CORNELL READING-COURSE 

 FOR FARMERS. 



These (ptestloiis constitute a supplehient to Reading Lesson No. 

 13 {Orcharding : management of the orchard). Its purpose is to 

 induce the reader to think carefully ahout what he reads. Answer 

 the questions as hest you can and return this sheet to us {2 cents 

 ■postage). We want these answers in order that loe may know 

 what interest you are taking in the Reading- Course and how much 

 good you are getting from it y and tve loant to help you when you do 

 not understand the p>rohle7ns involved. We are after results^ and do 

 not care ahout the handwriting nor the gratnmar. These answers 

 are for our own examination and are not to he made pvMic. We 

 should he glad of any commeiits on these lessons. 



It is hoped that readers loill form, themselves into little cluhs, to 

 meet once or twice a month to discuss the problems raised hy the 

 lessons. 



Those loho cmswer the questions %oill receive future lessons. 



A Lesson giving correct answers to the q uestions asked on Lessons 

 11-15 will he issued at the close of the season. 



1. What do jou mean wlien yon speak of a fertile soil? 



2. What do you consider to be the most important effect of good 

 tillage on the soil ? 



3. Why does not the amonnt of plant-food, which chemical analy- 

 sis shows that a soil contains, always indicate the crop producing 

 power of the soil ? Explain fully. 



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