CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
I. [ WHAT IS THE SOIL MADE OF? ]1
II. [ MORE ABOUT THE CLAY ]9
III. [ WHAT LIME DOES TO CLAY ]19
IV. [ SOME EXPERIMENTS WITH THE SAND ]22
V. [ THE PART THAT BURNS AWAY ]33
VI. [ THE PLANT FOOD IN THE SOIL ]41
VII. [ THE DWELLERS IN THE SOIL ]53
VIII. [ THE SOIL AND THE PLANT]64
IX. [ CULTIVATION AND TILLAGE ]82
X. [ THE SOIL AND THE COUNTRYSIDE ]100
XI. [ HOW SOIL HAS BEEN MADE ]116
[ APPENDIX ]128
[ INDEX ]132

[Transcriber's note: The page numbers below are those in the original book. However, in this e-book, to avoid the splitting of paragraphs, the illustrations may have been moved to the page preceding or following.]