial light, weak poisons, and electricity, insects and diseases which harm it, plant breeding and introduction, the management of weeds, crop rotation and crop yields. Part second describes the manufacture of various crop products from pickles to denatured alcohol. The third section, which is a general discussion, alphabetically arranged, of American farm crops, fills the main portion of the volume.” (N. Y. Times.)
“A monumental work of interest to a much larger class than farmers only.”
| + | A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 117. My. ’07. (Review of v. 1.) |
“Is indispensable to public and reference libraries, and it should be extensively purchased for circulating and school libraries in the rural districts.”
| + + − | Nation. 85: 380. O. 24, ’07. 1000w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.) | |
| + − | Nature. 76: 315. Ag. 7, ’07. 310w. (Review of v. 1.) |
“A truly magnificent, coherent and exhaustive work.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 12: 307. My. 11, ’07. 460w. (Review of v. 1.) | |
| + + | N. Y. Times. 12: 720. N. 9, ’07. 200w. (Review of v. 2.) |