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1. One solution of the farm labor problem. One man doing 



more work than two would do with walking plows. John 

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2. Sixty-five Mayweeds. No two alike. B. D. Halstead 5 



3. Hybrid squashes. B. D. Halstead 5 



4. An excellent cow who is the mother of good cows. Correct 



Principle in Breeding. H. A. Moyer 22 



5. Reid's yellow dent corn. Result of fifty years of selection. 



A. D. Shamel 49 



6. Timothy hay responds to fertilizers. J . W . Gilmore 132 



7. Timothy hay responds to barnyard manure. J . W. Gilmore. . 132 



8. Field of corn on which a weeder was used before cultivating. 



G. F. Warren 168 



9. Field of corn on adjoining farm on which a weeder was not 



used. G. F. Warren 168 



10. Distribution of corn roots sixty days after planting. A. M. 



Ten Eyck 171 



1 1 . A good field of wheat in New York 178 



12. A good pasture in New York, the Roberts pasture. Samuel 



Fraser 197 



13. ApoorpastureadjoiningtheRobertspasture. Samuel Fraser .. 197 

 .14. Destructive lumbering. Yearbook, United States Department 



of Agriculture 216 



15. Conservative lumbering. Yearbook, United States Department 



of Agriculture 216 



17. An ideal Baldwin apple tree for the northeastern states. G. F. 



Warren 227 



18. A good spray rig for a small orchard. G. F. Warren 244 



19. Oate sprayed for killing wild mustard. G. F. Warren 244 



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