No. 6. DEPARTMENT OF AGUICULTURE. ' H 



LEDY, J. 11., Miirioii, l-^i-mkliii (bounty, Vn.: 



1. General Fi'iiiL ( Jrowiii^',; How to Take ('are of Trees. 



2. Poach, Apple and IMum Culture. 



3. Pruning-, Cultivating and Fertilizing the Orchard. 



4. The Farmers' Garden. 



5. Alfalfa; Its Value and How to Grow It. 



6. Small Fruit Culture. 



7. Tomatoes and Cantaloups; How to Grow Them. 



8. Poultry' and Profit, and How to Make Hens Lay. 



9. Roads and Road Taxes. 



10. Crimson Clover and Soja Beans; Their Value and How to 

 Grow Them. 



J. H. LEDY was born in Marion, Franklin county, Pa., August 3, 18G4, and 

 received his education in the common school in Guilford township and at the 

 Chambersburg Academy. After leaving school he engaged in the mercan- 

 tile business for seven years at Marion and Waynesboro, Pa. In the spring 

 of 1889 he accepted a position with S. Smucker & Co., wholesale grocers of 

 Philadelphia. He remained with this firm four years, when he was elected 

 register and recorder of Franklin county, after which he became half owner 

 and business manager of the People's Register, of Chambersburg, an inde- 

 pendent journal of large circulation. He now owns and superintends 151 

 acres of apple trees, inlaid with peaches and plums. Mr. Ledy is a practical 

 fruit grower, who loves the work and has turned his whole attention to it. 



KERN, D. N., Allentown, Lehigh County, Pa.: 



1. Twenty-Eight Years' Experience with Poultry on the Farm. 



2. Sixteen Years' Experience witIi*Fish Culture on the Farm. 



3. Twenty Years' Experience with Bees. 



4. Preserving Soil Moisture. 



5. Potato Culture. 



6. Wheat Culture Illustrated. 



8. Feeding and Watering the Cows. 



9. Keeping Accounts of the Farm. 



D. N. KERN was born in Shimerville, Lehigh county. Pa., June 24, 1849, was 

 raised on his father's farm; was educated in public schools, afterwards 

 attended a high school near Philadelphia, Pa. When seventeen years old 

 learned the gunsmith and plow making trades. In 1870 took his father's farm 

 and farmed till 1S97. Then retired from farming and moved to Allentown, Pa., 

 where he used his leisure time in studying agricultural and archaeological 

 books; also traveled a great deal. 



LEHMAN, AMOS B., Fayetteville, Franklin County, Pa.: 



1. Breeding, Feeding and Profit of Hogs. 



2. Forestry for Farmers. 



3. Our Insect Friends and Foes. 



4. Comparison of Profits; Dairy vs. Beef Cattle. 



5. Legumes for Feed and Fertilitv. 



6. Nature Study in our Public Schools. 



7. Corn and Cow Peas for the Silo; A Balanced Ration. 



