No. G. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. « 



.".. Milking Isiniici-s* lloiiics AHrnrtivc. 



4. Amalenr (Irape Ciilture. 



5. Tlu' Family Gardoii. 



G. Floriciillure in the Country. 



7. The K('spoiisil)ili(ies of Farmers. 



8. Progress in Ajirieultiire, 



OLIVER D. SCHOCK was born on a farm near Hamburs, Berks county, Pa., 

 in 1858, and has always taken a deep inteiest in agrieultuial and horticul- 

 tural affairs. He was educated in the common and high si'hools, including 

 a course in a commercial and scientific academy. At the age of fifteen 

 he became a newspaper correspondent, and continues to represent leading 

 daily papers and agricultural journals. For a number of years he served as a 

 special agent of the Pennsylvania State Board of Agriculture, and later as a 

 clerk in the oflice of the Board, assisting Secretary Edge. With the creation 

 of the Department of Agriculture, in 1895, Governor Hastings promoted Mr. 

 Schock to the position of Chief Cerk of that Department, which position he 

 filled until July, 1899. After several years experience in mercantile pursuits, 

 he was appointed in the spring of 1903, under Governor Pennypacker's admin- 

 istration, to the position of assistant to B. H. Warren, Dairy and Food Com- 

 missioner of Pennsylvania, which position he now holds. 



BCHWAKZ. liOX. R. F., Analomiiik, Monroe County, Pa.: 



J. SuccH'Ss with Criiusou Clitvcr and W^ehe.s. (4.5 minutes.) 

 2. Market Gardening and Small Fruit Growing. (Two parts, 



.30 minutes each.) 

 '.\. The Commercial Orchard. (25 minutes.) 

 5. A Thorough Understanding of the Fertilizer Qupstion. (:>5 



minutes.) 

 0. Does Poultry Pay. (20 minutes.) 



7. Good Tools; How to Cse Them and Their Care. (20 minutes.) 



8. The New Koad Law and the Farmer's Duty Under It. (20-40 



minutes.) 



0. Vegetables and Fruits for the Farmer's Table. (2.") minutes.) 

 10. Why Education is as Essential to the Farmers' Success as to 



that of Men in Other Occupations. (4.5 minutes.) 



R. F. SCHWARZ was born near Berlin, Germany, in 1S53; educated in Ducal 

 Gymnasi and Ducal College, at Dessau. He came to New Yoik in 1871, re- 

 moved to Chicago in 1873, and 1875 bought a farm in Monroe county, in this 

 State, where he has since followed the business of fruit grow'ing and market 

 gardening, devoting at the present time about thirty acres to this pursuit. 

 He was a member of the House of Representatives two terms, 1893 and 1895. 



SEEDS, K. S., Birmingham, Huntingdon County. Pa.: 



1. Value of Fertility and Cheapest Way to (Jet It. (;5(l 10 



minutes.) 



2. What Constitutes a Country Home. (:10-40 iniimtes.) 



3. Education and the Farmer. (.'^O minutes.) 



4. Benefits Derived from Farnu'rs' Institutes. (20 minutes.) 



