Table of Contents 



manure, 68 Composition and character of farm 

 manure, 69 Methods of handling manure, 74 Meth- 

 ods of applying manure, 77 Questions, 78 Exercises, 

 78 References, 78. 



CHAPTER V 



SOIL FERTILITY (Continued) 



Use and misuse of fertilizers, 80 Nitrogenous 

 fertilizers, 82 Phosphatic fertilizers, 84 Potassic 

 fertilizers, 86 Effects of the different plant-foods on 

 vegetation, 87 Purchasing of fertilizers, 88 Fer- 

 tilizer laws, 88 Fertilizer equivalents, 90 Home- 

 mixed fertilizers, 90 Uses of lime, 93 Forms of 

 lime, 95 Quantity of lime to apply, 96 Questions, 

 97 Exercises, 97 References, 97. 



79-97 



CHAPTER VI 



INDIAN CORN, OR MAIZE 



Corn-producing localities, 99 Types of corn, 100 

 Uses of corn, 103 Selection of variety of corn for 

 planting, 103 Selection and care of seed corn, 104 

 Testing seed corn for germination, 107 Soils and cli- 

 mate for corn, 112 Enriching soils for corn, 112 

 Preparation of land for corn, 112 Planting the seed, 

 113 Cultivating the fields, 116 Harvesting the 

 crop, 117 Pests of corn, 120 Questions, 125 Ex- 

 ercises, 125 References, 129. 



98-129 



CHAPTER VII 



SMALL GRAINS 



Distribution and characteristics of wheat, 132 

 Kinds of wheat, 133 Uses of wheat, 135 Soils for 

 wheat, 135 Seeding of wheat, 136 Harvesting of 

 wheat, 139 Weeds of wheat fields, 142 Insects of 

 wheat fields, 143 Fungous diseases of wheat, 143 

 Distribution, yields, and characteristics of oats, 147 

 Kinds of oats, 148 Uses of oats, 148 Climate and 

 soils for oats, 149 Preparing the ground for oats, 

 149 Planting oat seed, 149 Harvesting of oats, 150 



130-160 



