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SECTION XXIV. TOBACCO . . . . . .. . .158 



By Dr. E. H. Jenkins, Director Connecticut Agricultural 

 Experiment Station. 



SECTION XXV (a). ROOT CROPS, MANGELS, IRISH POTATOES, 



SUGAR BEETS, ETC 164 



By J. E. Halligan, Chemist in Charge, Louisiana State Ex- 

 periment Station. 



(ft). SWEET POTATOES, PEANUTS, AND WATER- 

 MELONS 180 



By Prof. S. E. McClendon, Asst. Director Louisiana State 

 Experiment Station. 



SECTION XXVI. FORAGE CROPS 185 



By Prof. C. V. Piper, Bureau -of Plant Industry, U. S. De- 

 partment of Agriculture. 



SECTION XXVII. SOME IMPORTANT FORAGE PLANTS . . . 190 



SECTION XXVIII. WEEDS 197 



By Prof. Lyman Carrier, Department of Agronomy, Virginia 

 Polytechnic Institute. 



CHAPTER V. TREES AND THE GARDEN. 

 SECTION XXIX. THE PLANTING AND CARE OF THE ORCHARD 204 

 By Prof. C. P. Halligan, Department of Horticulture, Michi- 

 gan State Agricultural College. 



SECTION XXX. POMOLOGY . 209 



By Prof. C. P. Halligan, Department of Horticulture, Michi- 

 gan State Agricultural College. 



SECTION XXXI. FORESTRY 219 



By Prof. Lyman Carrier, Department of Agronomy, Virginia 

 Polytechnic Institute. 



SECTION XXXII. THE INJURY OF GAS AND ELECTRICITY TO 



TREES 222 



By Dr. G. E. Stone, Department of Botany, Massachusetts 

 Agricultural College. 



SECTION XXXIII. ORNAMENTAL TREES AND SHRUBS . . 226 



By Prof. Charles A. Keffer, Department of Horticulture and 



Forestry, University of Tennessee. 



