LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



' Effective Farming " ....... Frontispiece 



FIO. PAGE 



1. A sprouted bean .13 



2. Cross-section of a germinating maize kernel ... 14 



3. Parts of the white potato plant 16 



4. Cutting of coleus ........ 17 



5. Simple cuttings of the grape 18 



6. Mallet and heel cuttings of the currant .... 19 



7. Whip grafting 21 



8. Cleft grafting 22 



9. Bud stick .... .... 24 



10. Cutting the bud 24 



11. Preparing the stock and inserting the bud ... 24 



12. A budded nursery tree 25 



13. A practical seed-tester for small seeds .... 27 



14. Parts of a sprouted maize kernel 27 



15. The plow is an efficient agent for pulverizing the soil . 38 



16. A badly washed field 41 



17. Vegetables grown under irrigation 45 



18. Furrow irrigation in a California citrus grove . . .46 



19. An open drainage ditch in muck soil in New Jersey . . 47 



20. Cowpea root showing tubercles 50 



21. Apparatus for soil exercises with water .... 52 



22. Benefits of green-manuring 63 



23. Beneficial effect of barnyard manure .... 68 



24. A lantern slide that tells a story of waste on American 



farms .73 



25. The wrong way to store manure, piling it by the roadside . 74 



26. Home-made tank wagon-box for hauling fresh manure to 



the fields ...... .75 



27. The wrong kind of barnyard .... .76 



28. A manure-spreader means a saving of labor and evenness 



of distribution of the manure ..... 77 



29. Effect of commercial fertilizer ...... 81 



30. Dent corn 100 



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