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IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



The weanling pig. How it can be 

 made marketable at eight months 

 old. 



Raising pigs and calves in connec- 

 tion with farm dairy. 



Profitable hog raising. 



The hog market of the future. 



Economic pork production. 



Contagious diseases of hogs. 



Hog raising as an art. 



Alfalfa and the hog. 



The variety growth elements in corn 



for the pig. 

 Care of sow and feeding the pigs. 

 The coming hog. 



SHEEP. 



Sheep raising in Iowa. 

 Is it profitable to raise sheep in a 

 small way on the average farm? 



Sheep husbandry. 



DAIRY AND CREAMERY. 



The mutual interest of patron and 



creamery. 

 Creameries and dairying. 

 Feeding for butterfat. 

 How can dairying be managed to 



make it profitable on the farm? 



The production of milk and its 



manufacture into butter. 

 Centralization vs. local creameries. 

 Home dairy vs. local creameries. 

 Experience with hand separator. 



POULTRY. 



Should poultry on the farm be made 

 one of the leading industries? 



The incubator or hen for profitable 

 poultry raising, and what should 

 the chicks bs fed? 



Raising poultry on a large scale for 



profit. 

 Poultry raising and its possibilities. 



DRAINAGE. 



Drainage as related to road building. The drainage of meandered lake 



Farm drainage. 



Tiling the farm. How? When? 

 Where? Does it pay? 



Drainage claims and equitable as- 

 sessments in drainage district 

 work. 



The new Iowa drainage law. 



ROADS 



beds. 

 Progress in drainage improvements 



during 1904. 

 Drainage machinery. 

 The relation of the soil to under- 



drainage. 



Good roads and the duties of trustees 



under the present law. 

 The importance of drainage in good 



roads construction. 



Iowa roads— Past, present and fu- 

 ture. 

 Road making without money. 



