This Reading -Lesson is sent free to all persons in New York State 

 who are interested in agriculture . A supplement or quiz accom- 

 panies if, asking questions on the Lesson. Those ivho answer these 

 questio7is will receive subsequent issues of Lessons. 



The Lessons thus far issued are : 



1. The soil : what it is. 



2. Tillage and underdrainage : reasons why. 

 -;. Fertility of the soil : ivhat it is. 



Two more will be issued this winter : 



^. How plants get their food from the soil. 

 5. How pla7its get their food from the air. 



These Lessons are published by the College of Agriculture, . 

 Cornell University , under the auspices of the Agricultural Exte?ision 

 (or Nixon) fund. 



Address, 



Rea ding- Cou rse , 



Cornell University , 



Ithaca, N. Y. 

 Or, 



I. P. Roberts, 



Director College of Agriculture. 



L. H. Bailey, 



Chief of Bureau of Nature- Study ajid Reading -Course. 



John W. Spencer, 



Deputy Chief. 



