Library of Congress Classification:Class S -- Agriculture

Class S: Agriculture is a classification used by the Library of Congress Classification system. This page outlines the subclasses of Class S.

S - Agriculture (general)

21-400.5....................................Documents and other collections

403............................................Agricultural missions, voyages, etc.

419-482.....................................History

530-559.....................................Agricultural education

539.5-542.3.....................................Research. Experimentation

544-545.53.......................................Agricultural extension work

548-548.6........................................Historic farms

550-559...........................................Exhibitions. Fairs

560-571.5..................................Farm economics. Farm management. Agricultural mathematics. Including production standards, record keeping, farmwork rates, marketing

583-587.73.................................Agricultural chemistry. Agricultural chemicals

588.4-589.6...............................Agricultural physics. Including radioisotopes in agriculture

589.7.........................................Agricultural ecology (General)

589.75-589.76............................Agriculture and the environment

589.8-589.87..............................Plant growing media. Potting soils

590-599.9..................................Soils. Soil science. Including soil surveys, soil chemistry, soil structure, soil-plant relationships

600-600.7..................................Agricultural meteorology. Crops and climate

602.5-604.37..............................Methods and systems of culture. Cropping systems. Including fallowing, rotation of crops, plowing

604.5-604.64..............................Agricultural conservation

604.8-621.5...............................Melioration: Improvement, reclamation, fertilization, irrigation, etc., of lands

605.5...............................................Organic farming. Organiculture

606-621.5........................................Special classes of lands and reclamation methods. Including woodlands, burning of lands, deserts, saline environments, moors

622-627.....................................Soil conservation and protection

631-667.....................................Fertilizers and improvement of the soil

671-760.5..................................Farm machinery and farm engineering

770-790.3..................................Agricultural structures. Farm buildings

900-(972)...................................Conservation of natural resources. Including land conservation

SB - Plant culture

39............................................Horticultural voyages, etc.

71-87.......................................History

107-109...................................Economic botany

109.7-111................................Methods for special areas. Including cold regions, dry farming, tropical agriculture

112..........................................Irrigation farming

113.2-118.46............................Seeds. Seed technology

118.48-118.75..........................Nurseries. Nursery industry

119-124...................................Propagation. Including breeding, selection, grafting, air layering

125..........................................Training and pruning

126..........................................Artificial light gardening

126.5-126.57............................Hydroponics. Soilless agriculture

127..........................................Forcing

128..........................................Growth regulators

129-130...................................Harvesting, curing, storage

169-172.5................................Tree crops

175-177...................................Food crops

183-317...................................Field crops. Including cereals, forage crops, grasses, legumes, root crops, sugar plants, textile plants, alkaloidal plants, medicinal plants

317.5-319.864..........................Horticulture. Horticultural crops

320-353.5................................Vegetables

354-402...................................Fruit and fruit culture

381-386.........................................Berries and small fruits

387-399.........................................Grape culture. Viticulture

401................................................Nuts

403-450.87...............................Flowers and flower culture. Ornamental plants

406.7-406.83..................................Plant propagation

409-413.........................................Culture of individual plants

414................................................Forcing

414.6-417......................................Greenhouses and greenhouse culture

418-418.4......................................Container gardening

419-419.3......................................Indoor gardening and houseplants

419.5.............................................Roof gardening. Balcony gardening

421-439.8......................................Classes of plants. Including annuals, climbers, ferns, lawns, perennials, shrubs

441-441.75.....................................Flower shows. Exhibitions

442.5.............................................Care and preparation of cut flowers and ornamental plants for market

442.8-443.4...................................Marketing. Cut flower industry. Florists

446-446.6......................................Horticultural service industry

447................................................Preservation and reproduction of flowers, fruits, etc.

447.5.............................................Bonkei. Tray landscapes

449-450.87.....................................Flower arrangement and decoration

450.9-467.8.............................Gardens and gardening

469-(476.4)..............................Landscape gardening. Landscape architecture

481-486...................................Parks and public reservations. Including theory, management, history

599-990.5................................Pests and diseases

608................................................Individual or types of plants or trees

610-615.........................................Weeds, parasitic plants, etc.

617-618.........................................Poisonous plants

621-795.........................................Plant pathology

818-945.........................................Economic entomology

950-990.5......................................Pest control and treatment of diseases. Plant protection

950.9-970.4.........................................Pesticides

973-973.5............................................Soil disinfection

974-978...............................................Organic plant protection. Biological control

979.5-985............................................Inspection. Quarantine

992-998...................................Economic zoology applied to crops. Agricultural zoology. Including animals injurious and beneficial to plants

SD - Forestry

11-115.....................................Documents

119..........................................Voyages, etc.

