x . CONTENTS. 



PAGH 



SEEDING AND TRENCHING, ...... 164 



How A GARDEN SHOULD LOOK, . . 167 



THE LESSEE FRUITS, ....... 171 



GRAPES, . . . . - . . . . . 179 



PLUMS, APRICOTS, AND PEACHES, ..... 184 



THE POULTRY, ...... . 188 



Is IT PROFITABLE? .... . 196 



DEBIT AND CREDIT, . .... 199 



MONEY-MAKING FARMERS, . ..... 205 



DOES FARMING PAY? . ...... 213 



IV. HINDRANCES AND HELPS. 



THE ARGUMENT, . . . . . . .221 



AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY, ...... 228 



A GYPSEOUS ILLUSTRATION, ...... 228 



SCIENCE AND PRACTICE, ..... 28-1 



LACK OF PRECISION, ....... 241 



KNOWING TOO MUCH, . , . , . 246 



OPPORTUNITY FOR CULTUBK, ...... 249 



ISOLATION OF FARMERS, . . . . , .254 



DICKERING, ....... . 260 



THE BRIGHT SIDE, . . . . . . , . 26 T 



BUSINESS TACT, . ..... . 2T4 



PLACE FOR SCIENCE, ....... 278 



^ESTHETICS OF THE BUSINESS,. . . . . . 283 



WALKS, 238 



SflRXrUBERY, ........ 292 



EURAL DECORATION, ...,,.. 299 

 FLOWERS, ........ 805 



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