TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Chapter. Page. 



Introductory 5 



I. How I Came to Be a Farmer 9 



II. What the Farm Was 16 



III. How We Started 23 



IV. Mixed Farming 30 



V. What We Have Done . 39 



VI. Special Farming 48 



VII. Clearing of Trees, Stumps and Stones . 57 



VIII. Laying Out the Farm 66 



IX. Tile Draining . 74 



X. Tile Draining Swales, Cat Swamps, etc 81 



XI. How to Tile Drain 91 



XII. Other Points in Drainage 99 



XIII. Tillage , 106 



XIV. Tillage The Earth Mulch 113 



XV. Clover as a Fertilizer 121 



XVI. Treatment of Clover 130 



XVII. Manure Saving 141 



XVIII. Manure, Continued 149 



XIX. Preparing for Potatoes 159 



XX. Potatoes The Seed 169 



XXI. Planting and Culture of Potatoes 176 



XXII. Harvesting the Potato Crop 185 



XXIII. Other Points in Potato Culture 196 



XXIV. Preparing for Winter Wheat 207 



XXV. Other Points in Wheat Culture 215 



XXVI. What if Every One Should Do So? . 226 



XXVII. Sowing Clover, Timothy and Hungarian Grass Seed . . . 233 



XXVIII. Care of Implements 241 



XXIX. Our Barn 251 



XXX. The Care of Stock 263 



XXXI. Big Loads 269 



XXXII. Muck 277 



XXXIII. Knowing What You Are About 282 



XXXIV. Not All Work 291 



XXXV. A Farmer's Home ; 296 



XXXVI. Our Home 305 



XXXVII. The Small Fruit Garden 319 



XXXVIII. Wife's Share 330 



XXXIX. Insurance 337 



XL. Buying at Wholesale 348 



XLI. Inducements Offered by Farming 357 



XLH. A Short Sermon 362 



