ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Reading edition
The author begs to acknowledge his indebtedness for valuable information to:
A.A. Drew, Superintendent of Agencies, of the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company, Newark, New Jersey, for Constructive Banking and Life Insurance.
Bucyrus Company, South Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for Trenching with Steam Shovels.
Waterloo Cement Machinery Company, Waterloo, Iowa, for Concrete Mixing Machines.
Hercules Powder Company, Hazleton, Pennsylvania, for Progressive Cultivation and Trench Digging by Dynamite.
International Harvester Company of America, Chicago, Illinois, for Tractors and Farm Machinery.
George M. Wright, owner of Indian Hill Farm, Worcester, Massachusetts, for Holstein Cattle, Dairy Methods and Poultry Raising.
John W. Odlin, Publicity Department, Wright Wire Company, Worcester, Massachusetts, Wire Fencing.
C.P. Dadant, Editor American Bee Journal, Hamilton, Illinois, Bee Culture.
The Sharpies Separator Company, West Chester, Pennsylvania, for Milking Machines and Cream Separators.
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.