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AMOS. B. LEHMAN was born in Scotland, Pa., on the Lehman homestead, 

 September 9, 1859, of Pennsylvania-German parentage. He had access to the 

 public schools until sixteen years of age. This school training has been sup- 

 plemented by an extensive investigation of the best authorities and personal 

 experiments upon the subjects of farm theory and practice, i. e., aiming 

 to produce the greatest amount of product at a minimum cost. He began 

 farming for himself in 1884, and makes a specialty of corn and legumes, hogs, 

 beef and dairy cattle. He was for three years State lecturer of the Farmers' 

 Alliance and Industrial Union, and is at the present time experimenting to 

 prove that farmers can't use acid phosphate at a profit, neither can they afford 

 to pay $20.00 per ton for nitrogenous feeds. Farmers should soon learn to 

 mix fertilizers and grow protein. 



LIGHTY, L. W., East Berlin, Adams County, Pa.: 



1. Tlie Farmers' Cow; Her Care and Feeding. 

 '2. Producing and Marketing Dairy Products. 

 ;>. Silo Experience and Practice. 



4. Soiling and Soilijig Crops. 



5. Culture and Feeding of the Corn Crop. 



C). Value, Care and Application of Farm ?tfanur(\ 



7. The Making of a Home on the Farm. 



8. Education for our Boys and Girls; >\'hat and How. 



L. W. LIGHTY was born in York county, Pa., in 1857; 'attended the public 

 schools of his neighborhood; afterwards attended a select school in Adams 

 county and then taught school for seven winters. During this time he at- 

 tended the York County Academy one term and also attended the State 

 Normal School at Millera\'ille. He then kept store, but not liking the busi- 

 ness, he got out of it, and started in the poultry bvisiness, keeping both 

 market and fancy poultry, and engaged in bee-keeping and the culture of 

 small fruits. In 1893 he purchased the faim upon which he now lives. The 

 land was worn out and the buildings quite dilapidated. He has improved this 

 until it is now one of the best farms in his county. He has a large library of 

 standard books, keeps a selected dairy of cows, and has all the modern im- 

 provements needed to equip a first class farm. 



McDonald, JOHN T., belhi, N. Y.: 



1. How I have JNIade Dairy Farming a Success. 



2. How 1 Make Poultry Pay with the Dairy Farm. 

 :{. How it has Paid :\Ie to W a :Tack-of- All-Trades. 



4. Steaming Food for (he Dairy. 



5. Value of Skim Milk F( d Buck to the Dairy.' 



JOHN T. McDonald was l)nin in 1842, near Delhi, N. Y., and lives upon a 

 farm of about 200 acres, 160 of which is improved. He w-as educated in the 

 public schools; began farming in 1875, w^ent heavily into debt for his farm, and 

 paid for it in twelve years, at the same time improving the buildings and land. 

 He produces from 20,000 to 25,000 pounds of butter annually, which he sells 

 for 35 cents per pound. He turned out last year about .$10,000 worth of pioduce. 

 He keeps ninety cows, and they average a little over .300 pounds of butter 

 each. He sold, during the year, over .$2,000 worth of chickens, eggs and 

 turkeys. 



