LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



A Beautiful Farm Scene Frontispiece 



Soil-Building in the Forest 10 



Soil-Building in the Swamp ....... 12 



Soil -Wearing Along the Roadside 15 



Soil-Wearing Along the Brook . s 17 



Where the Soil is Well Cultivated 30 



Red Clover, Timothy, Oats and Wheat 45 



An Autumn Corn Field 46 



Hay Cutting and Stacking 48 



Hay Stacks 51 



In the Wheat Field 57 



Leaves and Blossoms 64 



Threshing Wheat 67 



Measuring Wheat at the Thrasher 71 



Corn Growing 74 



Cutting Corn with a Machine 76 



Southern Pines .......... 86 



Cottonwood Tree 90 



The Elm and the Box Elder 93 



Cabbage Butterfly, Caterpillar and Chrysalis .... 105 



Cecropia Moth .......... 107 



How Insects Carry Pollen in 



The Dragon Fly 114 



Woolly Aphis of the Apple . . . . . . . 121 



Squashvine Borer ......... 127 



The Kingfisher 130 



The Woodpecker 132 



The Screech Owl 135 



The Bobolink 137 



The Swallow 141 



The Bluebird 144 



The Robin 149 



Bacteria 152 



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