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farm literature suited to his business. I heard Prof. Bailey, of 

 Cornell, say recently that there are now about 16,000 farmers in 

 the State taking the reading course. Take it and also the bulle- 

 tins from Geneva and Cornell. You will find them of great value. 



Should not agriculture be blended with education? 



Mr. John McManus. — I don't know that I am fully competent to 

 answer that question. As a rule the boy who attends the district 

 school gets some agricultural schooling at home before and after 

 he goes to school. But I do not think it necessary to make agri- 

 culture a special study except in a casual way, in the district 

 schools. The regular agricultural colleges and schools will fur- 

 nish the farmer boys with the requisite schooling in that direc- 

 tion. Besides, I fear the district schools would put the study 

 before the student so as to make it distasteful to him. 



Dr. Smead. — I am convinced that the demand for agricultural 

 study in the districts is growing, and that the time is not far 

 distant when it will be introduced therein. 



Why not seed on the sod and not plow so much? 



Mr. Van Wagenen. — I do not know just what is meant by the 

 question. 



,The Writer. — Why not seed with the first crop? 



Mr. Van Wagenen. — As a rule, with us, when sod has been 

 broken, it is not thoroughly enough broken up to seed it at the 

 first plowing. 



In fall plowing on clay soils, does it pay to plow more deeply, land which 

 has been previously ploughed? 



Mr. Van Wagenen. — That question cannot be answered cate- 

 gorically for the reason that soils differ; one may be plowed quite 

 deeply while another may not. 



"Will Mr. Cook describe his disc harrow? 



Answer. — A disc harrow is one with round disc-shaped wheels 

 with sharp edges; wheels 11 to 16 inches in diameter. Have it 

 heavy enough to be drawn by three or four horses, then weight it 

 with 300 pounds of stone and a driver. 



