TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Page 



Experiments With Manure. 435 

 Commercial Fertilizers.. 439, 455 

 What Farmers Should Know 441 

 Fertilizer Requirements of 



Soils 443 



Commercial Fertilizers, 



Their Effect on Soils 451 



Commercial and Agricultural 



Value of Fertilizers 454 



Fertilizing Materials 457 



Principles of Fertilization.. 460 

 Fertilizers, How to Apply 



Them 462 



Page 

 Fertilizers, What Kinds to 



Use 467 



Fertilizer Results With 



Crops 470 



Fertilizers, Which to Buy... 471 



Fertilizers, Effects of 473 



Home Mixed Fertilizers .... 474 



Special Fertilizing 479 



Inoculation 495, 523 



Green Manure Crops 500 



Liming Soils 507 



Fertilizers, Terms Used With 521 

 Breeding Nitrogen 531 



Part IV. 

 HOME ECONOMICS AND EDUCATION. 



Home Economics 534 



Food and Its Elements 534 



Food as Fuel and Building 



Material 539 



Food as an Energy Supply. 540 



Food and Food Economy... 541 



Nutritive Value of Food. 543, 548 

 Chemical Composition of 



Food 545 



Digestion, Assimilation, Etc. 549 



Economy of Food 557 



Preparation of Food 558 



Vegetables 571 



Cereals 580 



Meals 594 



Canning Vegetables 595 



Canning Fruit 600 



Jelly Making 607 



Coffee Substitutes 614 



Sugar as Food 617 



Nuts 618 



Oils 619 



Food Adulterations 625 



Food Laws 626 



Preservatives 629 



Household Tests 636 



Rational Feeding of Man... 637 



Dietary Standards 638 



Mineral Matter in Diet 642 



Food in American Homes. . . 643 

 Errors in Food Economy .. 648 

 Drugs and Drug Legislation. 649 



Medicated Soft Drinks 651 



Nose and Lung Treatments. 651 



Farm Home, The 654 



Household Decorations 655 



Care of the Home 657 



Disinfection 659 



Economy in the Home 666 



Clothing 669 



Domestic Relations ... . 670 



AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 



Agricultural Societies, The 



First 675 



Agricultural Publications, 



Early 676 



Fairs, The First 671 



Congress, Acts of 678 



Farmers' Institutes 678 



Agricultural Colleges 683 



Experiment Stations 083 



Secondary Education 683 



Normal Schools 689 



Elementary Education 6'JO 



Boys' Corn Clubs 691 



Institutes for Women 692 



University Extension Work . . 693 



Fair Associations 694 



Agricultural Libraries 694 



Government Publications 696 



Short and Special Courses.... 696 



Home Reading Courses 696 



Instruction Trains 697 



Agricultural Education, Prob- 

 lems of . . 697 



