Agriculture for Beginners
by Charles William Burkett
Publisher: Ginn and Company 1914
ISBN/ASIN: B0039IT6LY
Number of pages: 396
Description:
The art of farming is based on the sciences dealing with the growth of plants and animals. This book presents in a simple way these fundamental scientific truths and suggests some practices drawn from them. Hence, even though many teachers may not have plowed or sowed or harvested, such teachers need not be embarrassed in mastering and heartily instructing a class in nature's primary laws.
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