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• Beginning Farmers Guide
  Beginning Farmers Guide is a complete and very detailed training guide for farmers, new and old.
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• Soil
  In agriculture the word soil is used to describe the thin layer of surface earth that is tucked around the wrinkled and age-beaten form of our globe.
  soil.html

• Soil Origin
  Have you ever wondered or thought about the soil origin that grows all the food we eat?
  soil-origin.html
• Soil Tillage
  The plow, harrow, and roller are all necessary for good soil tillage and to a proper preparation of the seed-bed. The soil must be made compact and clods of all sizes must be crushed.
  soil-tillage.html
• Soil Moisture
  The soil is a great storehouse for soil moisture. After the clouds have emptied their waters into this storehouse, the water of the soil comes to the surface, where it is evaporated into the air.
  soil-moisture.html
• Soil Water
  You can see how the soil water rises in the soil by performing a simple experiment..
  soil-water.html
• Soil Draining
  Is Soil Draining the most valuable improvement ever made in agriculture? One wiase man thinks it is...
  soil-draining.html
• Soil Improvement
  Will soil improvement increase yields? We hear a great deal about the exhaustion or wearing out of the soil. Many uncomfortable people are always declaring that our lands will no longer produce profitable crops.
  soil-improvement.html
• Soil Manuring
  Soil Manuring was not required in the early days of our history because the soil was new and rich. Not that way now...
  soil-manuring.html

• Soil and The Plant
  This soil and the plant section delves into the roots, how the plant feeds, the Root Tubercles and crop rotation.
  soil-and-the-plant.html

• Plant Roots
  Plant Roots do not exhibit the same regularity of arrangement you see in the twigs and branches of trees.
  plant-roots.html
• How Plant Feeds From Soil
  Explaining by experiment as to How Plant Feeds From Soil. Plants receive their nourishment from two sources—from the air and from the soil.
  how-plant-feeds-from-soil.html
• Root Tubercles
  Root Tubercles do not form on all plants, we explain their purpose and whick plants they are part of.
  root-tubercles.html
• Crop Rotation
  Why is crop rotation so important? Let us try to explain and clear it all up for you.
  crop-rotation.html

• The Plant
  The plant gets all of its carbon from the air. Now remember this was written and explained over 100 years ago.
  the-plant.html

• How A Plant Feeds From The Air
  How a plant feeds from the air explains the carbon and where it comes from.
  how-a-plant-feeds-from-the-air.html
• The Plant Sap Current
  the-plant-sap-current.html
• Flower and Seed
  Do you believe that every plant has a flower and a seed? Let us fill you in on the correct answer....
  flower-and-seed.html
• Pollination
  Nature has several interesting ways of bringing about pollination. Do you know what they are?
  pollination.html
• Plant Crosses, Hybrids and Cross Pollination
  Plant Crosses, Hybrids and Cross Pollination is not as complicated as it sounds. Let us explain!
  plant-crosses,-hybrids-and-cross-pollination.html
• Propagation By Buds
  A farmers obligation is to propagate plants. Do You Understand Propagation By Buds?
  propagation-by-buds.html
• Plant Seeding
  Plant Seeding is just that simple until you start trying to understand where the seeds come from.
  plant-seeding.html
• Selecting Seed Corn
  By Selecting Seed Corn in the field before the crop is fully matured, corn can be improved in size and made to mature earlier. Gather ears only from the most productive plants and save only the largest and best kernels.
  selecting-seed-corn.html
• Weeds
  Have you ever noticed that some weeds are killed by one particular method, but that this same method may entirely fail to kill other kinds of weeds?
  weeds.html
• Seed Purity and Vitality
  Seeds produce plants. The difference between a large and a small yield may depend upon the kind of plants we raise, and the kind of plant in turn is dependent upon the seed purity and vitality of what we sow.
  seed-purity-and-vitality.html

• How To Raise A Fruit Tree
  Do you know how to raise a fruit tree? Check this site for a thorough explanation.
  how-to-raise-a-fruit-tree.html

