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Download or read book The Handbook for Practical Farmers (Classic Reprint) written by Hugh Findlay and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-18 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Handbook for Practical Farmers The leaders in American farm-life to-day realize that the farmer must be not only a good business man, but he must also be acquainted with the science of agriculture. Therefore this book aims to deal with the business side of farming and to assemble the scientific knowledge of agriculture as studied and practiced by a number of experts. In order to make this practical knowledge more accessible to the farmer, technical terms have been eliminated and an easily comprehended terminology has been maintained throughout the book. The author is indebted to many experiment stations for their Cooperation in supplying information and illustrations, credit for which is given in the pages of this book. He is particularly pleased to acknowledge his deep obliga tions to, the International Harvester Company, the Du Pont Powder Works, and the Gould Force Pump Company, for their contributions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.