In the face of this book multiplicity we can offer no excuse for the publication of this volume fur ther than the fact that the importance of the sub jcet treated at this time so bears upon the happi ness and prosperity of our people and nation, that it becomes an impelling motive for its publication. We do not make the claim that for this volume we have even written a truth not yet uttered, but believe we have placed an emphasis upon many truths pertaining to the business of farming that has not been previously placed, which, according to Drummond, is ample justification for perpetra ting another book upon a long suffering public. In this volume we have simply recorded the knowledge gathered from long experience, careful observation, and intense study of the subjects treated, and we have attempted to state this knowl edge thus gathered in a simple, untechnical way, so that any one can read, be interested, entertained and profited thereby.