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meiit is made of the untiring efforts of Mr. C. L. Bingham, 

 a student in the College of Agriculture, in collecting and 

 arranging material for this work and in preparing forms, 

 etc., for the printer, and to Mr. F. B. Headley, and Mr. E. 

 C. Parker both of the Agricultural Division who have also 

 given material assistance in supplying data taken from 

 actual farm operations. 



Grateful acknowledgment is made to The Bureau of Sta- 

 tistics of the United States Department of Agriculture for 

 the collection of valuable data here used. Without such a 

 comprehensive assemblage of facts concerning farm opera- 

 tions this work would not be possible. To W. M. Hays, As- 

 sistant Secretary of the National Department of Agricul- 

 ture I wish to express my most grateful thanks for help and 

 constant encouragement. 



St. Anthony Park, St. Paul, Minn., May 1, 1906. 



