TABLE OF CONTENTS 



PART I 

 RURAL LIFE AND ACTIVITIES 



CHAPTER PAOK 



I. The Farmer and Nature 1 



II. The People of the Farm 16 



III. Country Children 31 



IV. The Affairs of the Farm 45 



V. The Business of Farming 61 



VI. Rural Conveniences 77 



PART II 



THE SOIL AND ITS IMPROVEMENT 



VII. The Soil 93 



VIII. Plant Food . . .112 



IX. Fertilizers 123 



X. Soil Management 134 



PART III 



CROPS 



XI. The Nature and Work of Plants 152 



XII. How New Plants are Started 160 



XIII. More about Starting New Plants 171 



XIV. Making Better Plants 190 



XV. Common Diseases of Crops 208 



XVI. The Farm Garden 22 1 



XVII. Keeping the Garden Produce 231 



XVIII. Potatoes 243 



XIX. Corn 251 



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