CONTENTS BY CHAPTERS.

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I.Will Farming Pay?[13]
II.Good and Bad Husbandry[18]
III.Where to Farm[23]
IV.Preparing to Farm[29]
V.Buying a Farm[34]
VI.Laying off a Farm; Pasturing[39]
VII.Trees; Woodlands; Forests[44]
VIII.Growing Timber; Tree-Planting[49]
IX.Planting and Growing Trees[56]
X.Draining; My Own[62]
XI.Draining Generally[69]
XII.Irrigation; Means and Ends[74]
XIII.Possibilities of Irrigation[79]
XIV.Plowing, Deep or Shallow[85]
XV.Plowing, Good and Bad[91]
XVI.Thorough Tillage[96]
XVII.Commercial Fertilizers—Gypsum.[102]
XVIII.Alkalis—Salt, Ashes, Lime.[107]
XIX.Soils and Fertilizers[112]
XX.Bones, Phosphates, Guano[118]
XXI.Muck—How to Utilize It[124]
XXII.Insects; Birds[129]
XXIII.About Tree-Planting[134]
XXIV.Fruit-Trees—The Apple[139]
XXV.More about Apple-Trees[145]
XXVI.Hay and Hay-Making[150]
XXVII.Peaches, Pears, Cherries, Grapes[156]
XXVIII.Grain-Growing—East and West[162]
XXIX.Esculent Roots—Potatoes[170]
XXX.Roots—Turnips, Beets, Carrots[178]
XXXI.Farmers' Calling[183]
XXXII.A Lesson of To-day[189]
XXXIII.Intellect in Agriculture[195]
XXXIV.Sheep and Wool-Growing[200]
XXXV.Accounts in Farming[207]
XXXVI.Stone on a Farm[212]
XXXVII.Fences and Fencing[219]
XXXVIII.Agricultural Exhibitions[225]
XXXIX.Science in Agriculture[231]
XL.Farm Implements[237]
XLI.Steam in Agriculture[241]
XLII.Co-operation in Farming[248]
XLIII.Farmers' Clubs[254]
XLIV.Western Irrigation.[260]
XLV.Sewage[266]
XLVI.More of Irrigation[274]
XLVII.Undeveloped Sources of Power[280]
XLVIII.Rural Depopulation[286]
XLIX.Large and Small Farms[292]
L.Exchange and Distribution.[297]
LI.Winter Work[303]
XLII.Summing up[308]