Table of Contents 



Natural brooding, 435 Artificial incubation, 437 - 

 Artificial brooding, 438 Feeding for egg production, 

 438 Feeding for meat production, 440 Questions, 

 440 Exercises, 442 References, 442. 



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CHAPTER XXII 



FARM MACHINERY 



Lack of care of farm machinery, 444 Plows, 445 

 Harrows, 449 Cultivators, 452 Weeders, 454 

 Planting implements, 454 Hay-harvesting machin- 

 ery, 456 Small-grain, corn, and potato harvesters, 

 457 Threshing machines, 457 Farm tractors, 458 

 Questions, 460 Exercises, 460 References, 460. 



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CHAPTER XXIII 



FARM MANAGEMENT . 



The scope of farm management, 461 Farming as 

 an occupation, 462 Choice of a region for farming, 

 462 Choice of the type of farming, 462 Choice of 

 the farm, 462 - Farm tenancy, 463 Laying out the 

 fields, 463 Kind of farm equipment, 463 Farm 

 labor, 464 Planning a cropping system, 465 

 Farm accounts, 465 Farm records, 466 The 

 marketing of farm products, 466 Questions, 467 

 Exercises, 467 References, 470. 



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APPENDIX 



DIRECTORY OF THE U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 ADDRESSES OF THE STATE EXPERIMENT STATIONS 

 THE PUBLICATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 PUBLISHERS OF AGRICULTURAL BOOKS 



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