Excerpt from Agriculture The object of this volume is to discuss the fundamental principles underlying the practice of agriculture. It is, in the main, an intro duction to crops and cropping, and contains the sort of information that a farmer may be expected to possess who aims at cultivating his fields and manuring his crops intelligently. The special requirements of the readers for whom the series is intended have constantly been borne in mind; and it is hoped that, supplemented by the selection of the works mentioned at the end, the little volume may be useful for those who have to gather their. 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.