4 Effective Farming 



man, the underlying facts in the control of insects and plant 

 diseases apply over a very wide range of crops. 



4. Farm possibilities. The farmer lives on his farm, de- 

 veloping his home and all its surroundings. This home should 

 be convenient, comfortable, and attractive. He has relation 

 to highways, telephones, mail routes, neighbors, churches, 

 schools, societies, fairs, farm-bureaus, markets, and transporta- 

 tion. All the affairs and activities of the farmers, of their 

 families and helpers, constitute an agricultural life. This 

 life is as important to the nation as the products that the farm- 

 ers raise. The farmer cannot confine himself within his own 

 fences. He is part of the community and is under obligation 

 to take part in its activities. 



The crops and animals are to be of the best. The farmer 

 himself is also to be well reared, well educated, well fed, well 

 clothed. His family is to be provided with a good dwelling, 

 good books and periodicals, good pictures, good music, good 

 grounds and yards. The farm people are to derive the greatest 

 satisfaction from their occupation, not only in money, but in 

 home comforts, in the appreciation of nature, and in the desir- 

 able things of life. 



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Crissey, Forrest, The Story of Foods. Rand, McNally & Co. 

 Sanford, Albert H., The Story of Agriculture. D. C. Heath and Co. 

 Smith, J. Russell, Commerce and Industry. Henry Holt and Co. 

 Bowsfield, C. C., Making the Farm Pay. Forbes and Co. 

 Halligan, J. E., Fundamentals of Agriculture. D. C. Heath and Co. 

 McBryde, J. B., Elements of Agriculture. B. F. Johnson Publishing Co. 

 Fisher, M. L., and Cotton, F. A., Agriculture for Common Schools. 



Charles Scribner's Sons. 

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