LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
The Lure of the Land Frontispiece
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Senator Justin S. Morrill 9
"The children will not get to college unless I should find a chance to sell" 16
I pulled up an acre of peach orchard and sowed alfalfa 16
Inconveniences of Life 24
The hired man can never put a soul into a field 33
Resting in the shade and watching other people work 33
The cradle has revolutionized the wheat industry 41
What would you think of the farmer to-day who would buy a cradle for his wheat cutting? 41
Cut clover with a scythe instead of a mower 48
Mule harvester and thrasher 48
Unless cows are properly stabled and have pure water and pure air they are subject to disease 57
The silo is a graceful structure and adds an element of architectural beauty to the dairy buildings 64
I have seen her repeatedly chopping her own stove wood 69
She does the milking and churning 69
Churning butter 84
"Orchard's where I'd ruther be" 88
The peach tree borer 88
Ravages of the San Jose scale 97
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Spraying outfit and mixing platform 97
Thrashing hands 101
Just at that time farmers were offering from $1.50 to $2.00 for help in the corn harvest 116
I have all I can eat and wear. Why should I want more? 116
Moving the thrashing outfit 137
Hauling water for the traction engine 137
A giant chestnut, twenty-four feet in circumference--the largest tree in Loudoun County 144
The forest 144
Spraying hops on a large scale 165
Spraying sugar beets 180
Distributing poison bait for cut worms 180
Larva of the cotton boll weevil 201
Adult cotton boll weevil 201
Probably they are to die of cholera 208
He thinks of the cattle feeding in the fertile fields 208
View west of Chevy Chase, Maryland 213
Prof. E. W. Hilgard 228
Early experiments in reclaiming soil 245
Experiments with fertilizers on potatoes, Kentucky Experiment Station. Potash is especially useful for potatoes 260
Hon G. B. Loring 281
Testing the size of the oats 288
The old farm-house 288
Hon. N. J. Coleman 309
James Wilson 324
Jeremiah Rusk 341
A desert which might be irrigated 356
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