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Field, forest and farm

Field, forest and farm

by Jean-Henri Fabre

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Author
Fabre, Jean-Henri, 1823-1915
Title
Field, Forest and Farm Things interesting to young nature-lovers, including some matters of moment to gardeners and fruit-growers
Original Publication
United States: The Century Co.,1919.
Credits
Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Language
English
LoC Class
QH: Science: Natural history
Subject
Agriculture
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 67813
Release Date
April 11, 2022
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.CONTENTS
  3. 3.THE STAFF OF LIFE
  4. 4.THE HISTORY OF TOBACCO
  5. 5.THE ORIGIN OF FERTILE SOIL
  6. 6.DIFFERENT KINDS OF SOIL
  7. 7.( Continued )
  8. 8.POTASH AND PHOSPHORUS
  9. 9.PHOSPHATES AND NITROGEN
  10. 10.VEGETATION AND THE ATMOSPHERE
  11. 11.LIME
  12. 12.LIME IN AGRICULTURE
  13. 13.PLASTER OF PARIS
  14. 14.PLASTER OF PARIS IN AGRICULTURE
  15. 15.NATURAL FERTILIZERS—GUANO
  16. 16.THE STALK OF THE PLANT
  17. 17.THE ROOT
  18. 18.BUDS
  19. 19.ADVENTITIOUS BUDS
  20. 20.BULBS AND BULBLETS
  21. 21.TUBERS—STARCH
  22. 22.USES OF STARCH
  23. 23.HISTORY OF THE POTATO
  24. 24.ASCENDING SAP
  25. 25.DESCENDING SAP
  26. 26.TREE-PRUNING
  27. 27.PINCHING—BUD-NIPPING
  28. 28.MAKING FRUIT TREES BEAR
  29. 29.THE SEED
  30. 30.THE SEED’S FOOD-SUPPLY
  31. 31.GERMINATION
  32. 32.THE BLOSSOM
  33. 33.POLLEN
  34. 34.THE GRAIN OF WHEAT
  35. 35.CULTIVATED PLANTS
  36. 36.DIFFERENT WAYS OF PROPAGATING
  37. 37.LAYERING
  38. 38.SLIPPING
  39. 39.GRAFTING
  40. 40.( Continued )
  41. 41.( Concluded )
  42. 42.ROTATION OF CROPS
  43. 43.( Continued )
  44. 44.LAND-DRAINAGE
  45. 45.PARING AND BURNING
  46. 46.WINE-MAKING
  47. 47.THE STAG-BEETLE
  48. 48.SHEATH-WINGED INSECTS
  49. 49.THE JUNE-BUG
  50. 50.CATERPILLARS AND BUTTERFLIES
  51. 51.ANTS
  52. 52.THE ANT-LION
  53. 53.VENOMOUS ANIMALS
  54. 54.THE PHYLLOXERA
  55. 55.( Continued )
  56. 56.NOCTURNAL BIRDS OF PREY
  57. 57.THE SMALLER BIRDS
  58. 58.BIRDS’ NESTS
  59. 59.MIGRATION OF BIRDS
  60. 60.CARRIER-PIGEONS
  61. 61.SOME PREHISTORIC ANIMALS
  62. 62.THE ORIGIN OF COAL
  63. 63.THE FARMER’S HELPERS
  64. 64.( Continued )
  65. 65.Colophon — Availability — Metadata — Revision History — External References — Corrections

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