Extension Work in Horticulture. 183 



John C. Theis, Fredoiiia. Mrs. M. H. Sackett, Fredonia. 



A. W. Tuttle, Fredonia. David Scott, Fredonia. 



"W. H. Yan Scoter, Fredonia. Henry Smith, Fredonia. 



H. F. Weaver, Fredonia, Miss L. Smith, Fredonia. 



E. I. Wilcox, Fredonia. Mrs. L. E. Southvv^ick, Fredonia. 



R. D. Luther, Fredonia. John W. Spencer, Westfield. 



S. T. Lyne, Fredonia. J. Spink, Fredonia. 



C. J. Mason, Fredonia. N. A. Tambling, Fredonia. 



Thos. Moran, Fredonia, Karl A. Thatcher, Fredonia. 



E. J. Oakes, Fredonia. I. A. Wilcox, Portland. 



Dr. Wm. Parks, Fredonia. Mrs, I. A. Wilcox, Portland. 



Dr. A. P. Phillips, Fredonia. E. P. Wilson, Fredonia. 



Dr. ISr. y. Richmond, Fredonia. L. I. Young, Fredonia. 



Lewis Roesch, Fredonia. 45 students. 



The synopses which have been used in the various meetings are 

 as follows : 



Theory of Tillage and Productivity of Land. 



(Given at first Fredonia School.) 



(By Professor Roberts.) 

 I. Plant food in the soil. 

 II. Its availibility. Objects of cultivation : 



1. To promote capillarity. 



2. To bring fertility to the plant. 



3. To set free the mineral plant food, 



4. To hasten nitrification. 



5. To aerate the soil, or to prevent too free aeration. 



6. To present new surfaces to the rootlets. 



7. To induce new root growth. 



8. To conserve moisture. 



9. To facilitate the drying of the land. 

 10. To form a mulch. 



Ill, Treatment of the land. 

 How to cultivate. 

 When to cultivate. 

 Crimson clover. 

 Phosphoric acid. 

 Potash. 



