CONTENTS 



CHAPTER 



I. COUNTRY LIFE AND FARMING 



II. THE HISTORY or AGRICULTURE 



III. AIR AND SUNLIGHT ........ 



IV. WATER 



V. THE SOIL 



VI. SOIL INGREDIENTS ........ 



VII. TYPES OF SOIL 



VIII. CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF THE SOIL .... 



IX. SOIL MOISTURE ......... 



X. DRAINAGE AND VENTILATION ...... 



XL TILLAGE 



XII. ORDINARY TOOLS AND IMPLEMENTS FOR SOIL PREPARATION 



XIII. THE PLANT 



XIV. CEREALS OR GRAINS . . . . . 



XV. WHEAT 



XVI. OATS AND OTHER CEREAL CROPS . .... 



XVII. FORAGE CROPS 



XVIII. ROOT CROPS AND THE TURNIP FAMILY .... 



XIX. TUBER CROPS 



XX. FIBER-PRODUCING PLANTS 



XXI. ANIMAL FIBERS 



XXII. ROTATION OF CROPS 



XXIII. FERTILIZERS ......... 



XXIV. ORGANS OF VEGETATION 



XXV. PROPAGATION OF PLANTS ....... 



XXVI. IMPROVEMENT OF PLANTS 



XXVII. FRIENDS AND ENEMIES OF PLANTS 1. PLANT FORMS . 



XXVIII. FRIENDS AND ENEMIES OF PLANTS 2. ANIMAL FORMS 



XXIX. HORTICULTURE 



XXX. SPECIAL HERB AND LEAF CROPS ..... 



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