CONTENTS

PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ONE: Where Is Here?

TWO: Digging into the Past

THREE: The Geography of Grass

FOUR: Secrets of the Soil

FIVE: Home on the Range

SIX: Water of Life

SEVEN: Prairie Woodlands

EIGHT: The Nature of Farming

NINE: Long-Range Forecast

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APPENDICES

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