Author: William Catton Grasby

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2015-06-15

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 9781330430866

Excerpt from Principles of Australian Agriculture In 1892, the then Minister for Education and Agriculture in South Australia convened a conference of members of Parliament, the editors of the leading papers, agriculturists and educationists, to discuss the best means for promoting agricultural education. The writer was chairman of the committee appointed to draw up a scheme. Among the recommendations adopted by the conference was one affirming the necessity for a text book on Australian agriculture. The duty of preparing such a book was many times urged upon the writer, and he in turn endeavoured to induce others to undertake it; but after nearly twenty years the work remained undone. The author has now attempted to meet the want. The task has proved even greater than was anticipated, for new ground had to be broken with no examples to follow or avoid. In addition, the requirements of at least three classes of readers had to be considered within the limits of one small book. If the writer has not wholly succeeded, his effort may at least stimulate others, and make the way easier for them. 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.