CONTENTS 



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I. PLANT LIFE 1 



II. FLOWERS SEED PRODUCTION 13 



III. PRINCIPLES OF BREEDING 22 



IV. APPLICATION OF PRINCIPLES TO FARM CROPS 34 



V. FARM AND GARDEN SEED 44 



VI. PROPAGATION OF PLANTS BY DIVISION 55 



VII. SOILS AND THEIR USES 69 



VIII. WATER IN SOILS 81 



IX. CONSERVATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF SOILS 94 



X. DRAINAGE AND IRRIGATION 126 



XI. CROP ROTATIONS 137 



XII. FORAGE CROPS GRASSES 149 



XIII. LEGUMINOUS CROPS 165 



XIV. CORN 187 



XV. SMALL GRAINS 205 



XVI. POTATOES 224 



XVII. SUGAR BEETS AND OTHER ROOT CROPS 239 



XVIII. VEGETABLE GARDENING 254 



XIX. THE CULTURE OF VEGETABLES 263 



XX. COTTON GROWING 286 



XXI. MINOR FIBRE CROPS 302 



XXII. SUGAR CANE 314 



XXIII. FRUIT GROWING 320 



XXIV. SMALL FRUITS 337 



XXV. PRODUCTS OF THE FOREST AND WOOD LOT 348 



XXVI. TOBACCO 366 



XXVII. WEEDS 372 



XXVIII. ECONOMIC INSECTS 390 



XXIX. PLANT DISEASES 409 



XXX. METHODS OF CONTROLLING INSECTS AND PLANT DISEASES... 417 



XXXI. THE BUSINESS OF FARMING 434 



XXXII. THE RURAL COMMUNITY. . . 444 



