COXTEXTS. IX 



CHAPTER VII. 



ROOT CROPS. PASH 



The best Farming implies a Culture of "Roots" — Roots for Stock in Winter — Relative value 

 of Roots aud Cora — Where Roots caa be raised to advautage — Soil — Preparation — Ma- 

 nures — Turnips — Ruta Bas,'a^ — Jlangolds — Carrots — General Cultivation — Harvesting; — 

 Storing — Feeding — Careful seleptiou and preparation of Seed — Drilling vs. Sowing — 

 Profits. Potatoes. General use — Preparation of the Soil — Manures and their applica- 

 tion — Planting whole or cut, large or small, in Hills or Row.s — Cultivation — Harvesting 

 — Storing — Varieties — Characteristics of a good Potato — Description of thirteen good 

 varieties — Sweet Potatoes 196-208 



CHAPTER VIII. 



SPECIAL CROPS AND ROTATION OF CROPS. 



CoTTos. Its great importance — Cheap Cotton means Cheap Clothing — Three classes of soils 

 — Cotton State.s — Division of a Cotton Plantation — Plowing — Planting — The Seed — Circle 

 Plowing — Marking off — A cheap Marker — Distance to Plant — Drilling in — Dropping by 

 hand — Rules of Dr. Cloud — Fertilizers — The best and their application — Cultivation — 

 First Plowing — Bringing to a stand — Keeping out the Weeds — Care for the Laborers and 

 Stock — Picking — When to commence — Directions of J. B. Lymau — Ginning, Baling, and 

 Marketing — Suggestions — A common Gin House — Home Manufacture — Diseases — Insects 

 — Certain methods of preventing their ravages — Cotton Seed — Oil Cake. Rice Culture. 

 Tobacco. Does itexliaust the Soil — Faulty methods of Culture — Soil — Preparation — Sub- 

 soiling — Manures the life of the Crop — What Manures — The Seed Bed— How much Seed — 

 Transplanting — Cultivation — Enemies — Suckers — Worms — Toppint, — Indications of Ri- 

 pening — Harvesting — Yrost — Curing — Artificial Curing — Bibb & Co.'s Apparatus — Sweat- 

 ing. Hops. Soil — Underdrainiug — Position — Preparation of the Soil — Fertilizers — Run- 

 ners — Transplanting — Planting out — Sets — Distance — New and improved method of 

 Training — The Hop Lou.se — Prevention — Gathering — Drying — Storing. Hemp. Its Cul- 

 tivation. Fl.AX. Where raised to advaut:;ge — Soil required — Prepaiation must be thor- 

 ough — Manures — Place in a Rotation — Weeding — Mowing vs. Cradling — JRippling — 

 Retting — Pools — Seed — Sorghum — For Sugar — For Syrup only — Is it piofltftble — Cultiva- 

 tion — JIanufaoture. Maple Scoar. Plant Maple Tree.* — Profits large in proportion to 

 the expense — How to Tap Trees — New methods of Boiling the Sap. Beet Roots pok 

 Spoar. Amount of Sugar imported — Economy of raising Beets — Cost of Crop — Amount 

 of Sugttr — Cost of Manufacture — Great Profits to the Producer — Cheap Sugar — Value of 

 the Crop in a Rotation — Improvement of Land and Stock — How to go about it — Combina- 

 tion — Soil and Climate — Manures — Preparation of the Soil — Sowing — Gathering — When 

 to gather — Storing — Pits — Manufiicture of Sugar — Beet Pulp — Seed — How to secure, clean 

 and save the best Seed — Rotation of Crops aud JIanures — The adaptation ol Stock to the 

 Soil and Crops, and General Management of Crops — Theoi-y of Rotation — Agricultural 

 Chemistry — .Analysis of Crops — Of Manures — Necessity of Rotation — Rotation of Manures 

 — Replacing the Constituents removed by the Crops — Adaptation of Manures to the 

 soil — To the Crops — Stock — What Stock to keep — Neat Cattle — Sheep — Pigs — Adaptation 

 of Stock to the Soil aud Crops — '"Keep nothing but the be«t" — Improve what you have 

 — How — Keep all in good condition — One too many — Consume the Crops on the Farm — 

 "Why does Kirmiug Pay no better" — Mixed Husbandry — Rotations again — Systems of 

 Rotation — Phace of Wheat in the Rotation — Corn — Oats — Clover — Other Grains — Grasses 

 —Hoots-— Other Crops — Rotation on Prairie Soils — On Plantations— General Management 

 of Crops — The best Market , 209-36J 



