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The Soil ....... 



Crops ........ 



Harvesting Alfalfa in New Jersey- 

 Crimson Clover in Corn at Last Cultivation 

 Mixed Grasses — a Very Appetizing Food for 

 Field of Cowpeas in Alabama . 

 Barnyard Millet. Yield 15 Tons per Acre . 

 Crop of Cowpeas and Kaffir Corn. Yield 13 



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Field of Crimson Clover .... 



A Crop of Peas and Oats .... 



Field of Soy Beans 



Experiment with Nitrate of Soda on Wheat 



A Dairy Herd 



Grand Champion Ayrshire Cow, National Dairy 



Chicago, 1906 ...... 



First Prize Three-Year-Old Guernsey Bull, 



American Exposition .... 

 Guernsey Cow, "Yeksa Sunbeam.'' Record 



Pounds Butter in One Year . 

 Holstein Bull, "Count Paul De Kol 2d." First 



Three- Year-Old, Pan-American Exposition 

 Holstein Cow, "Colontha 4th Johanna." Champion 



Butter Cow of the World, 1,164.63 Pounds in a 



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A Good Type of the Jersey Breed 



A Typical Brown Swiss Cow .... 



Good Type of Dairy Shorthorns 



Keeping a Careful Record of the Weight of Milk 



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