CONTENTS 



Barley. 

 Soil and climatic adaptation — Classes and varieties — Preparation of land and 

 seeding — Harvesting and use — Use of by-products. 



Rye. 



Adaptation and culture — Uses of rye. 



Chapter 6. BUCKWHEAT, RICE, FLAX, EMMER, KAFFIR CORN AND 



SUNFLOWER 82 



Buckwheat. 

 Soil and climatic adaptation — Varieties — Preparation of soil and seeding — 

 Fertilizers and rotations — Harvesting and threshing — Uses of buckwheat. 



Rice. 



Soil and climatic adaptation — Preparation of land and seeding — Flooding or 

 irrigation — Harvesting and threshing — Yields and value. 



Flax. 

 Soil and climatic adaptation — Preparation of land and seeding — Harvesting and 

 threshing — Yield and value of crop — Utilization — Diseases of flax. 



Kaffir Corn. 

 Regions of production — Value and uses — Varieties — Production and harvesting, 



Emmer. 

 Sunflowers. 



Chapter 7. MEADOW AND PASTURE GRASSES 92 



Importance and value of grasses — Regions of production — Principal grasses of 

 North America — Valuable characteristics — Choice of grasses — Seed and seeding 

 — Harvesting. 



Timothy. 

 Soil and ^climatic adaptation — Advantages of timothy — Seed and seeding — 

 Fertilizers and manures — Mixing timothy with other grasses and clovers — 

 Harvesting — Pasturing — Seed production — Composition and feeding value — 

 Improvement of timothy — Marketing the hay. 



Blue Grass. 



Soil and climatic adaptation — Importance of blue grass — Methods of establishing 

 — Pasture and maintenance. 



Redtop. 

 Importance of redtop — Culture — Yields and uses. 



Orchard Grass. 

 Importance — Culture — Yields and uses. 



Brome grass — Tall oat grass — The fescues — Rye grasses — Sudan grass — Bermuda 

 grass — Johnson grass — Para grass — Guinea grass. 



Chapter 8. THE CLOVERS 109 



Characteristics of clovers — Uses of clovers — Inoculation — Composition and feed- 

 ing value — Harvesting methods. 



Red Clover. 



Soil and climatic adaptation — Endurance of red clover — Securing clover seed — 

 Preparation of seed-bed — Time, manner, rate and depth of seeding — Nurse crops 

 for clover — Fertilizers for clover — After treatment of clover — Harvesting of 

 clover — Clover seed production — Red clover troubles. 



Alsike clover — White clover — Ladino clover — Crimson clover — Sweet clover — 

 Lespedeza or Japan clover — Bur clover — Hop clover. 



