Lewis Dayton Burdick 
Magic and Husbandry, the Folk-Lore of Agriculture 
Rites, Ceremonies, Customs, and Beliefs Connected With Pastoral Life and the Cultivation of the Soil; With Breeding and the Care of Cattle; With Fruit-Growing, Bees, and Fowls

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. IN preparing this volume the writer has endeavored to avoid such a multiplication of references as would be con fusing or burdensome to the reader, and yet at the same time sufficiently to indicate. The sources of information which he has found most helpful, and to give due credit to authors from whose works quotations have been made. He is convinced that more of the customs, beliefs, and ceremonial institutions that to so great an extent make up our social life and civilization are connected with early agriculture than has been generally acknowledged.