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1. DEAD AND LIVING MATTER 9 



2. THE SOIL AND SOIL WATER 13 



3. PLANTS AND WATER 17 



4. How PLANTS FEED 20 



5. How PLANTS GROW ......... 25 



6. THE IDEAL SOIL 29 



7. How TO KEEP THE SOIL FERTILE 33 



8. HUMUS IN THE SOIL 38 



9. How LEGUMES HELP THE FARMER . . . .41 



10. THE ROTATION OF CROPS 47 



n. SAVING SOIL MOISTURE . . 52 



12. THE PARASITES OF PLANTS 55 



13. SEEDS CAN NOT GERMINATE WITHOUT AIR . . 60 



14. PACKING THE SOIL ABOUT PLANTED SEEDS . . 63 



15. SEED TESTING 67 



16. How SEEDS "COME UP" 71 



17. IT is WISE TO PLANT THE LARGEST SEEDS . . 75 



18. REARING PLANTS FROM BUDS 78 



19. TRANSPLANTING 84 



20. How TO IMPROVE PLANTS . 88 



21. THE FLOWER AND ITS PARTS 92 



22. IMPERFECT AND PERFECT FLOWERS .... 97 



23. CORN ioi 



24. WHEAT 116 



25. CROPS AND WEEDS 125 



26. MORE ABOUT WEEDS 129 



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