131-247.5................................History of forestry. Forest conditions

250-363.3................................Forestry education

388..........................................Forestry machinery and engineering

388.5.......................................Tools and implements

389..........................................Forest roads

390-390.43...............................Forest soils

390.5-390.7.............................Forest meteorology. Forest microclimatology

391-410.9................................Sylviculture

411-428...................................Conservation and protection. Including forest influences, damage by elements, fires, forest reserves

430-(559).................................Exploitation and utilization. Including timber trees, fuelwood, logging, transportation, valuation

561-669.5................................Administration. Policy

SF - Animal culture

41-55.......................................History

84-84.64..................................Economic zoology

84.82-85.6...............................Rangelands. Range management. Grazing

87............................................Acclimatization

89............................................Transportation

91............................................Housing and environmental control

92............................................Equipment and supplies

94.5-99....................................Feeds and feeding. Animal nutrition

101-103.5.................................Brands and branding, and other means of identifying

105-109....................................Breeding and breeds

111-113....................................Cost, yield, and profit. Accounting

114-121....................................Exhibitions

170-180....................................Working animals

191-275....................................Cattle

221-250..........................................Dairying

250.5-275.......................................Dairy processing. Dairy products

277-360.4.................................Horses

294.2-297.......................................Horse sports. Horse shows

304.5-307.......................................Driving

308.5-310.5....................................Horsemanship. Riding

311-312..........................................Draft horses

315-315.5.......................................Ponies

321-359.7.......................................Racing

360-360.4.......................................Feral horses. Wild horses

361-361.73...............................Donkeys

362..........................................Mules

371-379....................................Sheep. Wool

380-388....................................Goats

391-397.83...............................Swine

402-405....................................Fur-bearing animals

405.5-407.................................Laboratory animals

408-408.6.................................Zoo animals

409..........................................Small animal culture

411-459....................................Pets

421-440.2.......................................Dogs. Dog racing

441-450..........................................Cats

451-455..........................................Rabbits and hares

456-458.83.....................................Fishes. Aquariums

459................................................Other animals

461-473....................................Birds. Cage birds

481-507....................................Poultry. Eggs

508-(510.6)..............................Game birds

511-511.5.................................Ostrich

512-513....................................Ornamental birds

515-515.5.................................Reptiles

518..........................................Insect rearing

521-539.8.................................Bee culture

541-560....................................Sericulture. Silk culture

561..........................................Lac-insects

600-1100..................................Veterinary medicine

756.5-769.5....................................Special preclinical sciences. Including veterinary genetics, ethology, anatomy, physiology, embryology, pathology

780.2-780.7....................................Veterinary microbiology, bacteriology, virology, mycology

780.9.............................................Veterinary epidemiology. Epizootiology

781-809..........................................Communicable diseases of animals (General)

810................................................Veterinary parasitology

810.5-810.7....................................Predatory animals and their control

811-909..........................................Veterinary medicine of special organs, regions, and systems

910................................................Other diseases and conditions

910.5.............................................Veterinary orthopedics

911-914.4.......................................Veterinary surgery

914.3-914.4..........................................Veterinary traumatology. Veterinary emergencies

914.5.............................................Veterinary acupuncture

915-919.5.......................................Veterinary pharmacology

925................................................Veterinary physical medicine

951-997.5.......................................Diseases of special classes of animals

SH - Aquaculture. Fishery. Angling

20.3-191..................................Aquaculture

33-134.6........................................By region or country

138................................................Mariculture

151-179.........................................Fish culture

171-179...............................................Diseases and adverse factors

185-191.........................................Frogs, leeches, etc.

201-399...................................Fisheries

213-216.55....................................By oceans and seas

219-321.........................................By region or country

327.5-327.7...................................Fishery resources. Fishery conservation

328-329.........................................Fishery management. Fishery policy

334................................................Economic aspects. Finance

334.5-334.7...................................Fishery technology

334.9-336.5...................................Fishery processing

337................................................Packing, transportation, and storage

337.5.............................................Fishing port facilities

343.2-343.3...................................Fishery oceanography. Fishery meteorology

343.4.............................................Fishery research vessels

343.5.............................................Exploratory fishing

343.8.............................................Navigation

343.9.............................................Safety measures

344-344.8......................................Methods and gear. Catching of fish

346-351.........................................Fishery for individual species

360-363.........................................Seal fisheries. Fur sealing

364................................................Sea otter

365-380.92....................................Shellfish fisheries. Shellfish culture

381-385.........................................Whaling

387................................................Porpoises. Dolphins

388.7-391.5...................................Algae culture

393................................................Seagrasses

396................................................Sponge fisheries

400-400.8................................Seafood gathering

401-691...................................Angling. Including tackle, casting, methods of angling, angling for special kinds of fish

SK - Hunting sports

37-39.5....................................Shooting

40-268.....................................By country

281-293...................................Special methods and types of hunting. Including bolos, game calling, tracking, trapping, dressing

284-287.........................................Fox hunting

291-292.........................................Coursing

293................................................Ferreting

295-305...................................Big game

311-335...................................Bird hunting. Fowling

336..........................................Varmint hunting (General)

337..........................................Predator hunting

341..........................................Other game

351-579...................................Wildlife management. Game protection. Including annual reports of game commissioners

590-593...................................Wild animal trade

650-664...................................Wildlife-related recreation

Further reading

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