CONTENTS. 



PASE 



Introduction 5 



How to Use the Manual 15 



The Ideal Farmer 19 



True Basis of Prosperity 24 



Small Farms; Better Farmmg 28 



A Look Into the Future 32 



The Disk Harrow 37 



Plowing 44 



Sub-Surface Packing 58 



Summer Culture of the Soil 75 



Physical Condition of the Soil 91 



Soil Fertility : 99 



Water Holding Capacity of the Soil 107 



Importance of Air in the Soil Ill 



Percqlation, or Getting Water into the Subsoil 117 



Evaporation 123 



Advantages of the Semi-Arid Region 130 



Cultivation of the Soil 137 



Barnyard Manures 148 



Corn Growing 156 



Growing Wheat 175 



Growing Potatoes 197 



Trees on the Farm 204 



Sugar Beet Growing 218 



Alfalfa 226 



Seeking New Arid Plants 232 



Irrigation 235 



Arboriculture 241 



Soil Mulch or Dust Blanket 247 



Getting Most out of the Farm 251 



Practical Results of the Campbell System 255 



Winter Killing of Grain '.' 263 



Stooling of Grain 266 



Quantity of Seed per Acre : 270 



The Inevitable Dry Seasons 273 



Domain of Scientific Soil Culture 276 



Progress in Agricultural Science 279 



Crops, Markets and Prices. .' * 282 



World-Wide fame of this Work 286 



Good Farming and Good Morals 293 



Profit of Scientific Soil Culture 296 



Correspondence and Comment 298 



Tools for the Farm 302 



Some History of the Movement 305 



Correspondence Course in Soil Culture 311 



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