The Rural Science Series
| The Soil. |
| The Spraying of Plants. |
| Milk and its Products. |
| The Fertility of the Land. |
| The Principles of Fruit-Growing. |
| Bush-Fruits. |
| Fertilizers. |
| The Principles of Agriculture. 15th Ed. |
| Irrigation and Drainage. |
| The Farmstead. |
| Rural Wealth and Welfare. |
| The Principles of Vegetable-Gardening. |
| Farm Poultry. |
| The Feeding of Animals. |
| The Farmer’s Business Handbook. |
| The Diseases of Animals. |
| The Horse. |
| How to Choose a Farm. |
| Forage Crops. |
| Bacteria in Relation to Country Life. |
| The Nursery-Book. |
| Plant-Breeding. 4th Ed. |
| The Forcing-Book. |
| The Pruning-Book. |
| Fruit-Growing in Arid Regions. |
| Rural Hygiene. |
| Dry-Farming. |
| Law for the American Farmer. |
| Farm Boys and Girls. |
| The Training and Breaking of Horses. |
| Others in preparation. |
Plate I.
Fig. 1.—At least once each day the busy farm father may think of a way to combine his work with the children’s play.
FARM BOYS AND GIRLS
BY
WILLIAM A. McKEEVER
PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY
KANSAS STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE
New York
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
1913
All rights reserved
Copyright, 1912,
By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.
Set up and electrotyped. Published February, 1912. Reprinted
August, 1912; January, June, 1913.
Norwood Press
J. S. Cushing Co.—Berwick & Smith Co.
Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
DEDICATED
TO THE SERVICE OF THE
TEN MILLION BOYS AND GIRLS
WHO ARE ENROLLED IN
THE RURAL SCHOOLS
OF AMERICA
