TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Part I. 

 FARM MANAGEMENT. 



Page 



Farming Is a Business 17 



Clearing Logged Off Land 22 



Traction Engine in Agricul- 

 ture, The 25 



Power on the Farm 27 



Farm Equipments 31 



Water on the Farm 35 



Methods of Cultivation 42 



Farm Wastage, Utilizing 49 



Concrete on the Farm 54 



Legal Weights per Bushel 61 



Paint on the Farm, the Use of 61 



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Lawns, How to Beautify the.. 67 



Trees, Shrubs and Vines.... 73 



Keep the Boys on the Farm.. 76 



Meat on the Farm 78 



Wages on the Farm 8ft. 



Cold Storage on Farms 81 



Implements and Machinery... 84 



Farm Buildings 100 



Silos and Their Construction. . 134 



Farm Fences 140 



Roads 149 



Farm Statistics . . 165 



Part II. 

 SPECIAL FARM TOPICS. 



Intensive Farming 184 



Rotation of Crops 201 



Cropping Systems 219 



Top Dressing Grass Land 221 



Dry Farming 222 



Rotations by Periods 238 



Co-operation 246 



Tenant Farming 253 



Drainage 258 



Irrigation 276 



Part III. 

 SOILS AND FERTILIZERS. 



Soils and Their Improvement. 308 



Special Soil Districts 318 



Atlantic and Gulf Coastal 



Plains 318 



River Flood Plains 325 



Piedmont Plateau 327 



Appalachian Mountains and 



Plateau 328 



Limestone Valleys and Up- 

 lands 329 



Glacial and Loessial Regions 330 

 Glacial, Lake and River Ter- 

 races 332 



Residual Soils of Western 



Prairie Regions 334 



Great Western Basin, The . . 334 

 Northwestern Intermountain 



Region 335 



Rocky Mountain Valleys, 



Plateaus and Plains 336 



Arid Southwest, The 337 



Pacific Coast Lands 333 



Alkali Soils 343 



Soils With Changed Names. 345 

 Soil and Plant Nutrition ... 352 



Soil Fertility 354 



Permanency of Soils 359 



Fertility Maintained, How?. 362 

 Organic Matter, Effect of, on 



Soils 364 



Treatment of Muck Soils... 367 

 Marsh Soils, The Needs of .. 369 



Acid Soils 371 



Alkali Soils, Treatment of.. 373 



Soil Notes 374 



Mineral Substances in Soils. 377 

 Plant Food Required by 



Crops 378 



Chemistry and Crop Produc- 

 tion 380 



Fertilization and Fertilizers... 388 

 Great Agricultural Problem, 



The 388 



Farm Manures 405 



