CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I Topography and Soil 3 



II First Settlers and Early Home Life ... 14 



III Field and Garden Crops in the Early Days . 32 



IV Farming Tools and Implements 43 



V Fruits and Fruit Growing 51 



VI Cattle and the Dairy 64 



VII Sheep and Wool 81 



VIII The Modern Farm 98 



EX COLTNTRY LiFE, OlD AND NeW I08 



X Country Community Progress 119 



XI A Pioneer in Agricultural Education . . .130 



