Crop Management and Soil Conservation

Contents: I: 1. Balancing crop production and maintaining fertility. 2. Surveying crop production from the farm management standpoint. 3. The nature and use of crop plants. 4. The growth and maturing of crop plants. 5. The nature of soils. 6. Protecting our soil from erosion. 7. Manuring, fertilizing, and liming field crops. 8. Growing best-adapted crops. 9. Securing the best crop varieties. 10. Growing seed on the farm. 11. Growing crops in rotation. 12. Preparing seed beds; planting and cultivating crops. 13. Harvesting crops and cooperative programs. 15. Controlling crop diseases. 16. Controlling insect pests. 17. Controlling weeds. 18. Planning improvements in crop-management and soil-conservation programs for specific farms. II: 19. Corn growing. 20. Wheat and rye growing. 21. Oats, barely, buckwheat and flax growing. 22. Sorghum growing. 23. Growing soybeans and cowpeas. 24. Growing the clovers. 25. Alfalfa and sweet clover growing. 26. Growing lespedeza and other legumes. 27. Growing grasses and legumes for hay pasture. 28. Managing pastures. 29. Growing annual grasses and legumes for hay, pasture, green-manuring, and cover-crop purposes. 30. Potato growing. 31. Field-bean growing. 32. Sugar-beet growing and the growing of other root crops. 33. Growing special field-truck crops. 34. The home-farm food supply. Food from the garden, fields, woods and ponds. Index.

It is primary object of this book in dealing with specific crops to present in a simple way the major operations that will enable the grower to grow and market his crops successfully. Practices that are effective in reducing yields, improving crop qualities, maintaining fertility, and marketing efficiently are given particular emphasis.

This book will aid individual growers in improving their crop rotations and increasing their profits through efficient production methods. It is also the desire of the authors that the importance of balancing production in accordance with market demands, protecting soils from erosion losses and depletion by exhaustive farming will be thoroughly understood by all who read this book.