1224 The Cornell Reading-Courses 



culine and feminine points of view and the benefits gained from such 

 study and experiment be a joint possession. Two heads are better than 

 one and four hands better than two, particularly if the proceeds as well 

 as the labor be justly shared. 



Then the farmer's wife who grows " tired of four walls and a ceiling " 

 and the treadmill round of indoor tasks, would find pleasure in the change 

 of going out to feed well-balanced rations to a flock of well-bred, well- 

 housed fowls, ducks, geese, or turkeys; or to tend the early lambs that are 

 so much more profitable than those born late, provided the mothers and 

 their young have both received proper care and feeding ; or to bring keen 

 housewifely eyes to bear on the work of stable and dairy, seeing that it 

 is done with all regard to the laws of sanitation yet as cheaply as is 

 consistent with them. 



The following topics are suggested for discussion by the readers of the 

 Cornell Reading-Course who have formed study clubs interested m making 

 the occupation of farming more profitable and businesslike as well as more 

 pleasant and wholesome: 

 Dependence of the farmer's prosperity on his live stock 



1 Necessity for knowledge of proper feeding in order to secure the 



greatest value and efficiency. 



2 How one may find out whether or not an animal is an " unprofit- 



able servant." 



3 Plans for record-keeping that will not involve more skill, time, 



and labor than a busy farmer's wife has to spare. 



The chemistry of living things 



1 How an animal grows by transforming plant substance into animal 



tissue. 



2 Composition of plants 



a Nitrogenous 



(i) Albumen. 



(2) Gluten. 



(3) Casein. 

 b Non-nitrogenous 



(i) Starch. 



(2) Cellulose. 



(3) Sugar, 

 c Minerals 



3 Composition of animals 



a Nitrogenous 



(i) Red meat. • 



('*) Wool and hair 

 (3) Feathers. 



