CONTENTS 9 



Chapter Page 



With a Nurse Crop. Inoculation. Treatment of 

 Meadows. Making the Hay. Harvesting. In Rota- 

 tions. Use of Hay. Alfalfa for Pasture, Soiling, Meal. 

 Insects and Rodent Pests. Diseases. Weeds. 



XX Miscellaneous Legumes 367 



Cowpea. Soy Bean. Peanut. Field Pea. Field Bean. 

 Sweet Clover. Bur Clover. Japan Clover. Vetch. 

 Velvet Bean. 



XXI Root Crops 389 



^ Mangel^. Carrots. Turnips and Rutagabas. Cabbage 

 and Kohl-rabi. Rape and Kale. 



PART IV— MISCELLANEOUS CROPS 



XXII Root and Tuber Food Crops 399 



The Potato: History and Classification, Importance, 

 Soils and Fertilizers, Production, Harvesting and Stor- 

 ing, Marketing, Rotation, Diseases and Insects, Improv- 

 ment. The Sweet Potato: Description, Importance, 

 Soils and Fertilizers, Method of Production. 



XXIII Sugar Plants 426 



History and Description. The Sugar Beet: Import- 

 ance, Culture, Production of Seed, Manufacture of 

 Sugar, By-Products. Sugar Cane: Characteristics, 

 Countries Which Produce. Propagation, Soils and 

 Fertilizers. Production, Extracting the Juice, Making 

 the Sugar. 



XXIV Fiber Plants 437 



Cotton: Description and Classification, Importance, 

 Soils and Fertilizers, Growing the Crop, Marketing and 

 Returns, Uses, Diseases and Insects. Flax. Hemp. 

 Other Fiber Plants. 



XXV Tobacco 461 



Origin and History. Botany. Composition. Types. 

 Importance. Soils and Fertilizers. Preparing the §eed 

 Bed. Sowing the Seed. Preparing the Field. Setting 

 the Plants. Cultivation. Topping. Harvesting. Cur- 

 ing. Stripping and Grading. Marketing. Returns. 

 Rotation. Insects and Diseases. Selection of Seed. 



PART V— CONCLUDING CHAPTERS 



XXVI Rotation of Crops 475 



Definition. Origin. How Rotations Help. What a 

 Rotation Should Contain. Suggestive Rotations. 



XXVn Weeds 493 



Definition, Need of the Study. Classes of Weeds. 

 Damage ftom Weeds. Benefits from Weeds. How 

 Weeds Spread. Methods of Eradication. 



