Conseils aux homeseekers; un manuel des possibilités agricoles . L'un de ces passages passe la ferme et conduit à un point de transport à cinq kilomètres de distance et à la ville de comté de 3 500 habitants, à trois kilomètres et demi de distance. Le sol ici est résiduel, formé d'un calcaire de l'âge de Cambro-Silurien, ayant une couleur brune riche et, en accord avec la classification adoptée par le Bureau des Sols du département de l'agriculture, est un loam d'argile de la série Hagerstownseries. * Environ quatre-vingt acres ont été ajoutés à la ferme quelques années plus tard, mak-ing toute la ferme se compose de 380 acres. Comment

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Hints to homeseekers; a handbook of agricultural opportunities . ood turnpike roads. One ofthese passes the farm and leads to a shipping point three milesdistant and to the county town of 3, 500 inhabitants, three andone-half miles distant. The soil here is residual, formed from a limestone of theCambro-Silurian age, having a rich brown color and, accord-ing to the classification adopted by the Bureau of Soils of theDepartment of Agriculture, is a clay loam of the Hagerstownseries. * About eighty acres were added to the farm a few years later, mak-ing the entire farm consist of 380 acres. How a City Family Managed a Farm 35 CAPlTAb AND OTHER RESOURCES. The inventory taken January 1, 1892 (see Table I), showedthat the land with improvements was valued at $55 an acre, the whole farm and equipment being worth $19, 707. The debton the farm, $8, 459, and money borrowed for fertilizer, $220, made the total liabilities $8, 679, which, deducted from theabove assets, left a balance of $11, 028, which constituted thepresent worth of farm and equipment at that date.. Fig. 1.—Plan of the farm, showing the arrangement of fields, buildings, etc. 3G Hints to Humeseekers ARRANGEMENT OP THE FIELDS. The general management of the farm seems to have beenwell thought out from the first. The farm was laid out origi-nally about as it appears at present, and with slight changesto fit conditions.the cropping system was the same as now.The plan of the farm (fig. 1) shows the convenient arrange-ment of the fields. Special attention Avas given to laying out the farm. All thefields except F may be readied within 650 yards of the barn-yard. Field F is within half a mile. The fields are as long ascan be arranged in accordance with the general farm plan.This is regarded as an important feature in the arrangement, since the time saved during the year in turning corners whenplowing and. in doing other farm operations is considerable.The gate to each field is placed at the corner nearest the barn, and workm

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