" The first farmer was the first man, and all historic 

 nobility rests on possession and use of land." 



— Emerson. 



LIPPINCOTT'S 



FARM MANUALS 



EDITED BY 

 KARY C. DAVIS, Ph.D. (Cornell) 



PROFESSOR OF AGRICULTURE, SCHOOL OF COUNTRY LIFE 

 GEORGE PEABODY COLLEGE FOR TEACHERS, NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE 



PRODUCTIVE 

 VEGETABLE GROWING 



AN ELEMENTARY TEXT FOR 

 SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES 



By JOHN W. LLOYD, M.S.A. (Cornell University) 



PROFESSOR OF OLERICULTURE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 



