This Rcadiiig Lesson is se^it free to all persons in New York State 

 who are ijiterested in agriculture. A S2cppletne7it or quiz accom- 

 payiies it, askimr questions on the Lesson. Those who a?iswer these 

 questiofis will receive subsequent issues of Lessoris. 



The Lessons thus far issued are : 



1. The soil : cc hat it is. 



2. Tillage and widerdrainage : reasons 20 hy. 

 J. Fertility of the soil : what it is. 



^. How plants get their food from, the soil. 

 One more will be issued this winter: 



5. How playits get their food from the air. 

 These Lessons are published by the College of Agriiulture, 

 Cornell University, ujider the auspices of the Argicultufal Exten- 

 sion {or Nixon) fund. 



Address, 



Readiyig- Course, 



Cornell University, 



Ithaca, N Y. 

 Or, 

 I P. Roberts, 



Director College of Agriculture. 

 L H. Bailey, 



Chief of Bureau of Nature Study a7id Reading -Course, 

 fohn W Spencer, 



Deputy Chief. 



