Part I –
1. Crop plants and the environment –
2. Possibilities in crop improvement –
3. Choosing crops to grow –
4. Selecting varieties of field crops –
5. Providing good seed –
6. Treating seed for planting –
7. Preparing the soil for field crops –
8. Planting seed and setting small plants –
9. Aiding young plants to get established –
10. Cultivating and stimulating growth –
11. Controlling and eradicating weeds –
Part II –
12. Field crops integrated pest management –
13. Controlling harmful field crop insects –
14. Preventing and controlling diseases –
15. Harvesting field crops –
16. Storing field crops –
17. Latest equipment used in field crops production –
18. Fertilizer, green manuring, rotation, and multiple cropping practices –
19. Marketing field crop products –
20. Breeding and improving field crop plants.

"It is a pioneer book because of its organization and approach. It is developed entirely on the basis of the jobs which crop growers, present and prospective, must perform or supervise. The Introduction on how field crops grow is unique, in logical sequence, important steps to take, or decisions to make, in connection with every crop activity discussed. The subject matter is basic and applies in all sections of the country. Both managerial and operative jobs are included. Desired information can be quickly and easily located throughout the book. This should prove helpful to established farmers making adjustments in existing field-crop enterprises and to young farmers starting to develop an agricultural business.
Contents of this handbook have been assembled from many published articles and from the unpublished experiences of scientists and farmers. Only material, however, which was believed to be pertinent to the activity under consideration has been included. It has been arranged in chronological order, according to the way the crop grower needs to study his enterprise, as well as according to the successive steps in the development of the crops themselves in the field. All the major crops of the country have been included, and in the various chapters on seed selecting, planting, cultivating, and harvesting, the essential features of each of these activities are discussed for all of these crops."
- Preface