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Table of Contents 



fields, 203 Harvesting and storing, 205 Insect 

 pests of white potatoes, 205 Diseases of white po- 

 tatoes, 206 Distribution and use of sweet potatoes, 

 207 Soils for sweet potatoes, 208 Fertilizing the 

 land, 208 Cultural methods, 208 Harvesting and 

 storing, 211 Pests of the sweet potato, 213 Ques- 

 tions, 213 Exercises, 214 References, 215. 



CHAPTER XI 



SUGAR-CANE, COTTON, AND TOBACCO .... 



Distribution and characteristics of sugar-cane, 217 - 

 Uses of sugar-cane, 219 Soils and fertilizers, 219 

 Cultural methods for sugar-cane, 220 Harvesting of 

 sugar-cane, 221 Pests of sugar-cane, 222 The cotton 

 plant, 222 Types of cotton, 224 Uses of cotton, 

 225 Soils and fertilizers, 226 Rotations with cot- 

 ton, 227 Cultural methods for cotton, 228 Harvest- 

 ing of cotton, 230 Pests of cotton, 230 Tobacco- 

 growing districts, 233 Classes of tobacco, 233 

 Methods of securing tobacco seedlings, 234 Cultural 

 methods for tobacco, 234 Harvesting and curing of 

 tobacco, 235 Questions, 237 Exercises, 237 Ref- 

 erences, 240. 



216-240 



CHAPTER XII 



FRUIT-GROWING 



Classification of fruits, 242 Soils for fruit, 242 - 

 Air drainage in fruit-culture, 243 Pruning of fruit- 

 trees, 243 Spraying of fruit-trees, 246 Spray 

 schedules, 250 Cultural methods, 255 Harvesting 

 of fruit, 260 Pests of fruit plants, 261 Questions, 

 271 Exercises, 271 References, 275. 



241-276 



CHAPTER XIII 



VEGETABLE-GROWING . . 



Market-gardening and truck-farming, 278 Soils 

 for vegetables, 278 Kinds of vegetable crops, 279 



277-286 



