
What I know of farming: / a series of brief and plain expositions of practical agriculture as an art based upon science
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- WHAT I KNOW OF FARMING:
- A SERIES OF BRIEF AND PLAIN EXPOSITIONS OF PRACTICAL AGRICULTURE AS AN ART BASED UPON SCIENCE:
- HORACE GREELEY.
- NEW-YORK: PUBLISHED BY THE TRIBUNE ASSOCIATION. 1871.
- TO
- THE MAN OF OUR AGE,
- WHO SHALL MAKE THE FIRST PLOW PROPELLED BY
- STEAM,
- OR OTHER MECHANICAL POWER, WHEREBY NOT LESS THAN
- TEN ACRES PER DAY
- SHALL BE THOROUGHLY PULVERIZED TO A
- DEPTH OF TWO FEET,
- AT A COST OF NOT MORE THAN TWO DOLLARS PER ACRE, THIS WORK IS ADMIRINGLY DEDICATED BY
- THE AUTHOR.
- CONTENTS BY CHAPTERS.
- PREFACE.
- WHAT I KNOW OF FARMING.
- I.
- WILL FARMING PAY?
- II.
- GOOD AND BAD HUSBANDRY.
- III.
- WHERE TO FARM.
- IV.
- PREPARING TO FARM.
- V.
- BUYING A FARM.
- VI.
- LAYING OFF A FARM—PASTURING.
- VII.
- TREES—WOODLAND—FORESTS.
- VIII.
- GROWING TIMBER—TREE-PLANTING.
- IX.
- PLANTING AND GROWING TREES.
- X.
- DRAINING—MY OWN.
- XI.
- DRAINING GENERALLY.
- XII.
- IRRIGATION—MEANS AND ENDS.
- XIII.
- THE POSSIBILITIES OF IRRIGATION.
- XIV.
- PLOWING—DEEP OR SHALLOW.
- XV.
- PLOWING—GOOD AND BAD.
- XVI.
- THOROUGH TILLAGE.
- XVII.
- COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS—GYPSUM.
- XVIII.
- ALKALIS ... SALT—ASHES—LIME.
- XIX.
- SOILS AND FERTILIZERS.
- XX.
- BONES—PHOSPHATES—GUANO.
- XXI.
- MUCK—HOW TO UTILIZE IT.
- XXII.
- INSECTS—BIRDS.
- XXIII.
- ABOUT TREE-PLANTING.
- XXIV.
- FRUIT-TREES—THE APPLE.
- XXV.
- MORE ABOUT APPLE-TREES.
- XXVI.
- HAY AND HAY-MAKING
- XXVII.
- PEACHES—PEARS—CHERRIES—GRAPES.
- XXVIII.
- GRAIN-GROWING—EAST AND WEST.
- XXIX.
- ESCULENT ROOTS—POTATOES.
- FOOTNOTE:
- XXX.
- ROOTS—TURNIPS—BEETS—CARROTS
- XXXI
- THE FARMER'S CALLING.
- XXXII.
- A LESSON OF TO-DAY.
- XXXIII.
- INTELLECT IN AGRICULTURE.
- XXXIV.
- SHEEP AND WOOL-GROWING.
- XXXV.
- ACCOUNTS IN FARMING.
- XXXVI.
- STONE ON A FARM.
- XXXVII.
- FENCES AND FENCING.
- XXXVIII.
- AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITIONS.
- XXXIX.
- SCIENCE IN AGRICULTURE.
- XL.
- FARM IMPLEMENTS.
- XLI.
- STEAM IN AGRICULTURE.
- XLII.
- CO-OPERATION IN FARMING.
- XLIII.
- FARMERS' CLUBS.
- XLIV.
- WESTERN IRRIGATION.
- XLV.
- SEWAGE.
- XLVI.
- MORE OF IRRIGATION.
- XLVII.
- UNDEVELOPED SOURCES OF POWER.
- XLVIII.
- RURAL DEPOPULATION.
- XLIX.
- LARGE AND SMALL FARMS.
- L.
- EXCHANGE AND DISTRIBUTION.
- LI.
- WINTER WORK.
- LII.
- SUMMING UP.
- INDEX.
- THE END.
- Horace Greeley's Autobiography.
- OUR AMERICAN BOYS,
- THESE RECOLLECTIONS
- THE TRIBUNE ALMANAC,
- POLITICAL ECONOMY,
- EWBANK'S
- Pear Culture for Profit.
- Money in the Garden.
- THE Elements of Agriculture
- Draining for Profit and Draining for Health.
- Earth Closets and Earth Sewage.
- New-York Tribune
- Address THE TRIBUNE, New York.
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