SECOND EDITION. 



CORNELL READING-COURSE 

 FOR FARMERS. 



These questions constiticie a supplemeyit to Reading- Lesson No. i 

 {''The Soil, what it is''). Its purpose is to induce the reader to 

 think carefully about what he reads. Answer the questions as best 

 you can and return this sheet to us (2 cents postage). We zvant these 

 answers in order that we may know what interest you are taking in 

 the Reading -Course and how much good you are getting from it ; 

 and we ivant to help you when you do not uziderstand the problems 

 i7ivolved. We are after results, and do not care about the hand- 

 ivriting nor the gramjnar. These answers are for our own 

 examination and are not to be made public. We should be glad of 

 ayiy comments on these lessons. 



It is hoped that readers will form themselves into little clubs, to 

 meet once or twice a month to discuss the problems raised by the lessons. 



Those who aiiswer the questions will receive future lesso7is. 



Have you ever observed the influence of weather upon soft, 

 slaty rock jutting out on embankments and in railroad cuts? 



Have you ever taken a glass of muddy water from a flowing 

 stream and allowed it to stand until the sediment had settled ? 

 What is this sediment? 



Imagine a branch of this stream bringing rotted slate rock and 

 another bringing fine sand. When mixed in the main stream 

 and deposited on some bar or overflowed field, what kind of soil 

 would the mixture make ? 



