LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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Spraying outfit and mixing platform 97 



Thrashing hands 101 



Just at that time farmers were offering from $1.50 to $2.00 

 for help in the corn harvest 116 



I have all I can eat and wear. Why should I want more? . 116 



Moving the thrashing outfit 137 



Hauling water for the traction engine . "'. ~. * \ . 137 



A giant chestnut, twenty -four feet in circumference the 

 largest tree in Loudoun County .... - . ; -i i . 144 



The forest 144 



Spraying hops on a large scale 165 



Spraying sugar beets . . ** ,iw , *; .-.!.; .'U-./ < u . . . 180 



Distributing poison bait for cut worms . . . . . ' . . 180 



Larva of the cotton boll weevil . . ' : . . r > , : ' *;* '". . { . . 201 



Adult cotton boll weevil . . .... . . . } . . . 201 



Probably they are to die of cholera '. .'" . . . . . . 208 



He thinks of the cattle feeding in the fertile fields . . . .208 



View west of Chevy Chase, Maryland 213 



Prof. E. W. Hilgard . . 228 



Early experiments in reclaiming soil 245 



Experiments with fertilizers on potatoes, Kentucky Experi- 

 ment Station. Potash is especially useful for potatoes . . 260 



Hon G. B. Loring 281 



Testing the size of the oats 288 



The old farm-house 288 



Hon. N. J. Coleman 309 



James Wilson . ^ v -T: - /;%t>; ^ 324 



Jeremiah Rusk W > v? 341 



A desert which might be irrigated 356 



