CONTENTS 



I. FARMING 



II. THE FARM 



III. THE FARMER AND THE WEATHER 



IV. THE SOIL 



V. FERTILITY OF THE SOIL ... 



VI. MOISTURE IN THE SOIL . . . 



VII. TILLING THE SOIL 



VIII. THE PLOW AND PLOWING 



IX. THE PLANT AND THE SOIL 



X. THE SEED BED 



XI. SEEDS 



XII. GROWING PLANTS BY CUTTINGS, SCIONS, AND BUDS 



XIII. TRANSPLANTING 



XIV. SUNLIGHT AND PLANT GROWTH .... 

 XV. PLANTS GROWN ON THE FARM .... 



XVI. POWER ON THE FARM 



XVII. HARVESTING CROPS 



XVIII. FORAGE CROPS 



XIX. TIMOTHY AND CLOVER . . 



XX. ALFALFA 



XXI. MILLET, SORGHUM, AND OTHER CROPS 



XXII. WHEAT . 



XXIII. CORN 



XXIV. RICE 



XXV. OATS 



XXVI. BARLEY- 



XXVII. RYE 



XXVIII. COTTON 



XXIX. FLAX, HEMP, AND OTHER FIBER PLANTS . 



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