PREFACE
PART I
PART II
Part I
General Principles Underlying Plant Culture
THE FIRST BOOK OF FARMING
CHAPTER I ToC
Introduction to Plants
CHAPTER II ToC
Roots
CHAPTER III ToC
Soils
CHAPTER IV ToC
Relation of Soils to Water
CHAPTER V ToC
Forms of Soil Water
CHAPTER VI ToC
Loss of Soil Water
CHAPTER VII ToC
Soil Temperature
CHAPTER VIII ToC
Plant Food in the Soil
CHAPTER IX ToC
Seeds
CHAPTER X ToC
Seed Planting
CHAPTER XI ToC
Spading and Plowing
CHAPTER XII ToC
Harrowing and Rolling
CHAPTER XIII ToC
Leaves
CHAPTER XIV ToC
Stems
CHAPTER XV ToC
Flowers
Part II
Soil Fertility as Affected by Farm Operations and Farm Practices
CHAPTER XVI ToC
A Fertile Soil
CHAPTER XVII ToC
Soil Water
CHAPTER XVIII ToC
THE AFTER-CULTIVATION OF CROPS
CHAPTER XIX ToC
Farm Manures
CHAPTER XX ToC
Farm Manures—concluded
CHAPTER XXI ToC
Commercial Fertilizers
CHAPTER XXII ToC
Commercial Fertilizers—continued
CHAPTER XXIII ToC
Commercial Fertilizers—Concluded
CHAPTER XXIV ToC
The Rotation of Crops
CHAPTER XXV ToC
Farm Drainage
GLOSSARY
INDEX
