22 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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Corn Yield Follows the Amount of Rainfall (Chart) 180 



Time and Method of Planting Corn 183, 184, 185 



Right and Wrong Way of Cultivating Corn 187 



Several Forms of Husking Pegs , 188 



High and Low Ears 193 



Good and Poor Types of Kernels 194 



A Good Germination Box Seven Days after Planting 195 



Effect of Time of Preparing Seed Bed 199 



Approximate Date of Seeding Winter Wheat (Map) 201 



Wheat Districts of the United States (Map) 204 



A Profitable Yield of Wheat 205 



Map of the United States Showing Approximately the Areas to which 



Certain Types of Oats are Adapted 211 



Two Types of Oat Heads 212 



A Field of Good Oats being Harvested with a Modern Self-Binder 215 



A Field of Winter Barley Seeded after Corn 218 



A Field of Flax in Bloom 224 



Heads of Four Yarieties of Kaffir 226 



Emmer 227 



Map Showing Region of Grass Production in the United States (Map) . . 231 



Side Delivery Rake 233 



Combined Sweep Rake and Stacker 234 



A Pield of Good Grass (Timothy) 235 



The Hay Loader in Operation 236 



Rows of Timothy 237 



Field of Timothy Plants for Selection 239 



Variations in Timothy 240 



Sudan Grass, a New Acquisition 245 



A Clover Field in Blossom 248 



Map Showing the Acreage of Red Clover in the United States and Canada 250 



A Clover Buncher Attached to a Mowing Machine 254 



Red Clover on Limed and Unlimed Land 255 



Pasturing Sweet Cloa^er in Kansas 257 



Map of the United States and Canada, Showing Acreage of Alfalfa. . . 259 



Alfalfa Out-yields Other Hay Crops 262 



A Standing Field of Alfalfa : 264 



Curing Alfalfa Hay in Shocks 266 



Comparison of Hogs Fed on Corn and on Alfalfa 267 



A Well-Set Cluster of Alfalfa P< ids 269 



Sheep Pasturing on Hilly Land (Color Plate) 270 



Live Stock on Pasture 271 



Hay Making Scene (Millet) 276 



Good Pasture Land 279 



Field of Iron Cowpeas Planted in One fifth Rows and Cultivated Three 



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Hairy Vetch and Rye Growing To< ;ether 288 



Millet Makes an Excellent Catch Crop 290 



Making Hogs of Themselves 292 



Harvesting Field Beans with a Harvester 295 



