Volume VIII— By Chapters 



Foreword Page 3 



I Com— The King of 



America's Crops 



—Not Only Better Com, But ■ n 



Bener Stalk— and Why I 



n Getting the Most Out of 

 the Small Grains 



— Improvementa in Wheat, ^ m 



OaU, Barley 4a 



in Manufacturing Food for 

 the Live Stock 



— Some SuggeBtiona on QoTer, mm 



Timothy and Alialfa , i I 



IV A Rich Field for Work in 

 the Textile Plants 



— Improving the Fibers of Flax, 1 A7 



Hemp and Cotton. , , , , ; , AU I 



V Plants Which Yield Useful 

 Chemical Substances 



— Obiemtiona on Sugar Cane* 1 O o 



Hops and Sugar Beets ±00 



VI Reclaiming the Deserts 

 With Cactus 



■—Hie Methodfl Ueed to Produce ^ /'^ 



a Spineless Cactus J-O" 



Vn Rival of Alfalfa 



— ^Xhe Commercial Poesibilitiea of onn 



Cactus aa Canle Food liW 



VIII Many Useful Substances 

 in Cactus 



^The BichnesB of Its Chemical 0>f 1 



Content ^ Z4x 



IX Other Useful Plants Which Will 

 Repay Experiment 



— Ttaneformations and Improrementa Ci^l 



Wailing to Be Bllade ; Z ( 1 



List of Direct Color Photograph. Prints 305 



