g TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



PART III, FARM BUSINESS AND LIFE 



CHAPTER PAGE 



XIV THE BUSINESS OF FARMING 214 



Notebook Questions 224 



Practical Exercises and Home Projects 224 



XV COUNTRY LIFE ORGANIZATIONS 227 



Notebook Questions 234 



XVI RURAL LIFE PROGRESS 236 



Notebook Questions 240 



PART IV, HORTICULTURE 



XVII FARM FORESTRY 241 



Notebook Questions 253 



Practical Exercises and Home Projects 253 



XVIII FRUIT GROWING ON THE FARM 259 



Notebook Questions 279 



Practical Exercises and Home Projects 279 



XIX THE HOME GARDEN 286 



Notebook Questions 304 



Practical Exercises and Home Projects 305 



XX THE COUNTRY BEAUTIFUL 309 



Notebook Questions 313 



Practical Exercises and Home Projects 314 



PART V, HOME PROJECTS 



1. Poultry Raising... 317 14. Growing Strawberries... 360 



2. Keeping Dairy Cows 320 15. Growing Sweet Peas 363 



3. Pig Raising 323 16. BeautifyingHome 



4. Corn Growing 327 Grounds 365 



5. Some Insect Studies 331 17. Care of Fruit Trees 369 



6. Growing Alfalfa 332 18. Planting a Catalpa Grove 373 



7. Soil Fertility and Alfalfa 334 19. Growing Sudan Grass. . . 375 



8. Vegetable Gardening 341 20. Making a Concrete Walk 376 



9. Tomato Raising 347 21. Making a Farm Gate 378 



10. Potato Raising 350 22. The Young Farmer's 



11. Onion Growing 354 Business Office 379 



12. Cucumber Growing 356 23. Farm, Home and Com- 



13. Sweet Corn Culture 359 munity Survey 382 



APPENDIX 



Constitution and By-La ws of the High-School Agricultural 



and Country Life Club 388 



References 391 



Index . . 392 



