CONTENTS. 



LIBRARY 

 NEW YORK 

 BOTANICAL 



GARDEN 



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List of Farmers' Institutes v-viii 



Question Box: 1-191 



Orchard and Small Fruits 1-19 



Sprays and Spraying 19-24 



Silos, Ensilage, Corn 24-30 



Animal Food 37-58 



Clover 58-62 



The Dairy 62-72 



Alfalfa 72-77 



Potatoes .- 77-83 



Sheep 83-90 



Miscellaneous 90-125 



Barn Manure and Ferl il izers 125-135 



Veterinary Inquiries 135-143 



About Horses 143-146 



Milk and its Products 146-1 54 



Pigs 155-158 



Calves 158-161 



Grasses 161-163 



Poultry Yard 163-191 



How to Fit Fowl for the Show-room, by J. H. Drevenstedt 164 



Building Poultry Houses 173 



Feoding Poultry 176 



Turkeys 179 



General Management 180 



Incubating and Brooding 182 



" The Egg-Laying Type " (Illustrated) , by J. E. Rice 184 



Veterinary Department 1S6-191 



The Composition and Use of Fertilizers, Dr. L. L. Van Slyke 192-325 



Address, by Don. J. Wood 326 



Breeding Poultry from a Fancier's Standpoint, T. F. McGraw 330 



What Shall I Do? by Miss Helen Reed, A B 337 



Why the Boy Leaves the Farm, Mrs. C. A. U. McCarthy 344 



The Farm as a Place of Business, by John Jeannin. Jr 349 



Butter-Making, by G. A. Smith 352 



Keeping up with the Times, Miss Bertha Tuckerman 360 



Barn Construction and Sanitation, by H. E. Cook 364 



Home Life on the Farm, by Mrs J. R. Moses 370 



Aids to Success, by Martin E. Lee 373 



Social Life on the Farm, by Mrs. J. E. Middaugh 376 



Heredity, by Mrs. Libbie McGuinness 380 



Home Life on the Farm, by Miss Maggie S. Keeler 384 



Alfalfa in New York, by F. E. Dawley 389 



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