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:
By
HORACE GREELEY.
NEW-YORK: PUBLISHED BY THE TRIBUNE ASSOCIATION. 1871.
TO
TO
THE MAN OF OUR AGE,
WHO SHALL MAKE THE FIRST PLOW PROPELLED BY
WHO SHALL MAKE THE FIRST PLOW PROPELLED BY
STEAM,
OR OTHER MECHANICAL POWER, WHEREBY NOT LESS THAN
OR OTHER MECHANICAL POWER, WHEREBY NOT LESS THAN
TEN ACRES PER DAY
SHALL BE THOROUGHLY PULVERIZED TO A
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
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:
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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