CONTENTS 



Other Forms of Work Report 481 



Estimating Values ........ 484 



Accounts with Fields ....... . 484 



Farm Account ........ . 485 



Manure and Fertilizers 485 



Equipment 486 



Labor 487 



Horses 487 



Hay Seed 488 



Double Cropping 488 



Interest 489 



General Expense ......... 490 



Accounts of Convenience ....... 490 



Personal Accounts . t . . . . . . . 491 



Order of Closing Books ....... 491 



Accounts on Tenant Farms ....... 493 



CHAPTER 18 



CHOICE OF A REGION 



PROSPERITY OF THE COMMUNITY ...... 494 



CLIMATE : 



Change of Climate 496 



Compensating Cycles in Weather ...... 497 



Rainfall 498 



Evaporation .......... 500 



Winds 502 



Hail 503 



Length of Growing Season 503 



FERTILITY OF THE SOIL : 



Importance of Fertility 503 



Use of Soil Maps . ... . .... 505 



Value of Chemical Analysis ....... 505 



Plants as Indicators of Fertility ...... 511 



Use of Census Figures ........ 513 



Comparative Advantages of New and Old Regions . . 513 



Land Prices 613 



CHAPTER 19 

 CHOOSING AND BUYING A FARM 



Importance of Securing a Good Farm ..... 517 



Size of Farm .......... 517 



Area in Crops ......... 517 



The Farm Layout 518 



The Lay of the Land 518 



