AGRICULTURE FOR
BEGINNERS
BY
CHARLES WILLIAM BURKETT
Editor of the American Agriculturist
formerly Director of Agricultural Experiment Station
Kansas State Agricultural College
FRANK LINCOLN STEVENS
Professor of Plant Pathology, University of Illinois
formerly Teacher of Science in High School
Columbus, Ohio
AND
DANIEL HARVEY HILL
Formerly President of the North Carolina College of
Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
REVISED EDITION
GINN AND COMPANY
BOSTON · NEW YORK · CHICAGO · LONDON
ATLANTA · DALLAS · COLUMBUS · SAN FRANCISCO
COPYRIGHT, 1903, 1904, 1914, BY
CHARLES WILLIAM BURKETT, FRANK LINCOLN STEVENS
AND DANIEL HARVEY HILL
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
329.7
The Athenæum Press
GINN AND COMPANY · PROPRIETORS · BOSTON · U.S.A.
Getting ready for winter
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER I. THE SOIL | ||
|---|---|---|
| SECTION | PAGE | |
| I. | Origin of the Soil | |
| II. | Tillage of the Soil | |
| III. | The Moisture of the Soil | |
| IV. | How the Water rises in the Soil | |
| V. | Draining the Soil | |
| VI. | Improving the Soil | |
| VII. | Manuring the Soil | |
| CHAPTER II. THE SOIL AND THE PLANT | ||
| VIII. | Roots | |
| IX. | How the Plant feeds from the Soil | |
| X. | Root-Tubercles | |
| XI. | The Rotation of Crops | |
| CHAPTER III. THE PLANT | ||
| XII. | How the Plant feeds from the Air | |
| XIII. | The Sap Current | |
| XIV. | The Flower and the Seed | |
| XV. | Pollination | |
| XVI. | Crosses, Hybrids, and Cross-Pollination | |
| XVII. | Propagation by Buds | |
| XVIII. | Plant Seeding | |
| XIX. | Selecting Seed Corn | |
| XX. | Weeds | |
| XXI. | Seed Purity and Vitality | |
| CHAPTER IV. HOW TO RAISE A FRUIT TREE | ||
| XXII. | Grafting | |
| XXIII. | Budding | |
| XXIV. | Planting and Pruning | |
| CHAPTER V. HORTICULTURE | ||
| XXV. | Market-gardening | |
| XXVI. | Flower-gardening | |
| CHAPTER VI. THE DISEASES OF PLANTS | ||
| XXVII. | The Cause and Nature of Plant Disease | |
| XXVIII. | Yeast and Bacteria | |
| XXIX. | Prevention of Plant Disease | |
| XXX. | Some Special Plant Diseases | |
| CHAPTER VII. ORCHARD, GARDEN, AND FIELD INSECTS | ||
| XXXI. | Insects in General | |
| XXXII. | Orchard Insects | |
| XXXIII. | Garden and Field Insects | |
| XXXIV. | The Cotton-Boll Weevil | |
| CHAPTER VIII. FARM CROPS | ||
| XXXV. | Cotton | |
| XXXVI. | Tobacco | |
| XXXVII. | Wheat | |
| XXXVIII. | Corn | |
| XXXIX. | Peanuts | |
| XL. | Sweet Potatoes | |
| XLI. | White, Or Irish, Potatoes | |
| XLII. | Oats | |
| XLIII. | Rye | |
| XLIV. | Barley | |
| XLV. | Sugar Plants | |
| XLVI. | Hemp and Flax | |
| XLVII. | Buckwheat | |
| XLVIII. | Rice | |
| XLIX. | The Timber Crop | |
| L. | The Farm Garden | |
| CHAPTER IX. FEED STUFFS | ||
| LI. | Grasses | |
| LII. | Legumes | |
| CHAPTER X. DOMESTIC ANIMALS | ||
| LIII. | Horses | |
| LIV. | Cattle | |
| LV. | Sheep | |
| LVI. | Swine | |
| LVII. | Farm Poultry | |
| LVIII. | Bee Culture | |
| LIX. | Why we feed Animals | |
| CHAPTER XI. FARM DAIRYING | ||
| LX. | The Dairy Cow | |
| LXI. | Milk, Cream, Churning, and Butter | |
| LXII. | How Milk sours | |
| LXIII. | The Babcock Milk-Tester | |
| CHAPTER XII. MISCELLANEOUS | ||
| LXIV. | Growing Feed Stuffs on the Farm | |
| LXV. | Farm Tools and Machines | |
| LXVI. | Liming the Land | |
| LXVII. | Birds | |
| LXVIII. | Farming on Dry Land | |
| LXIX. | Irrigation | |
| LXX. | Life in the Country | |
| APPENDIX | ||
| GLOSSARY | ||
This book is now a public domain material.
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