ILLUSTRATIONS 



PLATES 



Frontispiece 2 



The Soil 4 



Crops 20 



Harvesting Alfalfa in New Jersey .... 26 



Crimson Clover in Corn at Last Cultivation . . 27 



Mixed Grasses a Very Appetizing Food for Stock 27 



Field of Cowpeas in Alabama ..... 29 



Barnyard Millet. Yield 15 Tons per Acre ... 30 



Crop of Cowpeas and Kaffir Corn. Yield 13 Tons 91 



per Acre . . .31 



Field of Crimson Clover ...... 36 



A Crop of Peas and Oats 36 



Field of Soy Beans 36 



Experiment with Nitrate of Soda on Wheat . . 42 



A Dairy Herd 56 



Grand Champion Ayrshire Cow, National Dairy Show, 



Chicago, 1906 60 



First Prize Three-Year-Old Guernsey Bull, Pan- 

 American Exposition 61 



Guernsey Cow, "Yeksa Sunbeam." Record 1,000 



Pounds Butter in One Year 62 



Holstein Bull, "Count Paul De Kol 2d." First Prize 



Three-Year-Old, Pan-American Exposition . . 64 

 Holstein Cow, "Colontha 4th Johanna." Champion 

 Butter Cow of the World, 1,164.63 Pounds in a 



Year 65 



A Good Type of the Jersey Breed .... 68 



A Typical Brown Swiss Cow ..... 70 



Good Type of Dairy Shorthorns 74 



Keeping a Careful Record of the Weight of Milk . 85 



