Hidden Treasure. John Thomas Simpson

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4064066122928

Table of Contents

       PREFACE

       ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

       ILLUSTRATIONS

       I.

       II

       III

       IV

       V

       VI

       VII

       VIII

       IX

       X

       XI

       XII

       XIII

       XIV

       XV

       XVI

       XVII

       XVIII

       XIX

       XX

       XXI

       XXII

       XXIII

       XXIV

PREFACE

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      A few years ago the author visited the farm in Western Pennsylvania on which he had lived for a number of years when a boy. Much to his surprise there was not a boy of his acquaintance still on the neighboring farms, many of which had passed into other hands, and in some cases even the names of the original owners had been forgotten.

      He bumped over the two short miles of road, still deep with mud, between the town and the farm, and could scarcely recognize in the weedy fields before him, with their broken-down fences partly concealed by undergrowth, the fertile acres of his boyhood.

      The orchard, once kept so neatly pruned, was now with trees that were gnarled and broken—while rich bottom land, so productive in years past, was foul with all manner of rank growth. The lane leading up to the house from the main road was in such bad repair that he had to leave his automobile on the main road and complete his journey on foot.

      Investigation showed that many of the farms in the neighborhood were in a similar rundown condition; that farm work was generally considered unprofitable or uncongenial; and that the boys and girls born in the country usually took the first opportunity to leave the farms, often for harder and less profitable work in the cities.

      In the hope that many boys and girls now living on farms, as well as others, who, if they knew of the advantages of labor-saving machinery and modern farm buildings (to say nothing of the interest of outdoor work), would take up this, the most profitable and independent of all occupations—FARMING—this story of Hidden Treasure is written.

      THE AUTHOR FEBRUARY, 1919

      ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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      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