X. Report of Farmers' Reading-Course Department. 97 



work and also field meetings were found very helpful in stimulating 

 interest in the work. The work of this organization has been very, 

 successful during the year and will no doubt be continued during 

 the coming year. 



During the year another Series has been added to the Reading- 

 Course, making in all six Series and thirty Bulletins. The Bulletins 

 now available are as follows : 



I. The Soil and the Plant. — The Bulletins in this Series are 

 (i) The Soil: What It Is; (2) Tillage and Under-Drainage ; 

 (3) Fertility of the Soil; (4) How the Plant Gets its Food from the 

 Soil; (5) How the Plant Gets its Food from the Air. 



II. Stock-Feeding. — The five Bulletins in this Series are (i) 

 Balanced Rations for Stock; (2) The Computing of Balanced 

 Rations; (3) Sample Rations for Milch Cows; ^4) Soiling Crops, 

 Silage and Roots; (5) Pastures and Meadows. 



III. Orcharding. — The five Bulletins in this Series are (i) How 

 a Fruit Tree Grows; (2) Planting the Orchard; (3) Tilling and 

 Fertilizing the Orchard; (4) Pruning and Spraying; (5) Picking, 

 Storing and Marketing Fruit. . 



IV. Poultry. — The five Bulletins in this Series are: (i) Building 

 Poultry-Houses; (2) Feeding of Laying Hens: The Principles; 



(3) Rations for Poultry; (4) Raising Chickens; (5) Marketing 

 Poultry Products. 



V. Dairying. — The five Bulletins of this Series are: (i) The Care 

 of Milk on the Farm; (2) The Composition of Milk and Cream and 

 their By-Products ; (3) Construction of Sanitary Dairy Stables; 



(4) Farm Butter-Making; (5)The iDairy Herd. 



VI. Buildings and Yards. — The five Bulletins of this Series are: 

 (i) Tasteful Farm Buildings; (2) Tasteful Farm Yards; (3) The 

 Plan of the Farmhouse; (4) Water Supplies for Farm Residences; 



(5) Barns and Outbuildings. 



The popularity and use of the various Series may be judged by the 

 following table: 



Series I The Soil and the Plant. 



Series II Stock-Feeding 



Series III Orcharding 



Series IV Poultry 



Series V Dairying 



Series VI Buildings and Yards 



