CONTENTS 



Introduction. — The TEACfflNG of Agriculture 



PART I.— PLANT PRODUCTIOxV 



I. Structure and Physiology of Plants 8 



II. Plant Improvement — Good Seed 22 



III. Propagation of Plants Without Seeds 33 



IV. How Soils are Formed 42 



V. Kinds of Soils — Their Characteristics 50 



VI. Soil Moisture 58 



VII. Land Drainage 65 



VIII. Soil Improvement 69 



IX. Systems of Cropping 86 



X. Farm Crops 95 



XI. Alfalfa 109 



XII. Cotton Production 115 



Xin. Corn 131 



XIV. Small Grains 148 



XV. Potatoes _ 154 



XVI. The Principles of Forestry 160 



XVII. Gardening 173 



XVIII. Fruit Production 188 



XIX. Insects 202 



XX. Diseases of Plants — Spraying 224 



PART II.— ANIMAL PRODUCTION 



XXI. Improvement of Animals 237 



XXIL Horses 240 



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