viii CONTENTS 



North American Field Crops, continued page 



Oats. A. L. Stone 485 



The "Open Furrow "Method of Seeding Oats.- Hugh N. Starnes 493 



Oil-bearing Plants. R. H. True 494 



Ornamentals 502 



Paper-Making Plants. P. P. Veitch 503 



Pea, as a Field Crop. J. L. Stone 510 



Peanut. L. C. Corbett 514 



Potato. S. Fraser 519 



Potato-growing in the South. H. Harold Hume 527 



Pumpkin and Squash for Stock-Feeding. S. Fraser 529 



Rape. A. L. Stone 530 



Rice. S. A. Knapp 534 



Root Crops. S. Fraser 539 



Root Cellars and Storage Houses. L. C. Corbett 550 



Rubber, or Caoutchouc. H. N. Ridley and J. H. Hart 554 



Rye. Jared Van Wagenen, Jr 559 



Sainfoin. C. V. Piper 564 



Saltbushes. P. Beveridge Kennedy 565 



Serradella. C. V. Piper 566 



Silage-Cropping : Its History, Processes and Importance. J. W. Sanborn 566 



Soiling : Its Philosophy and Practice. F. W. Woll 569 



Sorghum. Carleton R. Ball 574 



Sorghum-growing. C. W. Warburton 580 



Soybean. J. F. Duggar 582 



Spice-Producing Plants. R. H. True 586 



Spurry. C. V. Piper 587 



Sugar-Beet. C. 0. Townsend 588 



The Manufacture of Beet-Sugar. G. M. Chamberlin, Jr 595 



Sugar-cane. N. A. Cobb 599 



Sunflower. A. M. TenEyck 611 



Sweet-potato. M. B. Waite 613 



Tanning Materials. P. P. Veitch 623 



Taro. J. E. Higgins 629 



Tea. Charles U. Shepard 631 



Teasel. C. W. Clark '. 636 



Teosinte. W. J. Spillman 638 



Tobacco. A. D. Shamel 639 



Truck-Growing. John W. Lloyd 653 



Velvet bean. H. Harold Hume 656 



Vetch. J. F. Duggar 658 



Wheat. B. B. Elliott and T. Lyttleton Lyon 660 



