What I know of Farming

What I know of Farming
Horace Greeley, american newspaper editor (1811-1872)

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Table of Contents
-01- About this book
-02- MOTTO
-03- DEDICATION
-04- PREFACE
-05- WILL FARMING PAY
-06- GOOD AND BAD HUSBANDRY
-07- WHERE TO FARM
-08- PREPARING TO FARM
-09- BUYING A FARM
-10- LAYING OFF A FARM PASTURING
-11- TREES WOODLAND FORESTS
-12- GROWING TIMBER TREE-PLANTING
-13- PLANTING AND GROWING TREES
-14- DRAINING MY OWN
-15- DRAINING GENERALLY
-16- IRRIGATION MEANS AND ENDS
-17- THE POSSIBILITIES OF IRRIGATION
-18- PLOWING DEEP OR SHALLOW
-19- PLOWING GOOD AND BAD
-20- THOROUGH TILLAGE
-21- COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS GYPSUM
-22- ALKALIS SALT ASHES LIME
-23- SOILS AND FERTILIZERS
-24- BONES PHOSPHATES GUANO
-25- MUCK HOW TO UTILIZE IT
-26- INSECTS BIRDS
-27- ABOUT TREE PLANTING
-28- FRUIT TREES THE APPLE
-29- MORE ABOUT APPLE TREES
-30- HAY AND HAY MAKING
-31- PEACHES PEARS CHERRIES GRAPES
-32- GRAIN GROWING EAST AND WEST
-33- ESCULENT ROOTS POTATOES
-34- ROOTS TURNIPS BEETS CARROTS
-35- THE FARMER'S CALLING
-36- A LESSON OF TO DAY
-37- INTELLECT IN AGRICULTURE
-38- SHEEP AND WOOL GROWING
-39- ACCOUNTS IN FARMING
-40- STONE ON A FARM
-41- FENCES AND FENCING
-42- AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITIONS
-43- SCIENCE IN AGRICULTURE
-44- FARM IMPLEMENTS
-45- STEAM IN AGRICULTURE
-46- CO OPERATION IN FARMING
-47- FARMERS' CLUBS
-48- WESTERN IRRIGATION
-49- SEWAGE
-50- MORE OF IRRIGATION
-51- UNDEVELOPED SOURCES OF POWER
-52- RURAL DEPOPULATION
-53- LARGE AND SMALL FARMS
-54- EXCHANGE AND DISTRIBUTION
-55- WINTER WORK
-56- SUMMING UP