140488Library of Congress Classification — Class S: Agriculture

CLASS S - AGRICULTURE


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Subclass S Agriculture (General)
Subclass SB Plant culture
Subclass SD Forestry
Subclass SF Animal culture
Subclass SH Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling
Subclass SK Hunting sports

Subclass S

S1-(972) Agriculture (General)
S21-400.5   Documents and other collections
S403 Agricultural missions, voyages, etc.
S419-482 History
S530-559 Agricultural education
S539.5-542.3   Research. Experimentation
S544-545.53 Agricultural extension work
S548-548.6 Historic farms
S550-559 Exhibitions. Fairs
S560-571.5 Farm economics. Farm management. Agricultural mathematics
Including production standards, record keeping, farmwork rates, marketing
S583-587.73 Agricultural chemistry. Agricultural chemicals
S588.4-589.6 Agricultural physics
Including radioisotopes in agriculture
S589.7 Agricultural ecology (General)
S589.75-589.76 Agriculture and the environment
S589.8-589.87 Plant growing media. Potting soils
S590-599.9 Soils. Soil science
Including soil surveys, soil chemistry, soil structure, soil-plant relationships
S600-600.7 Agricultural meteorology. Crops and climate
S602.5-604.37 Methods and systems of culture. Cropping systems
Including fallowing, rotation of crops, plowing
S604.5-604.64 Agricultural conservation
S604.8-621.5 Melioration: Improvement, reclamation, fertilization, irrigation, etc., of lands
S605.5 Organic farming. Organiculture
S606-621.5 Special classes of lands and reclamation methods
Including woodlands, burning of lands, deserts, saline environments, moors
S622-627 Soil conservation and protection
S631-667 Fertilizers and improvement of the soil
S671-760.5 Farm machinery and farm engineering
S770-790.3 Agricultural structures. Farm buildings
S900-(972) Conservation of natural resources
Including land conservation
Subclass SB
SB1-1110 Plant culture
SB39   Horticultural voyages, etc.
SB71-87 History
SB107-109 Economic botany
SB109.7-111 SB112 Methods for special areas
Including cold regions, dry farming, tropical agriculture
SB112 Irrigation farming
SB113.2-118.46 Seeds. Seed technology
SB118.48-118.75 Nurseries. Nursery industry
SB119-124 Propagation
Including breeding, selection, grafting, air layering
SB125 Training and pruning
SB126 Artificial light gardening
SB126.5-126.57 Hydroponics. Soilless agriculture
SB127 Forcing
SB128 Growth regulators
SB129-130 Harvesting, curing, storage
SB169-172.5 Tree crops
SB175-177 Food crops
SB183-317 Field crops
Including cereals, forage crops, grasses, legumes, root crops, sugar plants, textile plants, alkaloidal plants, medicinal plants
SB317.5-319.864 Horticulture. Horticultural crops
SB320-353.5 Vegetables
SB354-402 Fruit and fruit culture
SB381-386   Berries and small fruits
SB387-399 Grape culture. Viticulture
SB401 Nuts
SB403-450.87 Flowers and flower culture. Ornamental plants
SB406.7-406.83 Plant propagation
SB409-413 Culture of individual plants
SB414 Forcing
SB414.6-417 Greenhouses and greenhouse culture
SB418-418.4 Container gardening
SB419-419.3 Indoor gardening and houseplants
SB419.5 Roof gardening. Balcony gardening
SB421-439.8 Classes of plants
Including annuals, climbers, ferns, lawns, perennials, shrubs
SB441-441.75 Flower shows. Exhibitions
SB442.5 Care and preparation of cut flowers and ornamental plants for market
SB442.8-443.4 Marketing. Cut flower industry. Florists
SB446-446.6 Horticultural service industry
SB447 Preservation and reproduction of flowers, fruits, etc.
SB447.5 Bonkei. Tray landscapes
SB449-450.87 Flower arrangement and decoration
SB450.9-467.8 Gardens and gardening
SB469-(476.4)   Landscape gardening. Landscape architecture
SB481-486 Parks and public reservations
Including theory, management, history
SB599-990.5 Pests and diseases
SB608   Individual or types of plants or trees
SB610-615 Weeds, parasitic plants, etc.
SB617-618 Poisonous plants
SB621-795 Plant pathology
SB818-945 Economic entomology
SB950-990.5 Pest control and treatment of diseases. Plant protection
SB950.9-970.4   Pesticides
SB973-973.5 Soil disinfection
SB974-978 Organic plant protection. Biological control
SB979.5-985 Inspection. Quarantine
SB992-998 Economic zoology applied to crops. Agricultural zoology
Including animals injurious and beneficial to plants
Subclass SD
SD1-669.5 Forestry
SD11-115 Documents
SD119 Voyages, etc.
