Volume VIII By Chapters 



Foreword .................................................. Page 3 



I Corn The King of 

 America's Crops 



Not Only Better Corn, But a fj 



Better Stalk and Why ................................ 



II Getting the Most Out of 

 the Small Grains 



Improvements in Wheat, A f 



Oats, Barley ......................................... *> 



HI Manufacturing Food for 

 the Live StocK 



Some Suggestions on Clover, 

 Timothy and Alfalfa 



IV A Rich Field for Work in 

 the Textile Plants 



Improving the Fibers of Flax, -i /\rr 



Hemp and Cotton .................................... 1U 



V Plants Which Yield Useful 

 Chemical Substances 



Observations on Sugar Cane, 

 Hope and Sugar Beets 



VI Reclaiming the Deserts 

 With Cactus 



The Methods Used to Produce -i fjr\ 



aSpineless Cactus .................................... AU ^ 



VII Rival of Alfalfa 



-The Comi 

 Cactus as Cattle Food 



The Commercial Possibilities of 900 



VIII Many Useful Substances 

 in Cactus 



The Richness of Its Chemical CIA -| 



Content , ^ L 



IX Other Useful Plants Which Will 

 Repay Experiment 



Transformations and Improvements 971 



Waiting to Be Made * A 



List of Direct Color Photograph Prints 305 



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