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CONTENTS 



XXIV. CATTLE 279 



XXV. SHEEP 293 



XXVI. SWINE 300 



XXVII. POULTRY MANAGEMENT 305 



XXVIII. BEE-KEEPING 321 



XXIX. FEEDS AND FEEDING 327 



PART III. ANIMAL PRODUCTS 

 XXX. CATTLE PRODUCTS 344 



PART IV. FARM MANAGEMENT 



XXXI. THE BUSINESS OF FARMING 360 



XXXII. ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE 371 



XXXIII. WORK WITH ROPE 376 



XXXIV. REPAIR OF FARM EQUIPMENT HANDY DEVICES 385 



PART V .APPENDIX REFERENCE TABLES 



I. REFERENCE BOOKS 391 



II. LIST OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS 393 



III. INSECTICIDES AND FUNGICIDES 395 



IV. QUANTITY OF SEED PER ACRE AND LEGAL WEIGHTS. 399 

 V. SAMPLE PEDIGREE OF PURE BRED CATTLE 400 



VI. RULES 401 



VII. FERTILIZER FORMULAS 402 



VIII. AVERAGE DIGESTIBILITY o? FEEDS AND THEIR FER- 

 TILITY 405 



IX. FEEDING STANDARDS 406 



X. AVERAGE COMPOSITION OF FARM MANURES 407 



XI. DISTANCES APART FOR PLANTING FRUIT 407 



XII. USUAL DISTANCES APART FOR PLANTING VEGETABLES 408 

 XIII. SUGGESTIONS TO TEACHERS FOR ADDITIONAL EXER- 

 CISES AND PROJECTS 409 



INDEX . 419 



