CONTENTS-INDEX 



PAGB 



Surface and sub-soil 32 



TiUage 37-40 



Tilth 36, 37 



Chapter III. — Soil Fektilitt 42-48 



Soil fertility — what it is 42 



Agricultural Department's crop work 46, 48 



Help it offers 48 



Limited crops 46 



Nature and the abandoned farm 42, 43 



Seeds, Bob's solution 43, 45 



Types of soil in the U. S 46 



Whitney's (Prof.) idea 45 



Chapter IV. — Location 49-50 



How to buy, clear, build 49 



Land you can't afford to use 49 



Manure and watering 49, 50 



Market 60 



To find out where and how 49 



Chapter V. — Seeds 51-53 



Houses, good seed 52 



Ideal, the 51 



Planting dates 53 



Seed test 52 



Use only the best 51 



Chapter VI. — Plant Breeding 54-56 



Plant breeding — what it is 54 



Good farmers and breeding 54 



How to improve 54 



Professional breeders 54 



Selection and variations 55 



"Sports" 56 



Chapter VII. — Plant Needs 57-61 



Plant needs — what they are 57 



Foods, three sure 58 



Light, degrees of 57, 58 



Lime values 59 



Medicines 59 



Protectors 60, 61 



Temperature 59 



Under- and over-feeding , 58 



Water, effect of 57 



Chapter VIII. — Crop Rotation 62-65 



Farming a business 62 



Special crops 62 



Value of rotation 63, 64, 65, 81 



