CHARLES WILLIAM BURKETT
FRANK LINCOLN STEVENS
DANIEL HARVEY HILL
PREFACE
CONTENTS
TO THE TEACHER
AGRICULTURE FOR BEGINNERS
CHAPTER I THE SOIL SECTION I. ORIGIN OF THE SOIL
CHAPTER II THE SOIL AND THE PLANT SECTION VIII. ROOTS Fig. 16.
CHAPTER III THE PLANT SECTION XII. HOW A PLANT FEEDS FROM THE AIR
CHAPTER IV HOW TO RAISE A FRUIT TREE
CHAPTER V HORTICULTURE SECTION XXV. MARKET-GARDENING
CHAPTER VI THE DISEASES OF PLANTS SECTION XXVII. THE CAUSE AND NATURE OF PLANT DISEASE
CHAPTER VII ORCHARD, GARDEN, AND FIELD INSECTS SECTION XXXI. INSECTS IN GENERAL Fig. 136. Fig. 136. Ants
CHAPTER VIII FARM CROPS
CHAPTER IX FEED STUFFS SECTION LI. GRASSES
CHAPTER X DOMESTIC ANIMALS
CHAPTER XI FARM DAIRYING SECTION LX. THE DAIRY COW
CHAPTER XII MISCELLANEOUS SECTION LXIV. GROWING FEED STUFFS ON THE FARM
APPENDIX SPRAYING MIXTURES FOR BITING INSECTS Dry Paris Green
GLOSSARY
NOTES ON THE SHANTIES 1. BILLY BOY
FOOTNOTES
