CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. THE FARMER OF YESTERDAY .... 1 



II. THE LINE OF LEAST RESISTANCE ... 34 



III. THE GLEANERS 68 



IV. THE DRY LANDS AND THE FORESTS . . 98 



V. THE DIVISION OF SOILS AND THE SPECIALI- 

 ZATION OF CROPS 141 



VI. THE BOOKKEEPING THEORY OF SOIL FER- 

 TILITY 173 



VII. THE SOIL AS AN IMMUTABLE ASSET . . 212 



VIII. THE EVIDENCE OF HISTORY AND RESEARCH 243 



IX. SOIL SANITATION 272 



CONCLUSION .... 300 



