The First Book of Farming
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Chapters (161)
- The First Book of Farming
- The First Book of Farming
- CHARLES L. GOODRICH
- Illustrated
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- PART I
- General Principles Underlying Plant Culture
- PART II
- Soil Fertility As Affected By Farm Operations And Farm Practices
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- Part I
- General Principles Underlying Plant Culture
- THE FIRST BOOK OF FARMING
- Part I General Principles Underlying Plant Culture
- CHAPTER IToC Introduction to Plants
- CHAPTER IIToC Roots
- USES OF ROOTS TO PLANTS
- HABIT OF GROWTH OF ROOTS
- CONDITIONS NECESSARY FOR ROOT GROWTH
- CHAPTER IIIToC Soils
- RELATION OF SOIL TO PLANTS
- CLASSIFICATION OF SOILS
- HOW WERE SOILS MADE?
- SOIL TEXTURE
- CHAPTER IVToC Relation of Soils to Water
- IMPORTANCE OF WATER TO PLANTS
- SOURCES OF SOIL WATER
- ATTITUDE OF THE SOILS TOWARDS WATER
- THE EFFECT OF WORKING SOILS WHEN WET
- CHAPTER VToC Forms of Soil Water
- FREE WATER
- CAPILLARY WATER
- FILM WATER
- CHAPTER VIToC Loss of Soil Water
- LOSS OF SOIL WATER AND MEANS OF CHECKING THE LOSS
- CHAPTER VIIToC Soil Temperature
- HOW SOILS ARE WARMED
- HOW SOILS LOSE HEAT
- CONDITIONS WHICH INFLUENCE SOIL TEMPERATURE
- VALUE OF ORGANIC MATTER
- CHAPTER VIIIToC Plant Food in the Soil
- CHAPTER IXToC Seeds
- CONDITIONS NECESSARY FOR SEEDS TO SPROUT
- SEED TESTING
- HOW THE SEEDS COME UP
- USE OF COTYLEDONS AND ENDOSPERM
- CHAPTER XToC Seed Planting
- HOW DEEP SHOULD SEEDS BE PLANTED?
- SEED CLASSIFICATION
- TRANSPLANTING
- CHAPTER XIToC Spading and Plowing
- SPADING THE SOIL
- PLOWING
- WHY DO WE SPADE AND PLOW?
- PARTS OF A PLOW
- CHARACTERISTICS OF A GOOD PLOW
- THE FURROW SLICE
- HOW DEEP SHALL WE PLOW?
- BREAKING OUT THE MIDDLES
- THROWING THE LAND UP IN RIDGES
- TIME TO PLOW
- BARE FALLOW
- CHAPTER XIIToC Harrowing and Rolling
- HARROWING
- HARROWS
- ROLLING
- CHAPTER XIIIToC Leaves
- FACTS ABOUT LEAVES
- THE USES OF LEAVES TO PLANTS
- HOW THE WORK OF SOME LEAVES IS INTERFERED WITH
- CHAPTER XIVToC Stems
- WHAT ARE STEMS FOR?
- HOW THE WORK OF THE STEM MAY BE INTERFERED WITH
- CHAPTER XVToC Flowers
- FUNCTION OR USE OF FLOWERS TO PLANTS
- PARTS OF A FLOWER
- FUNCTIONS OF THE PARTS OF THE FLOWERS
- VALUE OF A KNOWLEDGE OF THE FLOWER
- FRUIT
- Part II
- Soil Fertility as Affected by Farm Operations and Farm Practices
- CHAPTER XVIToC A Fertile Soil
- PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF A FERTILE SOIL
- BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF A FERTILE SOIL
- NITROGEN-FIXING GERMS
- NITRIFYING GERMS
- DENITRIFYING GERMS
- CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF A FERTILE SOIL
- MAINTENANCE OF FERTILITY
- CHAPTER XVIIToC Soil Water
- IMPORTANCE OF SOIL WATER
- NECESSITY OF SOIL WATER
- SOURCES AND FORMS OF SOIL WATER
- TOO MUCH WATER
- NOT ENOUGH WATER
- LOSS OF SOIL WATER
- HOW SOME FARM OPERATIONS INFLUENCE SOIL WATER
- HOEING, RAKING, HARROWING, AND CULTIVATING
- MANURES AND SOIL WATER
- METHODS OF CROPPING AND SOIL WATER
- SELECTION OF CROPS WITH REFERENCE TO SOIL WATER
- CHAPTER XVIIIToC THE AFTER-CULTIVATION OF CROPS
- LOSS OF WATER BY EVAPORATION
- LOSS OF WATER THROUGH WEEDS
- SAVING THE WATER
- TIME TO CULTIVATE
- TOOLS FOR AFTER-CULTIVATION
- HILLING AND RIDGING
- CHAPTER XIXToC Farm Manures
- FUNCTIONS OF MANURES AND FERTILIZERS
- CLASSIFICATION OF MANURES AND FERTILIZERS
- IMPORTANCE OF FARM MANURES
- BARN OR STABLE MANURE
- LOSS OF VALUE
- CHECKING THE LOSSES
- APPLYING THE MANURE TO THE SOIL
- PROPER CONDITION OF MANURE WHEN APPLIED
- COMPOSTS
- CHAPTER XXToC Farm Manures—concluded
- GREEN-CROP MANURES
- BENEFITS
- CHARACTER OF BEST PLANTS FOR GREEN CROP MANURING
- THE TIME FOR GROWING GREEN MANURE CROPS
- LEGUMINOUS GREEN MANURE CROPS
- NON-LEGUMINOUS GREEN MANURE PLANTS
- CHAPTER XXIToC Commercial Fertilizers
- THE RAW MATERIALS
- SOURCES OF NITROGEN
- SOURCES OF PHOSPHORIC ACID
- SOURCES OF POTASH
- LIME
- CHAPTER XXIIToC Commercial Fertilizers—continued
- MIXED FERTILIZERS
- VALUATION
- LOW GRADE MIXTURES
- BUY ON THE PLANT FOOD BASIS
- CHAPTER XXIIIToC Commercial Fertilizers—Concluded
- THE HOME MIXING OF FERTILIZERS
- KIND AND AMOUNT TO BUY
- THE CROP
- THE SOIL
- SYSTEM OF FARMING
- TESTING THE SOIL
- CHAPTER XXIVToC The Rotation of Crops
- SYSTEMS OF CROPPING
- THE ONE CROP SYSTEM
- THE ROTATION OF CROPS
- BENEFITS DERIVED FROM ROTATION OF CROPS
- THE TYPICAL ROTATION
- CONDITIONS WHICH MODIFY THE ROTATION
- GENERAL RULES
- LENGTH OF THE ROTATION
- CHAPTER XXVToC Farm Drainage
- HOW SURPLUS WATER AFFECTS FERTILITY
- INDICATIONS OF A NEED OF DRAINAGE
- DRAINS
- INFLUENCE OF COVERED OR UNDER DRAINS ON FERTILITY
- LOCATION OF DRAINS
- GLOSSARY
- INDEX
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