TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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Smyrna Figs 300 



Nuts 301 



Chestnut 301 



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Pecan 309 



Walnut 313 



Part II. 



FORESTRY AND CONSERVATION 



Influence of Forests on Agri- 

 culture 319 



General Principles of Forestry 



for Farmers 328 



How Trees Grow 328 



How to Plant a Forest 344 



How to Treat the Woodlot . 349 

 How to Cultivate the Wood 



Crop 359 



The Farm Woodlot 363 



Forest Tree Planting 369 



Economic Lumbering for the 



Small Landowner 391 



Preservative Treatment of 



Farm Timbers 397 



Farm Forestry in the United 



States and Canada 404 



Commercial Products of the 



Forest 422 



Forestry Organizations 436 



List of Forest Trees, with 



Characteristics 440 



Part IH. 



FLORICULTURE 



Landscape Gardening for the 



Country Home 469 



Planting the Home Grounds 469 

 Ornamental Shrubs, Vines and 



Flowers 473 



Window Gardens 486 



Commercial Flower Farming 490 

 Construction and Manage- 

 ment of Hotbeds 500 



A Country Greenhouse 509 



The Commercial Greenhouse 511 



Greenhouse Soil 510 



Irrigation for the Greenhouse 520 

 Pruning Ornamental Plants. . 523 

 -ySeeds and Seedlings. Cultural 

 I Suggestions 526 



Pan IV. 



SPECIAL FARM CROPS 



Cotton and Cotton Culture . 529 



Flax for Seed and Fiber 567 



The Cultivation of Hemp. ... 575 

 Ramie and Ramie Culture ... 579 

 Other Fiber Plants and Their 



Culture 582 



Tobacco and Tobacco Culture 587 



The Sugar Beet and Its Cul- 

 ture 620 



Sorghum and Sorghum Cul- 

 ture 647 



Broom Corn and Its Culture 651 



Sugar Cane and Its Culture 657 



