Successful Farming 



A Ready Reference on all Phases of Agriculture for Farmers 

 of the United States and Canada 



Including 



Soils, Manures, Fertilizers, Lime, Drainage, Irrigation, Tillage, Field 

 Crops, Crop Rotations, Plant Improvement, Meadows and Pastures, Weeds — 

 Vegetables, Vegetable Forcing, Mushroom Culture, Medicinal Plants — 

 Orcharding, Small Fruits, Nut Culture, Farm Woodlot, Floriculture — 

 Livestock, Dairying, Feeds and Feeding, Animal Diseases— Farm Manage- 

 ment, Records and Accounts, Markets and Marketing, Land Rental, 

 Labor — Farm Buildings, Fences, Engines, Tractors, Machinery, Sanita- 

 tion — Plant Diseases, Insects, Fungicides, I nsecticides— Domestic Economy, 

 Housing, Clothing, Education, Information — Useful Tables, Composition 

 of Products, Feeding Standards, Weights, Measures. 



By FRANK D. GARDNER 



Professor of Agronomy, Pennsylvania State College and Experiment Station 



With special chapters written expressly for this book 

 by the following authorities 



AGEE. ALVA, Director Agricultural Extension, N. J. 

 ANTHONY, E. L.. Instructor in Dairying, Pa. 

 BAKER, MRS. CECIL, Textile Specialist. III. 

 BLASINGAME. R. U.. Professor of Agricultural 



Engineering, Ala. 

 BUCKLEY. SAMUEL. Professor Veterinary Science. 



Md. 

 CAUTHEN, E. F., Associate in Agronomy, Ala. 

 COCHEL, W. A., Professor of Animal Husbandry. 



Kansas. 

 COOK. M. T.. Plant Pathologist. N. J. 

 CORBETT. L. C. Horticulturist, U. S. Department 



Agriculture. 

 COWELL. A. W.. Professor of Landscape Gardening, 



Pa. 

 DARST, W. H., Assistant Professor of Agronomy, Pa. 

 EVVARD, J. H.. Swine Specialist. la. 

 CARMAN, H.. Entomologist and Zoologist. Ky. 

 GRINDLEY. H. S.. Professor Animal Nutrition. III. 

 G0LDTHWA1TE. MISS NELLIE E. Dean of 



Women, N. H. 

 HUGHES, E. H., Assistant Professor of Animal 



Husbandry. Mo. 

 HUMPHREY, GEORGE C. Professor of Animal 



Husbandry, Wis. 



KAINS, M. G., Professor of Horticulture. Pa. 

 KILPATRICK, M. C. Instructor in Poultry 



Husbandry. Ohio. 

 LARSON. C. W . Professor of Dairying. Pa. 

 McNESS. G. T., Tobacco Expert, Texas. 

 MOON, F. F., Professor of Forestry, N. Y. 

 NOLL, C. F., Associate in Agronomy. Pa. 

 PUTNEY. F. S.. Assistant Professor of Dairying, Pa. 

 REED. C. A.. Nut Culturist. U. S. Department 



Agriculture. 

 SEARS. F. C. Pomologist, Mass. 

 STEWART. J. P.. Pomologist. Pa. 

 STOCKBERGER, W. W., Plant Psychologist. U. S. 



Department Agriculture. 

 STONE. TOM, Instructor in Animal Husbandry, O. 

 TOMHAVE. W. H.. Professor of Animal Husbandry. Pa. 

 WADE. C. W., Extension Specialist, Mich. 

 WARE, H. M.. Mushroom Specialist. Pa. 

 WATTS, R. L.. Dean and Director. Pa. 

 WEBBER. H. J.. Dean and Director, Tropical 



Agriculture, Cal. 

 WOOD. W. B., Assistant Entomologist. U. S. 



Department Agriculture. 

 WORK, PAUL, Superintendent of Vegetable 



Gardening, N. Y. 



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