The Principles of Agriculture: A Text-Book for Schools and Rural Societies (Classic Reprint)

The greatest difficulty in tlie teaching of agriculture is to tell what agriculture is. To the scientist, agriculture has been largely an application of the teachings of agricultural chemistry; to the stockman, it is chiefly the raising of animals; to the horticulturist, it may be fruit-growing, flower-growing, or nursery business; and everyone, since the establishment of the agricultural colleges and experiment stations, is certain that it is a science. The fact is, however, that agriculture is pursued primarily for the gaining of a livelihood, not for the extension of knowledge :it is, therefore, a business, not a science. But at every point, a knowledge of science aids the business. It is on the science side that the experimenter is able to help the farmer. On the business side the farmer must rely upon himself; for the person who is not a good business man cannot be a good farmer, however much he may know of science.
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