vi CONTENTS 



PART II— THE MANUFACTURE OF CROP PRODUCTS 



CHAPTER VIII 



PAGB 



Preserved Products 157-177 



Canning Industry in California. C. H. Bentley 158 



Home Preserving and Canning. Anna Barrows 161 



The Commercial Canning Industry. Samuel C. Prescott 168 



Home-made Pickles and Ketchup. Anna Barrows 173 



Evaporating as a Home Industry in Eastern United States. G. P. Warren 174 



CHAPTER IX 



Juices and Liquors 177-190 



Grape and Other Fruit Juices. A. M. Loomis 178 



Wine, Cider and Vinegar. Samuel C. Prescott 181 



Industrial Alcohol — Denatured Alcohol. H. W. Wiley 186 



Brewing. Samuel C. Prescott 188 



PART III— NORTH AMERICAN FIELD CROPS 



Alfalfa or Lucern. J. M. Westgate " 19« 



Alfalfa in the Central West. P. D. Coburn 19b 



Alfalfa in the East. P. E. Dawley 197 



Alfilaria. J. J. Thornber 197 



Arrow-root. S. M. Tracy 199 



Banana-Growing in American Tropics. G. N. Collins 199 



Barley. R. A. Moore 202 



Bean, Field. J. L. Stone 206 



Bean, Broad. John Fixter 212 



Beggarweed. H. Harold Hume 214 



Berseem. V. A. Clark 215 



Broom-corn. C. W. Warburton 216 



Buckwheat. J. L. Stone 217 



Cabbage for Stock-Feeding. S. Fraser 221 



Cacao. G. N. Collins 224 



Cacti as Forage 226 



Cassava. S. M. Tracy 227 



Castor-bean. E. Mead Wilcox 229 



Chicory Root. T. Lyttleton Lyon 231 



Clover 232 



Red Clover Seed-Growing. C. B. Smith 235 



Clover : Its Culture and Uses. Joseph E. Wing 237 



Coffee and Coffee-Growing. J. W. Van Leenhoft 239 



Cotton. Herbert J. Webber and E. B. Boykin 247 



Practical Suggestions on Cotton-Growing. W. B. Mercier 257 



Cover-Crops. E. B. Voorhees 258 



Cowpea. J. P. Duggar 260 



Dyes and Dyeing. C. S. Doggett 267 



