Agriculture for Beginners

Charles William Burkett (1873 - 1962)

A textbook used by many public schools in the early 20th century. The authors believe that "agriculture is eminently a teachable subject. They see no difference between teaching the child the fundamental principles of farming and teaching the same child the fundamental truths of arithmetic, geography, or grammar. They hold that a youth should be trained for the farm just as carefully as he is trained for any other occupation, and that it is unreasonable to expect him to succeed without training." - Summary by the authors

Genre(s): Nature

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Preface; To the Teacher Sarah Jennings
00:06:07
Play 01 Chapter 1 - The Soil Logan Lorenz
00:37:42
Play 02 Chapter 2 - The Soil and the Plant polyglotreader2
00:25:29
Play 03 Chapter 3, Part 1 - The Plant MaryAnn
00:26:58
Play 04 Chapter 3, Part 2 - The Plant MaryAnn
00:22:06
Play 05 Chapter 4 - How to Raise a Fruit Tree MaryAnn
00:14:48
Play 06 Chapter 5, Part 1 - Horticulture Diana Schmidt
00:32:52
Play 07 Chapter 5, Part 2 - Horticulture BettyB
00:17:53
Play 08 Chapter 6 - The Diseases of Plants Larry Wilson
00:27:22
Play 09 Chapter 7 - Orchard, Garden, and Field Insects Ann Boulais
00:35:27
Play 10 Chapter 8, Part 1 - Farm Crops Sarah Jennings
00:30:39
Play 11 Chapter 8, Part 2 - Farm Crops MaryAnn
00:26:54
Play 12 Chapter 8, Part 3 - Farm Crops MaryAnn
00:13:21
Play 13 Chapter 9 - Feed Stuffs Ann Boulais
00:29:17
Play 14 Chapter 10 - Domestic Animals MaryAnn
00:37:01
Play 15 Chapter 11 - Farm Dairying MaryAnn
00:23:23
Play 16 Chapter 12 - Miscellaneous Sarah Jennings
00:34:14