Excerpt from The Elements of Chemistry: As Applied to Agriculture
The importance of placing before the youth in our schools, as well as in the hands of our farmers at their homes, the means of acquiring a knowledge of the elements of the science and art of agriculture, has long been acknowledged by teachers and others.
Such means have already been available to those who had acquired a limited knowledge of chemistry; but the most valuable works, containing the facts most useful to the practical farmer, have been too voluminous and expensive for his own use and means, or too technical for the use of his sons while in the common schools.
The material which is offered in this treatise, is the result of considerable practical observation, and has been used by the author, in his lectures to classes, during several years of professional labor.
The improvement which was apparent in these classes, has encouraged him to believe that the same materials might be used with advantage and profit by teachers and pupils in public schools, especially in those districts where the people are generally engaged in agricultural pursuits.
The day has gone by when farmers were esteemed the most ignorant among citizens, and it is now held absolutely necessary for success, as well as indispensable to proper social standing, that farmers should be educated thoroughly in their calling.
If the author shall have contributed anything to aid the farmer in his important work, or to furnish for young men who are looking forward to this vocation, the means of more thorough preparation for their honorable and useful calling, his object in giving to the public this unpretending volume will be attained.
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. Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге The Elements of Chemistry (C. B. Chapman)