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AGRICULTURE FOR BEGINNERS BY CHARLES WILLIAM BURKETT FRANK LINCOLN STEVENS

AND

DANIEL HARVEY HILL

REVISED EDITION

PREFACE CONTENTS TO THE TEACHER AGRICULTURE FOR BEGINNERS CHAPTER I THE SOIL

SECTION I. ORIGIN OF THE SOIL SECTION II. TILLAGE OF THE SOIL SECTION III. THE MOISTURE OF THE SOIL SECTION IV. HOW THE WATER RISES IN THE SOIL SECTION V. DRAINING THE SOIL SECTION VI. IMPROVING THE SOIL SECTION VII. MANURING THE SOIL

Left, clay subsoil; Center, same, with fertilizer; Right, same, with humus In left top pot, no plant food; in left bottom pot, plant food scanty; in both right pots, all elements of plant food present

CHAPTER II THE SOIL AND THE PLANT

SECTION VIII. ROOTS SECTION IX. HOW THE PLANT FEEDS FROM THE SOIL SECTION X. ROOT-TUBERCLES SECTION XI. THE ROTATION OF CROPS

An Illustration of Crop-Rotation

CHAPTER III THE PLANT

SECTION XII. HOW A PLANT FEEDS FROM THE AIR SECTION XIII. THE SAP CURRENT SECTION XIV. THE FLOWER AND THE SEED SECTION XV. POLLINATION SECTION XVI. CROSSES, HYBRIDS, AND CROSS-POLLINATION SECTION XVII. PROPAGATION BY BUDS

Brighton pollinated by 1, Salem; 2, Creveling; 3, Lindley; 4, Brighton; 5, Self-pollinated; 6, Nectar; 7, Jefferson; 8, Niagara

Plants to be propagated from Buds SECTION XVIII. PLANT SEEDING SECTION XIX. SELECTING SEED CORN

Boone County white corn on left, and original type, from which it was developed by selection, on right

SECTION XX. WEEDS SECTION XXI. SEED PURITY AND VITALITY

Tube 1 represents one pound of redtop grass as bought; Tube 2, amount of pure redtop grass seeds in Tube 1; Tube 3, amount of chaff and dirt in Tube 1; Tube 4, amount of weed seeds in Tube 1; Tube 5, amount of total waste in Tube 1; Tube 6, amount of pure germinable seeds in Tube 1

CHAPTER IV

HOW TO RAISE A FRUIT TREE SECTION XXII. GRAFTING SECTION XXIII. BUDDING SECTION XXIV. PLANTING AND PRUNING

CHAPTER V HORTICULTURE

SECTION XXV. MARKET-GARDENING SECTION XXVI. FLOWER GARDENING

CHAPTER VI THE DISEASES OF PLANTS

SECTION XXVII. THE CAUSE AND NATURE OF PLANT DISEASE SECTION XXVIII. YEAST AND BACTERIA SECTION XXIX. PREVENTION OF PLANT DISEASE SECTION XXX. SOME SPECIAL PLANT DISEASES

All the other plants in this field died. This one row lived because it could resist the cotton wilt Note the difference in foliage and fruit on the sprayed and unsprayed halves of the tree, and the difference in yield shown below

CHAPTER VII ORCHARD, GARDEN, AND FIELD INSECTS

SECTION XXXI. INSECTS IN GENERAL SECTION XXXII. ORCHARD INSECTS SECTION XXXIII. GARDEN AND FIELD INSECTS SECTION XXXIV. THE COTTON-BOLL WEEVIL

Fig. 181. Map showing Distribution of the Cotton-Boll Weevil in 1913

CHAPTER VIII

FARM CROPS SECTION XXXV. COTTON SECTION XXXVI. TOBACCO SECTION XXXVII. WHEAT

The yield of the lower field, forty-five bushels per acre, is due to intelligent farming

SECTION XXXVIII. CORN SECTION XXXIX. PEANUTS SECTION XL. SWEET POTATOES SECTION XLI. WHITE, OR IRISH, POTATOES SECTION XLII. OATS SECTION XLIII. RYE SECTION XLIV. BARLEY SECTION XLV. SUGAR PLANTS SECTION XLVI. HEMP AND FLAX SECTION XLVII. BUCKWHEAT SECTION XLVIII. RICE SECTION XLIX. THE TIMBER CROP SECTION L. THE FARM GARDEN

Fig. 225. How to lay out the Garden[1]

CHAPTER IX FEED STUFFS

SECTION LI. GRASSES SECTION LII. LEGUMES Descriptive Table

CHAPTER X

DOMESTIC ANIMALS SECTION LIII. HORSES

Diagram shows the proper shape of the fore and hind legs of a horse. When the straight lines divide the legs equally, the leg action is straight and regular

Proportions of a Horse SECTION LIV. CATTLE SECTION LV. SHEEP SECTION LVI. SWINE SECTION LVII. FARM POULTRY SECTION LVIII. BEE CULTURE SECTION LIX. WHY WE FEED ANIMALS

What these Compounds do in the Body

CHAPTER XI FARM DAIRYING

SECTION LX. THE DAIRY COW SECTION LXI. MILK, CREAM, CHURNING, AND BUTTER Dairy Rules SECTION LXII. HOW MILK SOURS

At the left, pure milk; at the right, milk after standing in a warm room for a few hours in a dirty dish, showing, besides the fat-globules, many forms of bacteria

SECTION LXIII. THE BABCOCK MILK-TESTER

The tester, acid, acid measure, test-bottle, and thermometer at bottom; filling the pipette on right; adding the acid and measuring the fat at top

CHAPTER XII MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION LXIV. GROWING FEED STUFFS ON THE FARM SECTION LXV. FARM TOOLS AND MACHINES SECTION LXVI. LIMING THE LAND SECTION LXVII. BIRDS SECTION LXVIII. FARMING ON DRY LANDS SECTION LXIX. IRRIGATION Methods of Irrigating Crops SECTION LXX. LIFE IN THE COUNTRY

APPENDIX SPRAYING MIXTURES

FOR BITING INSECTS FOR SOFT-BODIED SUCKING INSECTS FOR FUNGOUS DISEASES SPRAYS FOR BOTH FUNGOUS AND INSECT PESTS

Self-Boiled Lime-Sulphur Wash

GLOSSARY INDEX

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