Agronomy: A Course in Practical Gardening for High Schools (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Excerpt from Agronomy: A Course in Practical Gardening for High Schools

This book has been prepared to meet the needs of high schools in cities and towns where agriculture is taught, and in which the problems that confront the teacher are in some respects different from those that come up in rural communities. The environment of the city child makes it undesirable to emphasize in his case the growing of stock, the production and care of milk, the breeding of animals, and the cultivation of field crops. There is, however, much information of a practical nature regarding the cultivation of plants which he finds necessary for the fullest enjoyment of his surroundings. Though not engaged in growing crops for ft livelihood, he is, nevertheless, interested in the cultivation of vegetables and flowers, the making of lawns and their care, the planting of shrubbery, the trimming of trees, and similar matters. In the present volume it has been the aim, therefore, to develop the subject of agriculture from the urban viewpoint, though the matters discussed are fundamental to any system of cultivating plants and are as applicable to rural communities as elsewhere. Furthermore, it is expected that the book will also serve as a practical guide to that part of the general public which, though no longer in school, takes an interest an the cultivation of plants in lawn, garden, and orchard.

Agronomy, as outlined in the following pages, is regarded as a division of agriculture coordinate with animal husbandry.

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