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5. Secure a high content of humus in the soil by 

 the use of legumes, barnyard manure, farm refuse, and 

 commercial fertilizers. 



6. Carry out a systematic crop rotation with a 

 winter cover crop on southern farms. 



7. Accomplish more work in a day by using more 

 horse power and better implements. 



8. Increase the farm stock to the extent of utilis- 

 ing all the waste products and idle lands of the farm. 



9. Produce all the food required for the men and 

 animals on the farm. 



10. Keep an account of each farm product, in 

 order to know from which the gain or loss arises. 



TOPICS FOR INVESTIGATION 



1. Name all the different enterprises on your home 

 farm. 



2. What is meant by seasonal distribution of labor? 

 Name some of the things that a farmer and his men can 

 do on rainy days in the summer and on stormy days in the 

 winter. 



3. Make an inventory of your farm supplies at the 

 present time, such as stock, machinery, grain, hay, etc. 

 Make a list of purchases in these lines during the last year. 

 Make a list of the sales. Talk with your father about keep- 

 ing under his direction a set of farm records for a year. 



4. Choose some farm in the neighborhood and, under 

 the teacher's direction, make a plan for reorganizing its 

 management as to cropping, stock, machinery, buildings, 

 drainage, laying off of fields, fencing, etc., with a view to 

 better results. 



3. The Farm Home 



Successful farming must make the home the center of 

 all interest and effort. The final purpose of increasing the 

 fertility of the soil, raising good crops, and producing fine 



