CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER. PAGE. 



: I. THE GROWTH OF PLANTS 9 



II. THE PLANT AND THE WATER 18 



III. PLANT FOODS 23 



IV. SOIL 30 



V. THE SOIL AND THE CROP 38 



VI. WEARING OUT THE SOIL 44 



VII. LEGUMES 49 



VIII. TILLING THE SOIL 55 



. IX. DRAINING THE SOIL 63 



X. THE CROP 69 



XI. INSECTS AND DISEASES THAT INJURE THE 



CROPS 76 



XII. THE DESTRUCTION OF WEEDS 86 



XIII. THE STOCK ON THE FARM 90 



XIV. FEEDING THE STOCK 98 



XV. THE THREE C 'S COWS, CORN AND CLOVER. .112 



XVI. THE DAIRY 118 



XVII. POULTRY 129 



XVIII. SPECIAL CROPS 135 



XIX. FARM BUILDINGS 146 



XX. FARM ACCOUNTS 154 



XXL FORESTRY 161 



XXII. HOME AND SCHOOL GROUNDS 168 



XXIII. SCHOOL GARDENING 173 



XXIV. HOME GARDENING 177 



XXV. BARN PLAN AND VENTILATION . 181 



