LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS XlH 



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How to measure grade with level and rule 170 



Dairy barn up to date and fully equipped 172 



Small barn, 36 x 40 feet 173 



Floor plan of small barn 175 



Elevation of end of roof, with three-fifths pitch 17T 



Making the old roads better 181 



Why good roads pay 182 



Old land remade by drainage 18r> 



The area is just the same l'.)0 



Dairy herd and barns 192 



Filling the silo 194 



Ready for market 197 



Retail beef cuts and weight 198 



Retail cuts of mutton 199 



Retail cuts of pork 200 



Hog carcass in four parts 203 



Hams, trimmed and untrimmed 204 



Butchering outfit 205 



Smoking meat 206 



Grove of black walnut trees 208 



Growing timber as farm crop 212 



Heavy loss en route to market 214 



Sledding time 218 



Using poles to get height of tree 221 



Plant food in cotton 224 



Seed cotton ready to be ginned 226 



Layout of farm, showing fields 229 



Constructed of concrete throughout 231 



Concrete fence posts 233 



Concrete water tank 234 



Forms for making concrete hog troughs 235 



Interior of cow barn, showing concrete construction 239 



