The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 85
Syllabus of Lectures
Syllabus of Lectures.
The proper aim of the farmer when cultivating the soil—Relation of animals and plants to the soil—Composition of the plant—Sources of the food of plants—Origin, formation, and physical properties of soils—Causes of diversity of soils—Relation of soils to water, heat, &c.—Improvement in the mechanical condition of soils by cultivation, drainage, &c—Construction and use of cultivating implements, harvesting machinery, &c.
page 6William E. Ivey Esq. continued, 22nd March 1886.
The livestock of the farm, breeding management, feeding, &c, of farm horses, cattle, sheep, pigs—Dairy management, the processes of cheese and butter making wool growing, bacon curing—The feeding value of foods.