LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



Types and Varieties of Corn {Color Plate) Frontispiece 



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Variations in Timothy 20 



Note the Variation in the Second Generation Hybrids (Wheat) 21 



The Ear-to-Row Test Plat with Corn Husked 28 



Variations in Yield of Potatoes from Selected Tubers 26 



Dangers of Continuous Cropping 29 



The Height of Stalks and Positions of Ears (Corn) 38 



Corn Acreage by States 41 



Corn Yield Follows the Amount of Rainfall (Chart) 42 



Time and Method of Planting Corn 45, 46, 47 



Right and Wrong Way of Cultivating Corn 49 



Several Forms of Husking Pegs 50 



High and Low Ears 55 



Good and Poor Types of Kernels 56 



A Good Germination Box Seven Days after Planting 57 



Effect of Time of Preparing Seed Bed 61 



Approximate Date of Seeding Winter Wheat (Map) 63 



Wheat Districts of the United States (Map) 66 



A Profitable Yield of Wheat 67 



Map of the United States Showing Approximately the Areas to which 



Certain Types of Oats are Adapted 73 



'Two Types of Oat Heads 74 



A Field of Good Oats being Harvested with a Modern Self-Binder .... 77 



A Field of Winter Barley Seeded after Corn 80 



A Field of Flax in Bloom 86 



Heads of Four Varieties of Kaffir 88 



Emmer 89 



Map Showing Region of Grass Production in the United States (Map) ... 93 



Side Delivery Rake 95 



Combined Sweep Rake and Stacker 96 



A Field of Good Grass (Timothy) 97 



The Hay Loader in Operation 98 



Rows of Timothy 99 



Field of Timothy Plants for Selection 101 



Variations in Timothy 102 



Sudan Grass, a New Acquisition 107 



A Clover Field in Blossom 1 10 



Map Showing the Acreage of Red Clover in the United States and Canada . 112 



A Clover Buncher Attached to a Mowing Machine 116 



Red Clover on Limed and Unlimed Land 117 



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