SD131-247.5 History of forestry. Forest conditions
SD250-363.3 Forestry education
SD388 Forestry machinery and engineering
SD388.5 Tools and implements
SD389 Forest roads
SD390-390.43 Forest soils
SD390.5-390.7 Forest meteorology. Forest microclimatology
SD391-410.9 Sylviculture
SD411-428 Conservation and protection
Including forest influences, damage by elements, fires, forest reserves
SD430-(559) Exploitation and utilization
Including timber trees, fuelwood, logging, transportation, valuation
SD561-669.5 Administration. Policy
Subclass SF
SF1-1100 Animal culture
SF41-55   History
SF84-84.64 Economic zoology
SF84.82-85.6 Rangelands. Range management. Grazing
SF87 Acclimatization
SF89 Transportation
SF91 Housing and environmental control
SF92 Equipment and supplies
SF94.5-99 Feeds and feeding. Animal nutrition
SF101-103.5 Brands and branding, and other means of identifying
SF105-109 Breeding and breeds
SF111-113 Cost, yield, and profit. Accounting
SF114-121 Exhibitions
SF170-180 Working animals
SF191-275 Cattle
SF221-250   Dairying
SF250.5-275 Dairy processing. Dairy products
SF277-360.4 Horses
SF294.2-297 Horse sports. Horse shows
SF304.5-307 Driving
SF308.5-310.5 Horsemanship. Riding
SF311-312 Draft horses
SF315-315.5 Ponies
SF321-359.7 Racing
SF360-360.4 Feral horses. Wild horses
SF361-361.73 Donkeys
SF362 Mules
SF371-379 Sheep. Wool
SF380-388 Goats
SF391-397.83 Swine
SF402-405 Fur-bearing animals
SF405.5-407 Laboratory animals
SF408-408.6 Zoo animals
SF409 Small animal culture
SF411-459 Pets
SF421-440.2 Dogs. Dog racing
SF441-450 Cats
SF451-455 Rabbits and hares
SF456-458.83 Fishes. Aquariums
SF459 Other animals
SF461-473 Birds. Cage birds
SF481-507 Poultry. Eggs
SF508-(510.6) Game birds
SF511-511.5 Ostrich
SF512-513 Ornamental birds
SF515-515.5 Reptiles
SF518 Insect rearing
SF521-539.8 Bee culture
SF541-560 Sericulture. Silk culture
SF561   Lac-insects
SF600-1100 Veterinary medicine
SF756.5-769.5   Special preclinical sciences
Including veterinary genetics, ethology, anatomy, physiology, embryology, pathology
SF780.2-780.7 Veterinary microbiology, bacteriology, virology, mycology
SF780.9 Veterinary epidemiology. Epizootiology
SF781-809 Communicable diseases of animals (General)
SF810 Veterinary parasitology
SF810.5-810.7 Predatory animals and their control
SF811-909 Veterinary medicine of special organs, regions, and systems
SF910 Other diseases and conditions
SF910.5 Veterinary orthopedics
SF911-914.4 Veterinary surgery
SF914.3-914.4   Veterinary traumatology. Veterinary emergencies
SF914.5 Veterinary acupuncture
SF915-919.5 Veterinary pharmacology
SF925 Veterinary physical medicine
SF951-997.5 Diseases of special classes of animals
Subclass SH
SH1-691 Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling
SH20.3-191   Aquaculture
SH33-134.6   By region or country
SH138 Mariculture
SH151-179 Fish culture
SH171-179   Diseases and adverse factors
SH185-191 Frogs, leeches, etc.
SH201-399 Fisheries
SH213-216.55 By oceans and seas
SH219-321 By region or country
SH327.5-327.7 Fishery resources. Fishery conservation
SH328-329 Fishery management. Fishery policy
SH334 Economic aspects. Finance
SH334.5-334.7 Fishery technology
SH334.9-336.5 Fishery processing
SH337 Packing, transportation, and storage
SH337.5 Fishing port facilities
SH343.2-343.3 Fishery oceanography. Fishery meteorology
SH343.4 Fishery research vessels
SH343.5 Exploratory fishing
SH343.8 Navigation
SH343.9 Safety measures
SH344-344.8 Methods and gear. Catching of fish
SH346-351 Fishery for individual species
SH360-363 Seal fisheries. Fur sealing
SH364 Sea otter
SH365-380.92 Shellfish fisheries. Shellfish culture
SH381-385 Whaling
SH387 Porpoises. Dolphins
SH388.7-391.5 Algae culture
SH393 Seagrasses
SH396 Sponge fisheries
SH400-400.8 Seafood gathering
SH401-691 Angling
Including tackle, casting, methods of angling, angling for special kinds of fish
Subclass SK
SK1-664 Hunting sports
SK37-39.5   Shooting
SK40-268 By country
SK281-293 Special methods and types of hunting
Including bolos, game calling, tracking, trapping, dressing
SK284-287   Fox hunting
SK291-292 Coursing
SK293 Ferreting
SK295-305 Big game
SK311-335 Bird hunting. Fowling
SK336 Varmint hunting (General)
SK337 Predator hunting
SK341 Other game
SK351-579 Wildlife management. Game protection
Including annual reports of game commissioners
SK590-593 Wild animal trade
SK650-664 Wildlife-related recreation