The Story
of the
Soil

by
Cyril
Hopkins



CONTENTS

  1. The Old South
  2. Forty Acres in the Corn Belt
  3. Lincoln's View of Agriculture.
  4. Life's Choice
  5. Worn Out Farms

  6. The Musicale
  7. A Bit of History
  8. Westover
  9. The Black Peril
  10. The Slave and the Freedman

  11. Judgment to Come
  12. The Restoration
  13. Why Percy Went to College
  14. A Lesson in Farm Science
  15. Coeducation

  16. Past Self-Redemption
  17. More Problems
  18. Closer to Mother Earth
  19. From Richmond to Washington
  20. A Lesson in Optimism

  21. A In the Office of the Chief
  22. The Chemist's Laboratory
  23. Mathematics Applied to Agriculture
  24. The Nation's Capitol
  25. A Lesson on Tobacco

  26. Another Lesson on Tobacco
  27. Eighteen to One
  28. Farmer or Professor
  29. The Ultimate Comparison
  30. "Stone Soup"

  31. Theories Versus Facts
  32. Guessing and Gassing
  33. The Diagnosis and Prescription
  34. Planning for Life
  35. Sealed Lips

  36. Hard Times
  37. Harder Times
  38. An Awakening Dream
  39. Honey Without Wax.
  40. Inspiration
  41. The Kindergarten
  42. Advance Information