Agriculture in schools

In the 45 lessons contained in this book, students learned about agriculture and its different facets. The book covered tasks, equipment and even spirituality. See below for the content of each chapter, which concluded with mathematical exercises and questions whose answers students had to have at their fingertips. The book concluded with a glossary.

1. Soil and soil amendments
2. Fertilizer and manure
3. Farm work
4. Various crops
5. Animals
6. Farmers’ enemies and beneficial organisms
7. Horticulture and arboriculture
8. Agricultural economics

The Frères de l’Instruction chrétienne dominated the school book printing market, especially between 1837 and 1945. They published 280 different titles on a variety of subjects, including religion, philosophy, singing, English, mathematics, geography, French, chemistry, physics and, of course, agriculture.