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The first lesson of The Reading-Course for the Farm is entitled " The 

 Soil," and was issued on October 15, 191 1. It is the first of the series on 

 the soil, presenting what the soil is and how it should be managed for the 

 agriculture of the region of New York State. The numbers following in 

 this series on soil will carry the reader to a further discussion of soil prob- 

 lems with special reference to particular crops. 



The second lesson for the current year is the present bulletin entitled 

 " Incubation — Part I." It is the first number in the new poultry series. 

 The second number in the poultry series, " Incubation — Part II," will 

 discuss the general details of operating incubators and will be issued on 

 December 15, 191 1. The third number, to be issued on January 15, 191 2, 

 will be on " Feeding Young Chickens." 



The following is a list of the back numbers of the old Farmers' 

 Reading-Course that are still available : 



4. Plant-food from the Soil. 

 Plant-food from the Air. 

 Computing Rations. 

 Sample Rations. 

 Soiling, Silage and Roots. 

 Pastures and Meadows. 

 The Care of Milk on the Farm. 



The Composition of Milk and Cream and Their By-Products. 

 Dairy Stables. 

 Farm Butter-Making. 

 The Dairy Herd. 

 Tasteful Farm Yards. 

 The Plan of the Farm-House. 

 Water Supplies for Farm Residences. 

 Bams and Outbuildings. 

 Seed Corn for Grain and Silage. 

 Agricultural Extension. 

 Drainage. 

 Experiments. 



Tillage and Fertilizing in Orchards. 

 Improving Plants by Selection or Breeding. 

 Improving Corn by Seed Selection. 

 Methods of Breeding and Improving the Potato Crop. 

 Horse-B reeding in New York State. 



Those interested may secure these bulletins by addressing The Cornell 

 Reading-Course for the Farm, Ithaca, N. Y. 



The reader is encouraged to ask questions touching farming and rural 

 conditions. 



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