184 Agricultural Experiment Station, Ithaca, N. Y. 



{Students should consult Bulletin 72, Cornell Experiment Station.) 



PloiDs and Ploiving. 



(Given at Jamestown School.) 



(By I. P. Roberts.) 

 I. Why we plow. 



Effects of plowing on moisture. 



Drying and warming the land. 



Conservation of moisture. 



Preventing hard-pan. 



Increased storage capacity. 



Aeration of soil. 



To promote nitrification. 



To bury trash. 



To prepare a home for plants. 

 II. When to Plow. 

 III. How to Plow. 

 lY. When and How not to Plow. 



Stocky Silos and Soiling for Fruit- Growers. 

 (G-iven at the Second Fredonia School.) 



(By I. P. Roberts.) 



1. Importance of the animal in the rotation. Manure. The ani- 



mal enforces a change of cropping. The ideal farm is self- 

 sustaining, making its own fertility. Gives continuous em- 

 ployment. Yalue of the stock itself. 



2. How stock may be kepi without permament pastures or 



meadows. 



a. Silage. The value of silage, and how to use it. Crops 



wliich may be made into silage. Silage rations for vari- 

 ous animals, — horses, milch cows, steers, sheep, hogs, 

 poultry. 



How to make the silo. 



How to fill it. 



b. Soiling. What it is, and what are its uses. Crops which 



may be grown for soiling purposes. Yield of soilage 

 crops. Soiling in catch crops. Soiling in the rotation. 

 Can soiling be substitute'! for p:isturage ? 



