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Excerpt from Farm Development: An Introductory Book in Agriculture; Including a Discussion of Soils, Selecting Planning Farms, Subduing the Fields, Drainage, Irrigation, Roads, Fences, Together With Introductory Chapters Concerning Farm Business, and the Relations of General Science Home training - Most of the plain farm arts, as plow ing, sowing, harvesting, feeding, breeding, buying and selling, and much of the mechanical work of the farm, are best learned by everyday practice in the business. This is also the case with the home arts, as cooking, sew ing, house decorating, home making, entertaining and character building. Without practical experience the would-be farmer is not adept in selecting the practical methods and theories from the great mass of available thought and adapting them to his conditions. Those who have more theoretical knowledge than practical experience are not inclined to be conservative in adopt ing new theories and new practices; on the other hand, those who lack training in scientific theory are not usually capable of working out new things of practical importance. A combination of theoretical and practical knowledge is necessary for the best success in any line of effort; and in no line of business is this more true than in farming. 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.