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TABLE OF CONTENTS 



CHAPTER IX. 



The Size of the Orchard .73-77 



Care required — price of trees — planting — cultiva- 

 tion — capital — preserving — small orchards — in- 

 tensive methods. 



CHAPTER X. 



Fig Tree Food 78-97 



Chemical elements — potash — phosphorus — propor- 

 tions — decomposition — changes — consumption 

 — humus— solutions — absorption — disintegra- 

 tion — mineral food per acre — powdered glass — 

 sterile soils — excreta — root extension — nitrogen 

 sources — fertilizers — legumes — -rainfall — mois- 

 ture content — tillage — leaching — limit of nat- 

 ural supply — excessive tillage. 



CHAPTER XI. 



Tillage of Fig Lands 98-103 



Effect of tillage — objects — raw lands — first 

 year 's growth — amendments — trampling of 

 stock. 



CHAPTER XII. 



The Subsoil 104-109 



Top soils — thin soils — depth — aeration — deep 

 plowing — implements. 



