Part I: Chemical considerations -- 1. The relations of the plant to soil and air -- 2. The chemical analysis of soils -- 3. Artificial manures -- 4. Nitrogenous manures and sources of soil nitrogen -- 5. Humus and humus-forming material -- 6. LIme -- 7. Standards of fertility for Victorian soils -- 8. Standards for phosphoric acid -- 9. Standards for nitrogen 10. The chemical characteristics of Victorian wheat soils -- Part II: Physical considerations -- 11. The movements of soil moisture -- 12. The mechanical composition of Victorian wheat soils -- 13. Tillage, and the conservation of soil moisture -- 14. Bare fallowing -- 15. Generalities in wheat growing