CHAPTER V. HORTICULTURE XXV. MARKET-GARDENING 89 XXVI. FLOWER-GARDENING 108 CHAPTER VI. THE DISEASES OF PLANTS XXVII. THE CAUSE AND NATURE OF PLANT DISEASE 122 XXVIII. YEAST AND BACTERIA 127 XXIX. PREVENTION OF PLANT DISEASE 129 XXX. SOME SPECIAL PLANT DISEASES 130 CHAPTER VII. ORCHARD, GARDEN, AND FIELD INSECTS XXXI. INSECTS IN GENERAL 144 XXXII. ORCHARD INSECTS 152 XXXIII. GARDEN AND FIELD INSECTS 165 XXXIV. THE COTTON-BOLL WEEVIL 173 CHAPTER VIII. FARM CROPS XXXV. COTTON 180 XXXVI. TOBACCO 189 XXXVII. WHEAT 192 XXXVIII. CORN 197 XXXIX. PEANUTS 202 XL. SWEET POTATOES 204 XLI. WHITE, OR IRISH, POTATOES 206 XLII. OATS 209 XLIII. RYE 213 XLIV. BARLEY 215 XLV. SUGAR PLANTS 217 XLVI. HEMP AND FLAX 226 XLVII. BUCKWHEAT 229 XLVIII. RICE 231 XLIX. THE TIMBER CROP 232 L. THE FARM GARDEN 235 CHAPTER IX. FEED STUFFS LI. GRASSES 238 LII. LEGUMES 244 CHAPTER X. DOMESTIC ANIMALS LIII. HORSES 262 LIV. CATTLE 270 LV. SHEEP 276 LVI. SWINE 279 LVII. FARM POULTRY 282 LVIII. BEE CULTURE 286 LIX. WHY WE FEED ANIMALS 290 CHAPTER XI. FARM DAIRYING LX. THE DAIRY COW 293 LXI. MILK, CREAM, CHURNING, AND BUTTER 297 LXII. HOW MILK SOURS 302 LXIII. THE BABCOCK MILK-TESTER 304 CHAPTER XII. MISCELLANEOUS LXIV. GROWING FEED STUFFS ON THE FARM 309 LXV. FARM TOOLS AND MACHINES 313