ILLUSTRATIONS 



Tomatoes in Cold Frame Frontispiece 



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Hydraulic Ram in Position i6 



" Reeco " Ericsson Engine with Deep-well Pump con- 

 nected to an Air-pressure Tank 20 



Hydraulic Ram, a Most Economical Power, where 

 Suitable Conditions Prevail 22 



Method of Pumping Water from a Pond, Showing 

 Position of Ram 24 



Buildings at Brookside Farm (S. L. and T. IV. Stewart, 

 Owners) 28 



Barn Plan 30 



Piggery on the Farm of the Illinois Experiment Sta- 

 tion 34 



Interior of Illinois Experiment Station Piggery . . 38 



Dorset Sheep (Owned by Hart's Delight Farm, Chazy, 

 N. Y.) 44 



Example of the Kind of Stock to Buy: Typical Berk- 

 shire Boar {Oiinied by Hood Farm, Lowell Mass.) 50 



Plymouth Rock Hen that laid 251 Eggs her First Lay- 

 ing Year, at the Maine Experiment Station . . 56 



Typical Light Brahma Cockerel {Owned by Mr. Net- 



tleton, Shelton, Conn.) 56 



Examples of the Kind of Stock to Buy: Aberdeen- 

 Angus Cattle {Owned by S. E. Lantz, Congerville, 



III.) 60 



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