The Surroundings of the Farm Home 



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InfoiTnation on the steps to be taken in organizing a Cornell study 

 club will be sent on request. Also, it may be possible for the Supervisor 

 of the Reading Course for the Farm to arrange a visit to a community 

 that desires to organize a new club. 



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 by addressing The Cornell Reading Course for the 

 Farm, College of Agriculture, Ithaca, New York. 



SERIES 



The soil . 



Poultry 



Farm forestry . 



The horse . 

 Dairying . 



Fruit growing 22 



LESSONS 



Introduction to the principles of soil fertility 



Tilth and tillage of the soil 



Nature, effects, and maintenance of humus 

 in the soil 



Soil moisture and crop production 



Land drainage and soil efficiency 



Incubation 



Feeding young chickens 



The improvement of the woodlot 



Recent New York State Laws giving relief 

 from taxation on lands used for forestry 

 purposes 



County, town, and village forests 



Methods of determining the value 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 



The culture of the currant and the goose- 

 berry 

 36 Culture of red and black raspberries and of 



purple-cane varieties 

 48 Culture of the cherry 

 52 Culture of the blackberry 

 72 Culture of the grape 



74 

 42 



50 



70 

 78 

 80 

 88 

 12 

 28 



40 

 62 



46 



56 

 16 



32 



54 

 60 

 82 

 86 



