Contents 



CHAPTER V 



PAGES 



WATER AND WATERING 35-42 



Irrigation, 36 Overhead irrigation, 37 Surface 

 irrigation, 39 Sub-irrigation, 40. 



CHAPTER VI 



SEEDS AND SEED-SOWING 43-51 



How to test a machine, 43 Choosing the varieties, 44 

 Quantity of seed to sow, 44 Table, 45 Seed-sow- 

 ing, 46 How to select plants, 46 Tropical seeds, 60. 



CHAPTER VII 



PLANTING 52-65 



Coldframes, 52 Selection of a location, 52 Con- 

 struction, 52 Hotbeds, 55 Plant-sheds, 67 Seed- 

 beds and plant-beds, 68 Preparation of the land, 59 

 Well-drained land, 60 Clearing the land, 61 Plow- 

 ing, 61 Transplanting, 62 Number of plants to the 

 acre, 65. 



CHAPTER VIH 



PESTS AND DISEASES 66-77 



Poisonous insecticides, 67 Paris green, 67 Arsenate 

 of lead, 67 Zinc arsenite, 68 Contact insecticides, 68 



Kerosene emulsion, 68 Whale-oil soap or fish-oil 

 soap, 69 Soda-sulfur spray, 69 Tobacco-sulfur spray, 

 69 Commercial lime-sulfur solution, self -boiled, 70 



Bean spray, 71 Miscible oils, 71 Poison bait, 72 



Gaseous insecticides, 72 Bisulfide of carbon, 72 

 Formalin, 72 Fungicides, 73 Bordeaux mixture, 73 

 Ammoniacal solution of copper carbonate, 76 Spray- 

 ing machines, 75 Dry materials, 76. 