• Grafting
  Discover how you can force your fruit tree to grow whatever you want with grafting.
  grafting.html
• Budding
  Discover why budding is better than grafting if you are trying to raise a peach or plum tree.
  budding.html
• Planting and Pruning
  Discover the correct way for planting and pruning because you will need to vary your planting and pruning for different kinds of trees.
  planting-and-pruning.html

• Horticulture
  The word horticulture is one of those broad words under which much is grouped. Horticulture then is a name for an art that is both far-reaching and important.
  horticulture.html

• Market Gardening
  Formerly market gardening was done on small tracts of land in the immediate vicinity of large cities, where supplies of stable manure could be used from the city stables.
  market-gardening.html
• Flower Gardening
  flower-gardening.html

• Diseases Of Plants
  Whenever a farmer or fruit-grower has diseases of plants, he is sure to lose much profit.
  diseases-of-plants.html

• Cause and Nature Of Plant Disease
  The Cause and Nature Of Plant Disease can sometimes be elusive but we can help.
  cause-and-nature-of-plant-disease.html
• Yeast and Bacteria
  yeast-and-bacteria.html
• Prevention of Plant Disease
  Prevention of Plant Disease is needed or else Farmers lose much that could be saved by proper precaution.
  prevention-of-plant-disease.html
• Some Special Plant Diseases
  Some Special Plant Diseases with help to recognize and control them.
  some-special-plant-diseases.html

• Insects
  Insects are not the easiest nor most interesting subject to study but we believe we can help.
  insects.html

• General Insects
  The farmer who has fought General Insects on crop after crop needs no argument to convince him that insects are serious enemies to agriculture.
  general-insects.html
• Orchard Insects
  Help with identifying and controlling all kinds of Orchard Insects.
  orchard-insects.html
• Garden and Field Insects
  The farmer who best identifies his Garden and Field Insects also has the best opportunity to control them.
  garden-and-field-insects.html
• Cotton Boll Weevil
  The Cotton Boll Weevil is a small gray or reddish-brown snout-beetle hardly over a quarter of an inch in length. In proportion to its length it has a long beak.
  cotton-boll-weevil.html

• Farm Crops
  While we have many different kinds of Farm Crops, the cultivated soil of the world is occupied by a very few.
  farm-crops.html

• Cotton
  Although cotton was cultivated on the Eastern continent before America was discovered, this crop owes its present kingly place in the business world to the zeal and intelligence of its American growers.
  cotton.html
• Tobacco
  tobacco.html
• Wheat
  Among Farm Crops, Wheat ranks third in value in the United States. It grows in cool, in temperate, and in warm climates, and in many kinds of soil.
  wheat.html
• Corn
  Corn is king of the cereals and the most important crop of American agriculture. It grows in almost every section of America.
  corn.html
• Peanuts
  Peanuts are know by many different names, a few of them are ground pea, goober, earthnut and pindar. Peanuts are a true legume.
  peanuts.html
• Sweet Potatoes
  The roots of sweet potatoes are put on the market in various forms. There are many products...
  sweet-potatoes.html
• Irish Potatoes
  Irish Potatoes since their adoption in the sixteenth century as a new food from recently discovered America, also known as white potatoes have become one of the world's most important crops.
  irish-potatoes.html
• Oats
  oats.html
• Rye
  Rye will grow on almost any soil that is drained. Soils that are too sandy for wheat will generally yield good crops of rye.
  rye.html
• Barley
  Barley is one of the oldest crops known to man. The old historian Pliny says that barley was the first food of mankind.
  barley.html
• Sugar Plants
  In the United States there are three main sugar plants, the sugar-maple, the sugar-beet, and the sugar-cane.
  sugar-plants.html
• Hemp and Flax
  Hemp and Flax were doubtless among the first plants to furnish man fiber for clothing.
  hemp-and-flax.html
• Buckwheat
  Buckwheat shares with rye and cowpeas the power to make a fairly good crop on poor land. At the same time, of course, a full crop can be expected only from fertile land.
  buckwheat.html
• Rice
  There are two distinct kinds of rice, upland rice and lowland rice and t USA about one half of the rice that it consumes.
  rice.html
• Timber
  Timber in the form of forest trees is not usually regarded as a crop, but it certainly is one of the most important farm crops.
  timber.html
• Farm Garden
  Every farm family needs a farm garden in which to grow not only vegetables but small fruits for the home table.
  farm-garden.html

