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Chapter One 第一章 An Outline of Agriculture 大纲农业 I. Introduction 介绍 Agriculture, art, science, and industry of managing the growth of plants and animals for human use. In a broad sense agriculture includes cultivation of the soil, growing and harvesting crops, breeding and raising livestock, dairying, and forestry. 农业、艺术、科学和工业的管理植物的生长和动物以供人类使用。在广义上包括土壤的农业种植和收割庄稼,生长、繁殖和提高家畜、乳品、和林业。 Modern agriculture depends heavily on engineering and technology and on the biological and physical sciences. Irrigation, drainage, conservation, and sanitary engineering—each of which is important in successful far