CONTENTS 



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INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT ................... 7 



I. A QUARTER-CENTURY OF AGRICULTURAL 

 PROGRESS IN ILLINOIS: A REVIEW OF 

 ACCOMPLISHMENTS 



A System of Permanent Agriculture 



RALPH ALLEN ............................................ 11 



Developments in the Dairy Industry 



N. W. HEPBURN .......................................... 16 



Developments in Horticulture 



J. C. BLAIR ............................................... 27 



The Work of the Agricultural Experiment Station 



L. H. SMITH .............................................. 37 



The Work of the College of Agriculture 



FRED H. RAN KIN. . 46 



II. NEWER PHASES OF AGRICULTURAL PROGRESS 



Newer Problems in Soil Treatment 



FRANK I. MANN 56 



Business Aspects of Farming 



CHARLES A. EWING 61 



The Farm Bureau 



E. T. ROBBINS 71 



The Illinois Agricultural Association 



D. O. THOMPSON 79 



An International Crop Reporting Service 



H. J. SCONCE 82 



Financing Farming 



J. D. PHILLIPS 87 



