134 LESSONS IN AGRICULTURE 



profession. This could not be said of the farmer until 

 very recently. 



Who are writing farm books? The writers of the 

 best modern books and periodicals of agriculture are 

 men who not only have the theoretical knowledge of 

 their subjects, but the practical experience; and they 

 have thus gained the confidence of the farmers, because 

 they are in the field, wearing overalls with them. The 

 progressive farmer no longer speaks lightly of "book 

 farming, ' ' for he knows that good farmers have written, 

 as well as wrought, successfully in agriculture. 



Farm papers. There are many good farm papers, 

 and every progressive farmer is a subscriber to one 

 or more periodicals relating to the work in which he is 

 interested. He reads and experiments and thus finds 

 greater interest and profit in his work. 



Farm books. The following vocational books should 

 should be in every farmer's library: 



Chapters in Rural Progress, Butterfield. 



The State and the Farmer, Bailey. 



The Education of the Farmer, Bailey. 



The Country Home, Powell. 



Practical Farming, McClennan. 



Encyclopedia of Agriculture, Bailey. 



Checking the Waste, Gregory. 



The Country Life Movement, Bailey. 



The Country Church and the Rural Life Problem, 

 Bailey. 



The Rural Life Problem of the United States, Plun- 

 kett. 



