CONTENTS BY CHAPTERS. 



I. Will Farming Pay ? 13 



II. Good and Bad Husbandry 18 



HI. Where to Farm 23 



IV. Preparing to Farm 29 



V. Buying a Farm 34 



VL Laying off a Farm ; Pasturing 39 



VII. Trees ; Woodlands ; Forests 44 



VIII. Growing Timber ; Tree-Planting 49 



IX. Planting and Growing Trees 56 



X. Draining ; My Own 62 



XI. Draining Generally 69 



XII. Irrigation ; Means and Ends 74 



XIII. Possibilities of Irrigation 79 



XIV. Plowing, Deep or Shallow 85 



XV. Plowing, Good and Bad 91 



XVI. Thorough Tillage 96 



XVIL Commercial Fertilizers Gypsum 1 02 



XVin. Alkalis Salt, Ashes, Lime 107 



XIX. Sdtls and Fertilizers 112 



XX. Bones, Phosphates, Guano .' 118 



XXI. Muck How to Utilize It 124 



XXII. Insects; Birds 129 



XXIII. About Tree-Planting 134 



XXIV. Fruit-Trees The Apple 139 



XXV. More about Apple-Trees 145 



XXVI. Hay and Hay-Making 150 



XXVII. Peaches, Pears, Cherries, Grapes 156 



XXVIII. Grain-GrowingEast and West 162 



XXIX. Esculent Roots Potatoes 170 



XXX. Boots Turnips, Beets, Carrots 178 



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