LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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Spraying outfit and mixing platform 97 



Thrashing hands 101 



Just at that time farmers were offering from $1.50 to $2.00 



for help in the corn harvest 116 



I have all I can eat and wear. Why should I want more? . 116 



Moving the thrashing outfit 137 



Hauling water for the traction engine 137 



A giant chestnut, twenty-four feet in circumference the 



largest tree in Loudoun County 144 



The forest 144 



Spraying hops on a large scale 165 



Spraying sugar beets 180 



Distributing poison bait for cut worms 180 



Larva of the cotton boll weevil 201 



Adult cotton boll weevil 201 



Probably they are to die of cholera 208 



He thinks of the cattle feeding in the fertile fields .... 208 



View west of Chevy Chase, Maryland 213 



Prof. E. W. Hilgard 228 



Early experiments in reclaiming soil 245 



Experiments with fertilizers on potatoes, Kentucky Experi- 

 ment Station. Potash is especially useful for potatoes . . 260 



Hon G. B. Loring 281 



Testing the size of the oats 288 



The old farm-house 288 



Hon. N. J. Coleman 309 



James Wilson 324 



Jeremiah Rusk 341 



A desert which might be irrigated 356 



