Chapter II: Soil 30-41

An unusual use 31
Best soil, the 36
Failure your own fault 41
“Good” soil 33
Humus 40, 72, 73, 74, 86
Moisture, how to get and hold it 34, 36
Soil—How it was made 30, 31
“ Its contents 31
“ Texture 34
“ What it is 30
Soils to avoid 37
Surface and subsoil 32
Tillage 37-40
Tilth 36, 37

CHAPTER III.—SOIL FERTILITY 42-48
Soil fertility—what it is 42
Agricultural Department’s crop work 46, 48
Help it offers 48
Limited crops 46
Nature and the abandoned farm 42, 43
Seeds, Bob’s solution 43, 45
Types of soil in the U. S. 46
Whitney’s (Prof.) idea 45

CHAPTER IV.—LOCATION 49-50
How to buy, clear, build 49
Land you can’t afford to use 49
Manure and watering 49, 50
Market 50
To find out where and how 49

CHAPTER V.—SEEDS 51-53
Houses, good seed 52
Ideal, the 51
Planting dates 53
Seed test 52
Use only the best 51

CHAPTER VI.—PLANT BREEDING 54-56
Plant breeding—what it is 54
Good farmers and breeding 54
How to improve 54
Professional breeders 54
Selection and variations 55
“Sports” 56

CHAPTER VII.—PLANT NEEDS 57-61
Plant needs—what they are 57
Foods, three sure 58
Light, degrees of 57, 58
Lime values 59
Medicines 59
Protectors 60, 61
Temperature 59
Under- and over-feeding 58
Water, effect of 57

CHAPTER VIII.—CROP ROTATION 62-65
Farming a business 62
Special crops 62
Value of rotation 63, 64, 65, 81

CHAPTER IX.—WEEDS 66-68
Weeds—how to know them 66
Common weeds 66
“ “ How to destroy them 67
“ “ Their use 68

CHAPTER X.—INSECTS AND DISEASES 69-71
Causes, some 69
How transmitted 70
Preventives 70
Preventing attacks 69
The little we know 69
Weeds as breeders 71

CHAPTER XI.—RE-SOILING 72-77
Best way to do it 73
Cleaning up 74
How to preserve it 76
Lawn, the 75
Misleading term 72
Prepared humus 74
Success, real 77
What we really do 72