Excerpt from The First Book of Farming

This book is a result of the author's search for these facts and truths as a student and farmer and his endeavor as a teacher to present them in a sim ple manner to others.

The object in presenting the book to the general public is the hope that it may be of assistance to farmers, students and teachers, in their search for the fundamental truths and principles of farming.

In the first part of the book an attempt has been made to select the most important and fundamental truths and principles underlying all agriculture and to present them in the order of their importance, beginning with the most important.

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