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The science of bacteriology, which has been so much " the domain of the student of disease, is now being applied to the elucidation and solution of many of the problems which confront the farmer, gardener, and dairy-man in their daily life. The extensive development of the dairying industry has been greatly assisted by the bacteriologist, and very material advances may be expected in the near future in the application of the science to the study of the soil ...
There has been absence of textbooks of botany suited to the needs of the students of agriculture, those available being works which treat the subject from a purely scientific standpoint and contain a large amount of matter which though important to the botanist is not of much interest or value to the agriculturist. The contents of the book are based upon the author's long years of teaching and lecturing to students, working farmers and gardeners and cover all ...