CHAPTER VI. 



Underdraining. 



Having dealt with the immediate surroundings 

 of the home, the dwelHng, lawn, garden, orchard and 

 buildings, let us now turn to the fields, on the pro- 

 duction of which the maintenance of the home 

 depends. 



JAPANESE CLEMATIS — PANICULATA. (See p. 24.) 



In the old days field work was hard and there 

 was little to relieve the drudgery. To-day, with 

 modern implements, and by applying the principles 

 of science to the practice of agriculture, we accom- 

 plish greater results with less labor and make farming 

 as an occupation at once more interesting and more 

 profitable. 



