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not be far distant when a well-organized series of agricultural 

 reading circles, and correspondence instruction, will be demanded. 

 The present suggestions cannot be more than temporary expedi- 

 ents; and as soon as any company or club desires more extended 

 study, other bulletins and books will be recommended. 



Only such bulletins have been recommended in this list as are 

 published in this state (by the State Experimental Station at 

 Geneva, and the Cornell Experiment Station at Ithaca), and only 

 those, too, which are of a general nature, or those which can be 

 called reading bulletins rather than reference or technical bulle- 

 tins. There are other reading bulletins published by these sta- 

 tions which have not been recommended because they are out of 

 print. It is hoped that the reading of these bulletins may lead 

 to the reading of books, where the subjects are set forth in more 

 fullness. 



L. H. BAILEY, 

 , Ithaca, K. Y. 



Soils and Tillage: 



Bulletin 119, Cornell. The Texture of the Soil (L. H. 



Bailev). 

 Bulletin 120, Cornell. The Moisture of the Soil and its 



Conservation (L. A. Clinton). 

 Bulletin 72, Cornell. The Cultivation of Orchards (L. H. 



Bailey). 

 "The Soil," by F. H. King. The Macmillan Co., New 



York. 75c. 



Manures and Fertilizers: 



Bulletin 94, State Station. The Composition and Use of 



Fertilizers (L. L. Van Slyke). 

 Bulletin 103, Cornell. Soil Depletion in Respect to the Care 



of Fruit Trees (I. P. Roberts). 

 Bulletin 102, State Station. Silage and Silos (W. P. 



Wheeler). 

 " The Fertility of the Land," by I. P. Roberts. (In press). 



Fruits and their Cultivation: 



Bulletin G9, Cornell. Hints on the Planting of Orchards 



(L. H. Bailey). 

 Bulletin 102, Cornell. General Observations Respecting the 



Care of Fruit Trees (L. H. Bailey). 

 "Fruit Culture," by W. C. Strong, Rural New Yorker, 



N. Y. |1. 

 Bulletin 84, Cornell. The Recent Apple Failures of Western 



New York (L. H. Bailey). 



