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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



December, 1907 



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In brief, the Contents are as follows 



CHAPTER I. This chapter contains a general statement of the advantages of farm life. 



CHAPTER II. Deals with the vast systems of irrigation which are transforming the great 

 West, and also hints at an application of water by artificial means in sections of the country 

 where irrigation has not hitherto been found necessary. 



CHAPTER III. Gives the principles and importance of fertilization and the possibility of inocu- 

 lating the soil by means of nitrogen-gathering bacteria. 



CHAPTER IV. Deals with the popular awakening to the importance of canals and good roads, 

 and their relation to economy and social well-being. 



CHAPTER V. Tells of some new interests which promise a profit. 



CHAPTER VI. Gives a description of some new human creations in the plant world. 



CHAPTER VII. Deals with new varieties of grain, root and fruit, and the principles upon which 

 these modifications are effected and the possibilities which they indicate. 



CHAPTER VIII. Describes improper methods in agricultural practice. 



CHAPTER IX. Devoted to new machinery by which the drudgery of life on the farm is being 

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