CONTENTS 9 



CHAPTER XIX. The Restoration of Worn Out Land 158 



CHAPTER XX. How Legumes Help the Farmer 161 



Nitrification in general. Taking free nitrogen from the air through 

 plant growth. Nitrification of organic matter in soils. Conditions 

 essential to the formation of nitrates in the soil. Nitrification and 

 its products. Nitrates are easily drained from the soil. Crops which 

 prevent loss of nitrogen. Nitrogen fixing crops and their place in a 

 rotation. 



CHAPTER XXI. The Best Leguminous Plants 168 



Red clover. The place for clover in a rotation. Crimson clover. 

 Cow peas. Vetches. Burr clover. The soy bean. The velvet bean. 

 The peanut. Varieties of the peanut. Alfalfa. Forage plants not 

 leguminous. Millets. Teosinte. Kaffir corn. 



CHAPTER XXII. Some Minor Crops 185 



Oats. Soiling crops. Crops for hogs to gather. 



CIIAPTKU XXIII. Commercial Fertilizers and the Market Garden. . . . .193 



Complete fertilisers essential to the garden crops. Home mixing 

 essential to the market gardener. 



CHAPTER XXIV. Asparagus 196 



Growing the plants. Preparing for the permanent plantation. 



CHAPTER XXV. Beans in the Market Garden 200 



Lima beans. Forcing snap beans. 



CHAPTER XXVI. Cabbages 203 



Succession, or summer cabbages. Late cabbages. Late cabbages in 

 the South. 



CHAPTER XXVII. Cauliflower 208 



Early cauliflowers in the South. Cauliflower seed and varieties. 



CHAPTER XXVIII. Corn 211 



CHAPTER XXIX. Celery 213 



Methods of culture. Other methods of blanching celery. Fertilizers 

 for the celery crop. Varieties of celery. 



CHAPTER XXX. Cucumbers . .218 



Varieties of cucumbers. Fertilizers for the cucumber crop. Starting 

 cucumbers under glass to advance them. 



CHAPTER XXXI. Egg Plants 221 



Varieties of egg plants. Fertilization. 



