CORNELL READING-COURSE 

 FOR FARMERS. 



QUIZ ON 



READING-LESSON 



NO. 5. 



MARCH, 1899. 



By L. H. bailey. 



These questions constitute a snpplenunt to Reading Lesso7i No.^ 

 {^' How the plant ^ets its food from the air''). Its purpose is to 

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

 the questions as best you can and retiirn this sheet to us (2 cents post- 

 age). We want these answers in order that we may know what 

 i)Lterest you are taking in the Reading -Course a?id how much good 

 you are getting from it ; and we want to help you when you do not 

 under sta7id the problems involved. We are after results, and do 

 not care abotit the handwriting nor the grammar. These answers 

 are for our oiun examination and will not be made public. We 

 shall be glad of any comments on these lessons. This is the last 

 regular Lesson for this seaso7i. 



Next month ive hope to send you a si^pplementary Lesson contain- 

 ing correct ayiswers to all the questioiis in the five Lessons. It will 

 also offer suggcstiens as to how to experiment to firid out what fer- 

 tilizers your soil needs. Some general remarks ivill be made respect- 

 ing the results which have been atfained in the Reading Course. 



What proportion of its substance does the plant secure from 

 the soil ? 



What one substance or compound is taken in most profusely 

 by the plant ? 



How does the plant get its water, — through roots or leaves? 



