Insects Ixjuriox-s to the Fruit of the Apple 



1917 



do the work regularly, covering at least one chapter every week, for by 

 so doing interest in the course will not drag, and better results will be 

 obtained. 



Any resident of New York State who desires to enroll in either of the 

 advanced reading-courses should write for further information to the 

 Supervisor of the Reading-Course for the Farm, College of Agriculture, 

 Ithaca, New York. 



AVAILABLE READING-COURSE LESSONS FOR THE FARM, 



ARRANGED BY SERIES 



Residents of New York State may register for one or more of the series 

 mentioned below b}^ addressing The Cornell Reading-Course for the 

 Farm, College of Agriculture, Ithaca, New York. 



series 

 The soil 74 



42 

 50 



Poultry . 



Rural engineering. 



Farm forestn,^ 



70 



78 

 80 

 10 



8 



12 

 28 



40 

 62 



The horse 46 



56 

 Dair^dng 16 



32 



54 



60 



82 



86 



♦Lesson for the Farm Home. 



LESSONS 



Introduction to the principles of soil fer- 



liHty 

 Tilth and tillage of the soil 

 Natiu*e, effects, and maintenance of humus 



in the soil 

 Soil moisture and crop production 

 Land drainage and soil efficiency 

 Incubation 



Feeding young chickens 

 Knots, hitches, and splices 

 Sewage disposal for countr\" homes 

 The impro^'ement of the woodlot 

 Recent New York State Laws gi\"ing relief 



from taxation on lands used for forestry 



purposes 

 Coiuity, touTi, and \allage forests 

 Methods of determining the ^^alue of timber 



in the farm woodlot 

 Feeding and care of the horse 

 Practical horse-breeding 

 Practical dairy problems 

 Composition of milk and some of its products 

 The dairy herd 

 Farm butter-making 

 Cream separation 

 The production of clean milk (in press) 



