FARM ECONOMY
A Cyclopedia of Agriculture for the Practical Farmer and His Family
INCLUDING
Seed Selection, Soils and Soil Fertility, The Garden and the Orchard, Concrete on the Farm, Drainage, Dry Farming, Irrigation, Farm Building Plans, Weeds, Insects, Pests and Diseases, Farm Mechanics, Business Methods and Co-operation
WITH
A Special Department on Labor Saving Methods for the Housewife
TWELVE COURSES IN AGRICULTURE
Based on information furnished by the Government and the reading Agricultural Colleges and including many money, time and labor saving ideas collected from Practical Farmers
EDITORIAL STAFF
- SEED SELECTION AND STORAGE, SPECIAL POINTERS ON CROPS,
R. A. Moore, Professor of Agronomy, Wisconsin
- SOILS AND SOIL FERTILITY,
H. L. Walster, M. A., Assistant Professor of Soils, Wisconsin
- THE GARDEN AND THE ORCHARD
J. G. Moore, M. S., M. H. Professor of Horticulture, Wisconsin
- CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION
A. M. Bull, Assistant Professor of Farm Structures, Minnesota
- FARM DRAINAGE, DRY FARMING AND IRRIGATION
E. R. Jones, M. S., Associate Professor of Soils, Wisconsin, and E. C. Parker, B. S., Agr., formerly Agricultural Expert for Government of Manchuria
- FARM BUILDINGS
J. B. Davidson, B. S., M. S. A., Professor of Agricultural Engineering, Iowa
- WEEDS
H. L. Bolley, Plant Pathologist, North Dakota
- INSECT PESTS AND PLANT DISEASES
C. W. Howard, B. A., M. S., Division of Entomology, and E. C. Stakman, Ph.D., Assistant Plant Pathologist, Minnesota
- FARM MECHANICS
Raymond Olney, Editor of "Power Farming"
- BUSINESS SIDE OF FARMING,
L. D. H. Weld, Ph. D., Professor of Business Administration, Yale University
- LABOR-SAVING DEVICES FOR THE HOUSEWIFE
Edna R. Richards
Fully Illustrated with Colored Plates, Engravings, Plans and Charts
Published by
BETTER FARMING ASSOCIATION
MINNEAPOUS, MINN., TORONTO, CAN.
LAWRENCE, KANS., SPOKANE, WASH.
CHICAGO, ILL., COLUMBUS, O.
1921