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FAOINQ 

 PAGB 



I. Maize, the great American cereal. This picture represents the flint corn, grown in the 

 northeastern and northern parts of the country Frontispiece 



II. Fruits of North and South. Crab-apple from Indiana and Orange from Southern California 50 



III. Wheat harvest in the' mid-country 100 



rV. Pea-canning scene 156 



V. Alfalfa 192 



VI. Heads of barley 204 



VII. Red clover 232 



Vni. Coffee in Cuba 244 



IX. Cotton-picking scene 256 



X. Forest devastation 312 



XI. Forest protection and management. Courtesy of the Forest Service, United States 



Department of Agriculture 320 



XII. Grasses for hay and pasture 365 



Xin. Kafir, a very important non-sacoharine sorghum 386 



XiV. Types of maize 398 



XV. Haying scene 434 



XVI. Permanent hill pasture 455 



XVn. Foxtail millet 468 



XVni. Well-tilled apple orchard 481 



XIX. Potatoes 519 



XX. Rice : panicle and field 535 



XXI. Heads of rye 560 



XXII. Silo, under construction and completed ; also silage machinery 570 



XXIII. Sugar-planter's residence 600 



XXIV. Header at work in wheat-field 660 



XXV. Field of wheat 666 



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