TABLE OF CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I 



PAGES 



GENERAL VIEW 1-4 



Agriculture fundamental, 1 Agriculture as art, 

 science, and business, 2 Divisions of agriculture, 3 

 Farm possibilities, 4. 



CHAPTER II 



PLANT STUDY . . 5-29 



Elements and compounds, 6 Classes of compounds 

 in plants, 6 Structure and functions of plant parts, 8 

 Propagation by spores, 12 Propagation by seeds, 

 12 Propagation of field, vegetable, and greenhouse 

 crops by division, 15 Propagation of fruit plants by 

 division, 17 Questions, 26 Exercises, 27 Ref- 

 erences, 29. , 



CHAPTER III 



SOILS . 30-54 



Constituents of soil, 31 Formation of soil, 32 

 Classification of soil according to mode of formation, 

 32 Classification of soil according to texture, 34 

 Classification of soil according to rainfall, 36 Heavy 

 and light soils, 36 Structure of soil, 36 Functions 

 of water in soil, 38 Forms of water in soil, 39 Con- 

 trol of soil-water by cropping methods, 41 Irrigation, 

 44 Soil drainage, 46 Air in soil, 48 Bacteria in soil, 

 49 Questions, 51 Exercises, 52 References, 53. 



CHAPTER IV 



SOIL FERTILITY 55-78 



The food elements of plants, 56 Use of green- 

 manure crops, 61 Crops used for green-manure, 62 

 Importance of farm manure, 67 Kinds of farm 



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