CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I 



A General View 



Vegetable gardening — Market gardening — Trucking or 

 farm gardening — Vegetable forcing — Home vegetable 

 gardening — Ideals — Profits — The outlook — Capital re- 

 quired — Labor problems. 



CHAPTER II 



Selection of Location 



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Markets — Soil — Climate — Water supply — Contour of 

 land — ^Aspect — Windbreaks — Roads — Shipping facilities — 

 Methods of selling — ^Price of land — ^Labor supply — Manure 

 supply — General remarks. 



CHAPTER III • 



Soils 17 



Classification of soils — Soil type — Soil class — Soil series 

 — Atlantic and gulf coastal plains — Bastrop series — Crock- 

 ett series — ^Laredo series — Lufkin series — Norfolk series — 

 Orangeburg series — Sassafras series — Susquehanna series 

 — ^Webb series — Collington sandy loam — Hempstead loam 

 — Muck and peat — ^Rlver flood plains — Huntingdon series — 

 Wabash series — ^Wheeling series — Muck and peat — Pied- 

 mont plateau — Appalachian mountains and plateau — ^Lime- 

 stone valleys and uplands — Glacial and loessial regions — 

 Marshall series — Miami series — Miscellaneous types — 

 Glacial lake and river terraces — Clyde series — Dunkirk 

 series — Muck and peat — Pacific coast — Soil texture — Ad- 

 vantages of sand — Water content — ^Drainage — Chemical 

 properties — Soil adaptation. 



CHAPTER IV 



Tillage and Tillage Tools 28 



The object of tillage — ^The value of tillage implements 

 — Plowing — Harrowing — Dragging — Soil preparation- 

 Cultivation — Hoeing — ^Weeding — Care of tools and imple- 

 ments. 



