4 CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER VI. 



GRASSES AND CLOVER. 



Grass Crop of the Country. Varieties of Grasses. Growing Grass. Hay 

 Making. Shrinkage of Hay in Barn. Millet. Clover. Time to sow Red Clover. 

 Clover for Pasture. Fertilizers for Clover. Growing Clover Seed. Hoven, Clover 

 Bloat, and Slobbers, Pages 118-139 



CHAPTER VII. 



CORN. 



Average yield of Corn. Reports from Corn-growers. Seed Corn. Soil adapted 

 to the Crop. Manures for Corn. Preparing the Soil. Corn-fodder and Fodder- 

 corn. Experimental Corn-plots. Disposing of the Crop. Corn-cribs, . . 140-165 



CHAPTER VIII. 



Its Importance. Soil. Drainage. Preparation of the Seed Bed. Wheat on 

 Corn Lands. Fertilizers. How and when to Sow. Seeding, thick or thin. 

 Depth. Varieties. Harvesting. Cost of Wheat-growing, 166-186 



CHAPTER IX. 



MISCELLANEOUS CROPS. 



Oats. Barley. Rye. Beans. Broom-corn. Harvesting. Making Brooms. 

 Buckwheat Pumpkins. Flax. Cotton. Sorghum. Tobacco, 187-225 



CHAPTER X. 



ROOT CROPS. 



Potatoes. Planting and Tillage. Harvesting, Storing, and Marketing. Imple- 

 ments. Sweet Potatoes. Cultivation. Onions. Turnips. Beets and Mangold- 

 Wurzels. Carrots. Artichokes, 226-252 



CHAPTER XI. 



FRUIT ON THE FARM. 



Selection of Orchard Site. Selection of Trees. Plant young Trees. Selection 

 of Varieties. Planting an Orchard. Cultivation. Apples. Peaches. Pears. 

 Dwarf Pears. Plums. Quinces. Cherries. Grapes. Small Fruits: Strawberries, 

 Raspberries, Blackberries, Currants, Gooseberries. Commercial Fruit-grow- 

 ing, 253-281 



CHAPTER XII. 



GARDENING AND TKUCK FARMING. 



What can "be Grown on an Acre. Selecting and Preparing the Garden Spot. 

 Laying out the Garden. Implements. The Hot-bed. When to Plant. Insects. 

 Rotation and Succession of Crops. Planting. Disposing of Garden Crops. Veg- 

 etables: Asparagus, Beans, Pole Beans, Beets, Cabbage, Carrots, Celery, Sweet 

 Corn, Pop-corn, Cucumbers, Lettuce, Muskmelons, Watermelons, Onions and Po- 

 tatoes, Parsnips, Peas, Peppers, Radishes, Rhubarb, Salsify, Spinach, Squashes, 

 Tomatoes, Turnips, 282-315 



