CONTENTS 



PAGES 



CHAPTER XX. WEEDS 168-171 



Annuals, Biennials, Perennials — Fighting the Weeds — Weeds 

 for Drugs 



CHAPTER XXI. ORCHARDS 172-181 



Convenience to Market — Hill Country for Orchards — Best 

 Slopes — Influence of Water — Soil — Preparation for Plowing 

 — Setting Trees — Tilling the Orchard — Pruning — Spraying — 

 Harvesting 



CHAPTER XXII. THE FARM GARDEN 182-200 



The Boy's Experiment Farm — Garden Tools — Mulching — 

 Hot Beds — Cold Frames-^Transplanting — Peas and Beans — 

 Beets, Turnips, Carrots, Parsnips, Radishes — Chard, Aspara- 

 gus—Sweet Corn — Cabbage, Lettuce — Cucumbers, Melons, 

 Squashes — Onions, Tomatoes, Egg-plant — Grapes — Rasp- 

 berries and Blackberries — Strawberries 



CHAPTER XXIII. COUNTRY ROADS 201-212 



Bearing Upon Farmers' Profits — Good Roads and Schools — 

 Interest of City People — Working Out the Road Tax — Pay- 

 ing Road Taxes in Cash — The Macadam Road— Effect of 

 Surface on Loads — Surfacing Clay and Sandy Roads — Loam 

 Roads— Brick Roads 



CHAPTER XXIV. PRESERVING FOODS 213-215 



Germs Which Help and Hinder — The Yeast Plant — Making 

 Bread — Mold — Canning Fruit — Smoking Meats — Cold Stor- 

 age — Preserving Fruits — Bacteria in Butter and Cider 



CHAPTER XXV. FARM SANITATION , 216-224 



Water Supply — Sewage and Disease — Mosquitos and Malaria 

 —The House Fly and Typhoid— Fighting Flies— Milk a 

 Germ Carrier — Ventilating the Barn — Heating and Ventilat- 

 ing the Home — Fresh Air in the School Room 



CHAPTER XXVI. THE FARMER'S COLLEGE 225-228 



The Department of Agriculture — Helps from Pamphlets — 

 State Experiment Stations — College of Agriculture 



CHAPTER XXVII. BOYS' AND GIRLS' CLUBS 229-238 



Club Movement — Boys' Com Clubs — Father and Son Clubs 

 —Potato ClubPr— Tomato Canning Clubs— The Club and 

 School 



Appendix 



Exercises — Problems — Experiments 241-285 



Index 287-294 



