42 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE Off. Doc. 



PHILIPS, HOX. THOMAS J., Allien, (^hcstcr Coiinly, Pa.: 



1. The Silo ail J^coiiouiic. 



2. Koncwod Fertility; How to Get It. 



3. Lime; Do You Need Some? 



4. Protit or Loss in tlie Dairy. 



5. Commercial Fertilizers; Their Nature aiul Use. 

 G. Intelligent Feeding. 



7. The Farmer's Garden. 



8. Higher Education for Farmers' Children. 



J). How Shall We Study and Teach from Xalurc? 

 10. The Wife's Share. 



THOMAS J. PHILIPS was born upon a farm in Chester county, Pa., December, 

 1S46; attended public and private schools and graduated from Bucknell Uni- 

 versity in 1S67; spent three years in manufacturing iron, and traveling, and 

 then settled upon the farm where he still lives, giving special attention to 

 dairying and raising dairy stock, but devoting much of the 200-acre farm to 

 the production of mixed crops, suitable to that location and market. That he 

 has been a success is attested bj- the fact that he has been a director in a 

 national bank for many years, a manager in one of the largest fire insurance 

 companies in the State, and 'of a Imilding and loan association; served two 

 terms in the State Legislature, as a representative of the farming interests; 

 he has contributed acceptably from time to time of his experience to the 

 agricultural press, and in every way has kept in the front amongst the most 

 progressive of his locality, believing in higher education, attractive country 

 homes, and that success is the result of individual effort and judgment. 



KIDDLE, W. H. II., Butler, Puller County, Pa.: 



1. The Practical Farmer. 



2. The Value of Pure-Bred Stock to the Farnu^r. •' 

 '.i. The A'alue of Humus. 



4. The Home and Its Surroundings. 



T). \\ hat is Doing to Advance Agriculture. 



C. Hints on I'oultry for the Farmer. 



W. H. H. RIDDLE w£^r born at Carnegie, Allegheny county, Pa., December 

 11, 1840; li\'ed and worked on his father's farm until about 18 years of age; 

 attended Sunbury Academy, A\here he received an academic course; after 

 teaching school seven years, read law and practiced thirty years. During 

 twenity-five years the subject of this sketch owned and managed a farm; he 

 also helped organize an agricultural and fair association, and has taken an 

 active part in its management for the past twenty-two years, being its presi- 

 dent for ten years; has l)een a member of the State Board of Agriculture since 

 1886, and local manager of institutes for Butler county. A love of agricul- 

 tural pursuits led him to abandon his law office and devote his entire time to 

 the management of his farm of some 200 acres, upon which special attention 

 is given to the propagation of plamt.s under glass, etc. 



SCHOCK, OLlNLi: !)., Ilambnig, Berks County, Pa.: 



1. Poultry on the Farm. 



2. Good Local Government. 



