CONTENTS (CONTINUED) 



CHAPTER PAGE 



XIII GARDEN AND ORCHARD SPRAYS 208 



Indispensable in successful gardening Bordeaux mixture 

 Use Lime-sulphur How made and used Arsenate of 

 lead Mixing and applying Paris green Kerosene emul- 

 sion How made and used Resin-lime mixture. 



XIV HOME CANNING OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES . . . 217 



Value of home canned foods Recipes for home canning 

 Time table for canning Canning outfits. 



PART III. THE SOIL 



XV NATURE OF SOIL 225 



Origin of soil Nature of soil Organic matter Texture 

 and its effects Structure of soils Structure and tilth 

 Erosion Problems and experiments. 



XVI SOIL FERTILITY AND PLANT GROWTH 236 



Plant food and soil fertility Loss of fertility Maintain- 

 ing fertility Barnyard manure as a fertilizer Preventing 

 loss from manure Application to soil Green manuring 

 Commercial fertilizers Use of lime on soils Crop rota- 

 tion and fertility. 



XVII SOIL MOISTURE 251 



Forms of soil water Capacity of soils for capillary 

 water Tillage and soil water Soil drainage Surface and 

 tile drains Soil demonstrations Problems and experiments 

 Soil play contests Club work. 



PART IV. FARM ANIMALS 



XVIII FARM ANIMALS AND AGRICULTURE 265 



Work animals Animals that supply food Other animal 

 products Topics for investigation. 



XIX CATTLE 272 



Dairy cattle Profitable and unprofitable cows The dairy 

 type Selecting dairy cows by milk tests Dairy breeds 

 Feeding for milk production Producing clean milk Beef 

 breeds Judging cattle Tuberculosis in cattle Experi- 

 ments and problems Demonstrations with cattle Play 

 contests Club projects. 



