D. & A. Post Mold Company, Three Rivers, Michigan, for Concrete Fence Posts. A.A. Simpson, Indiana, Pennsylvania, for much data regarding crop production and market values in that vicinity. The Domestic Engineering Company, Dayton, Ohio, for Electric Light and Power for Farms. The Portland Cement Association, Chicago, Illinois, for Concrete Buildings and Road Construction. United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., for Farmers' Bulletins covering the great range of subjects referred to throughout the story. The Country Gentleman, Philadelphia, Pa., for much helpful data on general farming and stock raising. K.C. Davis, Knapp School of Country Life, Nashville, Tenn., for a final reading of the proof sheets. CONTENTS CHAPTER I. THE OLD HOMESTEAD II. A DAY'S WORK III. A RAINY DAY IV. DRAINING THE POND V. SELLING TURTLES VI. SELLING SAND VII. THE NEW AUNT VIII. THE SALE IX. POWER AND BANKING X. RUNNING WATER XI. TONY XII. THE DAIRY HOUSE XIII. VISITORS XIV. RUTH AND THE STRAW STACK XV. NEW METHODS XVI. RUTH AND JERRY XVII. FILLING THE INCUBATOR XVIII. THE NEW IMPLEMENTS XIX. THE STORM XX. GOOD ROADS XXI. FILLING THE SILO XXII. THE FAIR XXIII. CHRISTMAS AT BROOKSIDE FARM XXIV. COST ACCOUNTING ILLUSTRATIONS The Afternoon was Spent Examining the Buildings and Looking Over the Plans for the New Barn The Old Homestead "Well, Son, Let's Get Down to Business. I See You're Wise All Right to the Value of that Pit" Bees are a Profitable Side Line The Tractor Will do the Work of Five Men and Five Teams Ditch Digging by Dynamite One-Half the Herd The Electric Milker Comfortable Sanitary Stalls Small, Self-Loading, Kerosene Driven, Concrete Mixers Every Boy that Ran Away from the Farm and Many that are Still There can Tell of the Days Wasted on Repairs to Wooden Fences and Cleaning Out Fence Rows Extra Profits are not the Only Things a Farmer Gets from a Herd of Well Bred Dairy Cows Good Seed Well Planted Lays the Foundation for a Profitable Crop A Well-Managed Flock of Poultry Will Return Good Profits The Side Delivery Rake Fluffs up the Hay and Lets the Sun do Its Work Quickly The Self-Loader Makes Possible the Quick Storage of Properly Cured Hay and Saves Tons of Man-Lifting Power The Electric-Driven Laundry Well-Built Concrete Roads Bring the Markets and Your Neighbors Nearer Transferring the Green Corn Crop from Field to Silo I. THE OLD HOMESTEAD The late afternoon sun shone full upon a boy who was perched on the top of an old rail fence forming the dividing line between the farm that spread out before him and the one over which he had just passed.