CORNELL READING-COURSE 

 FOR FARMERS. 



These questions constitute a supplemen t to Reading Lesson No. 

 IJf {'^ Orcharding : care of the tree^^). Its purpose is to induce 

 the reader to thinh carefully ahoiit \ohat he reads. Ansioer 

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

 ■postage). We loant these ansioers in order that we may know 

 what interest you are talcing in the Reading-Course and how 

 inuch good you are getting from it j and we vmnt to help you when 

 you do not tmderstand theprohlems involved. We are after results^ 

 and do not care ahout the handicriting or the grammar. These 

 ansioers are for our own examination and are not to he made pub- 

 lic. We shoidd he glad of any comments on these lessons. Those 

 who answer the questions will receive future Lessons. 



You inay not he able at first to see the point to some of the ques- 

 tions. Lt is the purpose of these qicestions to set you to thinking 

 cdyout the problem in hand, rather than to find out all that you 

 knoxo about the subject. 



When the reading season is over., we hope to send you a Lesson 

 containing correct answers to all the questions in the five Lessons. 



We have prepared a Reading -Course for farmers'' wives and 

 women farmers. We shall he glad to receive applications for 

 admission to this course which is also free. 



1. How does nature prune trees ? 



2. Why is it better to prune annually than at periods of four 

 or five years \ 



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