The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-01-30

pletely filled out) subscribed anu
sworn to by the official supervisor
and approved by the Director of the
State Agricultural Experiment Station.
Blank forms for this report shall be
provided in such form as may be des-
ignated by the Director of the Expert
ment Station.
A Three Foot Shelf of Books for the
Farm
1HHE distinction between the book
Il farmer and the practical farm
er" no longer exists. The most sue
cessful men in farming, as in any up
to-date business, are those who read
great deal. Experience meetings
are good-why not get the experience
of hundreds of others who are doing
the same work that you are, in con-
densed form, in good book.
Good farm papers are excellent
reading for any farmer. Books are
for reference and study, in order to
understand what is written in agri-
cultural papers. Good agricultural
books explain the principles under
lying successful farm practice. When
we know why" we are ready to de-
termine how" and do it quickly and
surely.
The following books can be pur-
chased through any bookseller. They
are the best and most economical
ones to have for general farm use.
They can all be kept on a three-foot
shelf This is the best investment
and the most attractive piece of fur
pitrra for a farm home.
General Farming. McLennan's Man
ual of Practical Farming" MACMILLAN
& Co.'s Bailey's Principles of Agri-
culture" (MacMillan & co..; Roberts
1.-THE Farmstead" MACMILLAN & Coz A;
Cards Farm Management Double
day, Page & Coz.
Crops. Hunts Cereals in America"
(Orange Judd Coz; Voorhees, Forage
Crops" (MacMillan & Coz; Coburn's
Alfalfa" (Orange Judd Coz; Mod
ern Silage Methods" (Silver Mfg. Co.,
Salem, Ohio.
Machinery and Farm Mechanics,
Kings Physics of Agriculture" mad
ison, Wis.,; Cobleigh's Hand Farm
Devices and How to Make Them"
| (Orange Judd Cos Lynde's Home
Water Works" (Sturgis & Walton
co..; Concrete on the Farm" (Atlas
Portland Cement Co., New York;
Live Stock. Plumb's Types and
Breeds of Farm Animals "(Ginn &
Coz; Henry's Feeds and Feeding
| madison, Wis.,; Coburn's Swine in
America" (Orange Judd Coz; John
stones The Horse Book" Breeders
Gazette, Chicago; Modern Sheep"
| american Sheep Breeders Co., Chi
cago); Mumford's Beef Production"
(Urbana, Ill); Marshalrs Breeding
Farm Animals" breeders Gazette).
Poultry. Brigham's Progressive
Poultry Culture" (The Torch Press,
Cedar Rapids Iowa); Sando's Amer
lean Poultry Culture" (Outing Pub.
Coz; Robinson's Poultry Craft"
(Farm Poultry, Boston).
DairyiDg. Eckle's Dairy Cattle and
Milk Production" MACMILLAN & Co. ;
Michers Dairy Farming West Raj
eigh, N. CO; Harrington & Wallis
Testing Milk and Its Products" (Men-
dota Book Co., Madison, Wis.,; Jen-
sens milk Hygiene" (Mendota Book
Coz.
The Soil. Kings 1.-THE Soir' (Mac-
MILAN & Coz; Fletcher's Soils
Doubleday, Page & Coz; Lyon & Ftp
pins Principles of Soil Management"
MACMILLAN & Coz; Snyder's Soils
and Fertilizers MACMILLAN & Coz.
Fall Tilage for Dry Farming
IN URING the past year the Washing
~ ton State Experiment Station. on
it's dry farm at Ritzville, in Adams
County, has been conducting a series
of tests to determine the effect of diff
ferent methods of fall tillage on the
amount of moisture absorbed by the
soil during the winter, or rainy sea-
son.
Four plats of ground. approximate
ly one-quarter of an acre each, have
been set aside for this work.
Plat l was left in stubble, that is,
it received no fall tillage.