CONTENTS 



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I THE LURE OF THE LAND 3 



II AGRICULTURE A LEARNED PROFESSION .... 11 



III THE BOOMERS AND THE BOOMEES . . '* ... 18 



IV THE BORN-ON-THE-FARM MYTH . . . . . . . 28 



V THE DAIRY THE HOPE OF THE SMALL FARMER . 35 



VI THE FARMER'S WIFE VERSUS THE DAIRY COW . 41 



VII THE ORCHARD A RECREATION AND SOMETIMES A 



SOURCE OF PROFIT 46 



VIII HEALTH ON THE FARM 53 



IX FARM LABOR V ... 61 



X PROHIBITION FOR THE FARMER . . . . .' . . 69 



XI IS THE SMALL FARMER TO DISAPPEAR? .... 78 



XII THE PLACE OF THE FARMER IN THE SOCIAL 



SCALE . .' .-.-.. . . '. X . . ... . 86 



XIII THE FARMER'S MARKET 92 



XIV THE FARMER AND THE PARCEL POST . . . .100 



XV BUSINESS METHODS IN FARMING 114 



XVI FARM FINANCE ... . . ... ... .119 



XVII "BACK TO THE FARM!" 145 



XVIII POWER ON THE FARM . . . ' . . ... . . .160 



XIX AGRICULTURAL WASTES . . . ...... .167 



XX THE GENESIS OF THE SOIL AND ITS POSSIBIL- 

 ITIES ...... . . 173 



XXI WHAT IS BECOMING OF OUR SOILS? 208 



XXII THE FERTILITY OF THE SOIL 226 



XXIII DRY FARMING 237 



XXIV THE FUNCTION OF WATER IN AGRICULTURE . . 244 



