1226 The Cornell Reading-Courses 



4 Can destruction of noxious insect pupae be secured by locating 



poultry runs in fruit orchards? 



5 Give record of one particular hen: her weight; the number and 



weight of her eggs; the length of time it takes her to return to 

 her owner her weight in eggs, or her meat price in eggs. 

 Care of young poultry (See Bulletin 19, Farmers' Reading-Course) 



1 Considering the increased labor and care and the higher death rate 



among incubator chicks, is it not better for the farmer's wife to 

 keep to the natural method of raising poultry? 



2 Discussion -of the best foods for growing chicks; for ducklings, 



goslings, or turkey poults; use and abuse of condiments. 



3 How to prevent loss from vermin and from prowling animals. 



Care of the mother hen before the chicks hatch. 



4 Diseases of young fowls; their remedies. 

 Sheep farming a profitable occupation for women 



1 Choice of breeds: for wool, for increase, for mutton. 



2 Winter lambs: how to care for, feed, and market them. 



3 Housing the flock; its proper feeding; protection from dogs and 



other enemies; cleansing, shearing, storing, and marketing of 

 wool. 



4 Diseases and their remedies. 



The pig as a mortgage lifter and the farm-wife's ability to raise him 



1 Choice of breeds. 



2 Study and choice of foods: the popular demand for leaner pork, 



and the profitable balancing of rations that shall contain less 

 fat-forming food and more foods that help to make lean meat. 



3 The hog's reputation as a lover of filth and his real delight in clean- 



liness when given a chance to enjoy it. 



4 The pig as an ally against curculio and codling moth when he is 



turned into orchards to pasture and to keep windfalls cleaned 

 up. 

 The raising of dairy and beef cattle (See Bulletins 6 and 7, Farmers' 

 Reading-Course) 



1 The profits in quickly fattened veal; why cannot the farmer's wife 



feed the calves and have the proceeds? 



2 Regulating the food of 



a Milkers. 



b Workers. 



c Young stock and fattening animals. 



3 Increased profit, if comfortable and sanitary housing accompanies 



the feeding of properly balanced rations. 



4 What to do with an animal that does not pay for its keep. 



