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DR. HARVEY UASIIURJO was born lit West Fairview, Pa., JuPy 31, 1864; at- 

 tended Hariisburg Academy; graduated at Yale College 1886; graduated in 

 medicine at University of Pennsylvania 1SS9, and spent three years in New 

 Y'ork city studying hygiene and working in the various city hospitals; since 

 then has been practicing medicine in West Fairview, a suburb of Harris- 

 burg; was appointed inspector fur the State Board of Health, and is the author 

 of "Outline of Rural Hygiene." 



BEAKDSLEE, K. L., WaiTeiilunii. llnulford County, Pa.: 



1. How to Kciiovate an Iinpoveiished Farm. 



2. How to Eslablisli and Maintain a Dairy. 



3. Diversilied Farming'. 



4. Fodder, Corn, Silo and Silage. 



5. Producing Grass and Making Hay. 



6. Potato Culture. 



R. L. BEARDSLEE, of Warrenham, Pa., was born in 1835, received a liberal 

 academic education, and among the studies pursued, was a course in "Practi- 

 cal Agriculture." He began farming for himself at twenty years of age, as a 

 dealer in cattle, and followed feeding and dealing in cattle until about 1864. 

 He then insJuded sheep in his stock business, and continued in this until the 

 western trade reduced the profits, when he began dairying and put in forty 

 cows. He has received as high as $1,000 for a single load of butter. Hfe raises 

 from 1,600 to 1,800 bushels of grain each year, and sells about 1,000 pounds of 

 washed wool and 150 lambs annually, besides from 1,000 to 1,200 bushels of 

 potatoes. 



BLACK, AV. C, Mercer, Mercer County, Pa. : 



1. Comparison of Beef and Dairy Types of Cattle for Beef Pro- 



duction. 



2. The Beef Breeds of Cattle. 



3. Kaisiug the Calf. 



4. The Corn Crop and its Uses. 



5. Preparation of the Soil for Successful Crop Raising. 



WM. C. BLACK was born in Mercer county. Pa., in 1843. He was educated in 

 common schools, and at Westminster College. A soldier in the war of the 

 rebellion; a teacher in common schools, and a farmer in his native country, 

 where he breeds short horn cattle, Shropshire sheep and Berkshire swine. For 

 fifteen years he exhibited his cattle at the principal fairs in Western Penn- 

 sylvania, with a good degree of success. Since the organization of the 

 Pennsylvania Live Stock Breeders' Association he has been chairman of its 

 committee on fairs. By appointment he was a member of the Columbian Ex' 

 position World's Fair Congress. 



BOND, M. S., Danville, Montour County, Pa.: 



1. History of Discovery and Culture of Potatoes. 



2. Bcaefits Derived from Farmers' Organizations 



3. Growing and Marketing Vegetables. 



4. The Farmerti' Garden. 



5. Feed and Care of Milk Cows. 



6. A Country Home; What it is. 



