Outing Handbooks 



Farm Drainage and Irrigation. One of the most serious farm 

 .problems is that connected with water, either its lack or its 

 too great abundance. This book gives the simple proved 

 facts as to the best methods for taking water off the land or 

 bringing it on. It shows the farmer how to bring his swamps 

 into cultivation without converting them into sun-dried wastes. 

 Also how the sandy stretches may be kept moist and bearing 

 through even the driest summer. A knowledge of these simple 

 facts will relieve the farmer from the haunting fear of 

 drought or the long rains that sometimes blight the spring 

 in Northern and Eastern latitudes. 



The Farmer's Bees. The keeping of bees is neither a difficult nor 

 expensive matter, nor is it one in which a little knowledge 

 is necessarily a dangerous thing. However, there are a few 

 elementary facts which could, be well learnt, such, for ex- 

 ample, as the handling of swarms and the provision of proper 

 honey-making food and the care of the bees in winter. This 

 book covers this elementary field in a logical and convincing 

 manner. 



The Farmer's Bookkeeper. Half of the secret of success in farm- 

 ing is knowing the real relation between income and expendi- 

 ture. In no business is that so hard to find probably, as in 

 farming. Mr. Buffum has presented a simple, common-sense 

 method of farm accounting which he has used with great suc- 

 cess for many years. It requires no elaborate knowledge of 

 bookkeeping and is entirely reliable in showing the farmer 

 where his business stands as a going concern. 



The Farmer's Cattle. In this volume the problem discussed is 

 two-fold, one of breeding and the other of care. The breed is 

 determined largely by the use to which the farmer wishes his 

 cattle put, whether for dairy or beef purposes. Their care 

 is affected to a certain extent by the same consideration but 

 not so largely. For the average farmer a combination of the 

 two is usually most desirable, and it is in this light that this 

 book discusses the problem. All of the information is de- 

 signed to avoid unnecessary expense and to save the farmer 

 from rushing into extreme and costly experiments or wasting 

 his time on valueless mongrel strains. The care of calves 

 is discussed in length, as also the stabling and feeding of 

 milk cows and the feeding of the stock destined for the 

 market. 



The Farmer's Hogs. It was once the boast of Illinois, then the 

 biggest grain producing state of the Union, that 90 per cent, 

 of the corn raised in that state was fed in the country of its 

 origin. Probably 70 per cent, of that amount was fed to hogs. 

 That condition still holds in a large measure. Hence this book 

 is designed to aid the practical farmer in selecting the best 

 hogs for market purposes as well as for home use, and to 

 advise him as to their care and feeding so as to insure a 

 living profit on their cost and the cost of the grain necessary 

 to feed them for market. 



The Farmer's Poultry. It is a proved fact that there is large 

 .profit to be made from the raising of poultry but not by the 

 amateur who rushes into it without knowledge or experience. 

 In this book is given the fruit of many years experience of a 

 man who has made poultry raising pay. The birds dealt with 

 are not the expensive exotics of the poultry fancier but the 

 practical varieties with records as good producers and a good 

 name in the market. The reader is taught how to provide 

 shelter for his poultry that shall keep them comfortable and 

 safe from vermin of all kinds without involving the builder in 

 prohibitive expense. The objective point is poultry as a by- 

 product of the Farm that shall provide amply for the farmer's 

 table with a margin for the market. 



