LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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What plants contain 2 



Common elements in two leading crops 3 



When a ton is sold 5 



How a boy beat the average 7 



Dairy farming helps the land 8 



Locked up for ages to come 10 



With and without fertilizer 11 



Increasing the potato yield 13 



Changing the timothy ration 14 



No question about value of manure 16 



Plant food in bag of fertilizer 19 



Fertilizer distributor 20 



Seven of our leading farm products 21 



Alfalfa plant and roots 22 



Manure spreader at work 24 



Plant food in corn 26 



Homemade tool for liming the land 28 



Why is the difference so great? 29 



Two kinds of farming 31 



Feeding cattle in the field 32 



Two crops at the same time 35 



Crimson clover ready for cutting 37 



On most farms hogs have a place 39 



Relative ann)unts of the weight of green plants obtained from 



water, air and soil 41 



Increasing the farm protein supply 42 



Protein in clover hay 44 



Nutritive ratio of some common feeding stuflfs 46 



Growing plants contain much water : 48 



Producing milk under sanitary conditions 52 



Poor way to feed sheep 54 



Money is made where the right feed is provided 57 



Pure-bred dairy cattle at pasture 59 



Where peace and sympathy abound 62 



Protein the same in all 63 



Quick cooling of milk always retards bacterial growth 64 



Rump cut from high-grade animal 65 



Growth of bacteria 66 



Of fine form and high quality 67 



Mineral matter in some common foods 68 



Different kinds of flour compared 69 



Milk pail 72 



