46 ANNUAL, REPORT OF THE Off. Dor. 



TllAVKK, DK. 1. A., Xcw Castle, l^awrciicc rounty, IVa.: 

 1. IJcnetils of Tile Drainiui;. 

 1*. How to Tile Drain. 

 :>. Soil Moisture. 



4. Preparation of the Seed Bed. (40 minutes.) 



5. Stable Manure. 



6. Commercial Fertilizers. 



7. The Clovers as Food. 



S. The Clo\ers as Fertilizers. 

 !». JV)tato Culture, 

 lil. Strawberry Culture. 



11. Feeding and Care of Farm Animals. 



12. Bovine Tuberculosis. I 



13. Home Hygiene. 



14. Nature Studies. (20-30 minules each.) 



DR. I. A. THAYER was born near Warren, o. , in November. 1840. He was 

 reared on a farm of which he was foreman for a number of years under a 

 scientific and successful farmer; was educated in Hiram College, under the 

 presidency of Gen. Garfield. He graduated in medicine in 1S66, and practiced 

 that profession several years. Since laying down that practice he has been 

 engaged in public speaking, having during fifteen years filled important lec- 

 ture engagements from Boston to St. Louis, under the management of the 

 leading lyceum bureaus. He has recently finished the course in crop produc- 

 tion and that in live stock production in our State College. For nine months 

 in the year his time is given wholly to his farming opeiations, for years * 

 conducting a veritable experiment station where he has" worked with a book 

 in one hand and a hoe in the other; hence, he is equipped with a practical 

 knowledge that he has the ability to express in the clearest manner. 



^VALTZ, SAMUEL W. H., Williamsport, Lycomino- County, Pa.: 



1. The Apiary. (Illustrated.) (20(50 minutes.) 



2. Corn Culture. (Hlustrated.) (20-40 minutes.) 



:i. The Apple Orchard. (Illustrated.) (20-40 minutes.) 

 4. "Home, Sweet Home." (Evening Lecture.) ((>0 minutes.) 

 n. Protitable Poultry Keeping. (Illustrated.) 20-40 minutes.) 

 (i. Our Insect Friends and Foes. (Illustrated.) 20-40 minutes.) 



7. The Culture and Value of Clover. (Illustrated.) (20-40 



nunutes.) 



8. The Farmer's Garden and Mis Table. (20-40 minutes.) 



!). The Ideal Cow— Her Fare; Her Care; Her Ware. (20-40 min- 

 utes.) 



10. Some Common Birds and Their Relation to Agriculture. (Il- 



lustrated.) 



11. Lost Fertility; the Cheapest Way to Regain It and the Best 



Way to Maintain It. (20-40 minutes.) 



12. The Farm \\'orkshop and Library; their Inlluence on the 



Character of the Country Youth. (20-30 minutes.) 



