CONTENTS. 



PEEFACE to First edition ; to Second ; to Third - - - 4-5 



CHAP. I. INTRODUCTORY : The Land Agricultural Soil ; The Best is 

 the Cheapest ; But what is Eichness of Soil ? Process of Soil Forma- 

 tion ; What Growing Vegetation Tells of the Soil ; The Seasons, 

 Climatic Influences, Rainfall, Semi-Tropical Seasons - - - 9 18 



CHAP. II. SELECTING AND CLASSIFYING LAND : Chemical Contents of 

 Soils ; What Chemistry Tells Us ; Some Representative Australian 

 Soils 18-28 



CHAP. III. CLEARING LAND, FENCING, BUILDING, ETC. : Seasons for 

 Clearing ; Timber and Materials Used 28-41 



CHAP. IV. AGRICULTURAL DRAINING : What It Means ; Distances 

 Apart and Cost of Drains ; Tools and Materials for Draining ; Open 

 Ditches and Covered Drains ; Cropping Healthy and Unhealthy Soil 



41-47 



CHAP. V. MECHANICS OF AGRICULTURE, The Principles brought into 

 Use; Scienc- in the Plough; Hand and Horse Tools for Different Kinds 

 of Work; Good Tools the Cheapest Labor 47-56 



CHAP. VI. CULTIVATION OF CROPS : The Objects in View ; The Means 

 Employed ; Hand Tools ; Hors^ Implements ; Methods of Cultivation ; 

 Surface Stirring ; Subsoil Ploughing ; Harrowing. Rolling ; Commenc- 

 ing with Horse Labor- ------ . 56-70 



CHAP. VII. GRAIN CROPS : Quantities of Seed per Acre ; Maize, 

 Wheat, Barley, Oats, Eye, &c. - 70 83 



CHAP. VIII. EOOT CROPS. Potatoes : To Make Sure of a Crop ; 

 Sweet Potatoes, Yams, Beets, Mangolds, ttc. ... 83-88 



CHAP. IX. SBMI-TROPICAL CROPS: Sugar Cane, Tobacco, Arrowroot, 

 Millet, Sorghum, Planter's Friend, &c. 88-101 



CHAP. X. PRODUCTS WE MIGHT GROW : Silk, Cotton, Tea, Coffee, 

 Ginger, Chicory, Rice, Hops, Cocoa, Chocolate - 101-116 



