TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Part I. 

 GRASS AND HAY. 



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Principal Grasses 17 



Timothy 17 



Red Top 31 



Alfalfa 32 



Clover 59 



Soy Bean .' 82 



Velvet Bean 94 



Cowpea 96 



Millets 110 



Grasses in General 116 



Hay Grasses 117 



Pasture Grasses 121 



Lawn Grasses 126 



Wet Land Grasses 127 



Shifting Sand Grasses 129 



Embankment Grasses 130 



Forage and Fodder Plants 132 



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Other Grasses 162 



Hay Making and Market 172 



Timothy 186 



Meadow Fescue 189 



Canada Bluegrass 190 



Millet 190 



Alfalfa 192 



Clover 194 



Cowpea , 200 



Soy Bean 204 



Sorghum 205 



Grasses of Salt Marshes 207 



Tame Hay Areas 208 



Reckoning Value of Hay 211 



Spontaneous Combustion of 



Hay 212 



Authorities on Grass Consulted 215 



Part II. 

 THE VEGETABLE GARDEN. 



Its Importance 217 



Location 218 



Plan and Arrangement 218 



Fertilizers 220 



Preparation of the Soil 222 



Time of Planting 223 



Selection of Seed 223 



Sowing and Planting 224 



Tools 228 



Mulching . 228 



Irrigation ' 233 



Thinning 234 



Transplanting 234 



Setting in the Open Ground.. 235 



Protection of Plants 236 



Harvesting, Packing and Ship- 

 ping 237 



Canning Vegetables on the 



Farm 238 



Storing 242 



-Early Plants in Hotbeds 24^ 



Handling Plants 245 



Frames Used in Truck Grow- 

 ing 246 



Ventilation 248 



Soil and Fertilizers 251 



Watering Crops 251 



Garden Products 



Anise 252 



Artichoke 252 



Asparagus 252 



Beans 257 



Beans, Lima 263 



Beets 264 



Borage 265 



Broccoli 265 



Brussels Sprouts 266 



Cabbage ..., 266 



Calabash 270 



Cantaloupe 271 



Cardoon 272 



Carrot 273 



Cauliflower 273 



Celeriac 276 



Celery 276 



Cetewayo 283 



Chayote 283 



Chervil 283 



Chicory 283 



Chile 284 



Chive 287 



Citron 2S7 



Collards 288 



Corn Salad 288 