• Feed Stuffs
  Feed Stuffs is a section allotted to growing feed for the farm livestock.
  feed-stuffs.html

• Grasses
  Clover should be mixed with all grasses sowed, for it leaves in the soil a wealth of plant food for the grasses coming after it to feed on.
  grasses.html
• Legumes
  Legumes have the power of drawing nitrogen from the air and, by means of their root-tubercles, of storing it in the soil.
  legumes.html

• Domestic Animals
  Domestic Animals of various kinds consume the coarser foods, like the grasses, hays, and grains, which man cannot use.
  domestic-animals.html

• Horses
  While we have a great many kinds of horses in America, horses are not natives of this country.
  horses.html
• Cattle
  All farm animals were once called cattle; now this term applies only to beef and dairy animals, neat cattle.
  cattle.html
• Sheep
  The sheep was perhaps the first animal domesticated by man, and today the domesticated sheep is found wherever man lives.
  sheep.html
• Swine
  The wild hogs are the parents from which all our domestic swine breeds have sprung. Swine are active and powerful animals and as they grow older can become fierce and dangerous.
  swine.html
• Poultry
  Today in 2010 when most of us hear about or think of farm poultry the first thing that comes to mind is usualy chickens and turkeys.
  poultry.html
• Bee Culture
  Bee Culture or the raising of the Honey Bee as a source of food for the farm family was a common practice in 1903.
  bee-culture.html
• Why We Feed Animals
  Four reasons Why We Feed Animals...
  why-we-feed-animals.html

• Farm Dairying
  The term Farm Dairying in 1903 meant just what you would expect. Almost every farm had a dairy enterprise in one form or another.
  farm-dairying.html

• The Dairy Cow
  In 1903 the dairy cow was very common on most all family farms and contributed to their survival.
  the-dairy-cow.html
• Dairy Products
  In 1903 when anyone heard the term Dairy products it usually meant Milk, Cream, Churning and Butter.
  dairy-products.html
• How Milk Sours
  Have you ever wondered How Milk Sours? Farmers in 1903 all knew how and what caused it.
  how-milk-sours.html
• Babcock Milk Tester
  babcock-milk-tester.html

• Miscellaneous
  This miscellaneous section covers a few more of the farm enterprises not specifically covered in previous sections.
  miscellaneous.html

• Growing Feed Stuffs
  growing-feed-stuffs.html
• Farm Tools and Farm Machines
  Farm Tools and Farm Machines of the early days were not what we expect in 2010 but the drudgery of farm life was lessened by them.
  farm-tools-and-machines.html
• Liming The Land
  Why was Liming The Land important in 1903? Discover what the farmers of the time knew then....
  liming-the-land.html
• Birds
  Why were birds important to farming in 1903? Check this interesting answer...
  birds.html
• Farming on Dry Land
  Farming on Dry Land the way it was done by our early ancestors in the 1903 time frame.
  farming-on-dry-land.html
• Irrigation
  Irrigation is the name given to the plan of supplying water in large quantities to growing crops. Since the dawn of history this practice has been more or less followed in dry climates.
  irrigation.html
• Life In The Country
  Life In The Country as it was written for public school students in 1903.
  life-in-the-country.html

• Appendix
  This appendix gives a few formulas for spray mixtures for insects and plant diseases that were used about 1903.
  appendix.html
• Glossary
  glossary.html
• Tractors
  Tractors for sale. New inventory daily and you name your own price.
  tractors.html
• Our Terms of Service.
  Privacy page and terms of service.
  privacy.html
• Site Map
  sitemap-page-order.html
• Contact
  contact.html