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