Supplement to 



CORNELL 



IReaMtiG^^ourse for ^fanners 



PUBT.ISHED BY THE COLLEGE OP AGUICULTUKE OF CORNELL UNIVERSITY, 



FROM November to March, and Entered at Ithaca as Second-class 

 Matter under Act of Congress of July 16, 1891. L. H. Bailey, Director. 



SERIES VI. ITHACA, N. Y.. '^°- 28. 



BUILDINGS AND YARDS. JANUARY, 1906^ PLAN OF HOUSE. 



DISCUSSIOX-PAPER ON FARMERS' READING-COURSE 



BULLETIN NO. 28 



This Discussion- paper is sent out zvith all Farmers' Reading-Course 

 Bulletins, for two reasons: (i) IVe should like to have your ozvn ideas 

 on these subjects. On some of these points you have probably had expe- 

 rience which will be interesting and valuable to us. Xo matter zvhat the 

 Bulletin says, if you have different opinions on any of these subjects, do 

 not hesitate to state them on this paper and give your reasons. (2) We 

 should like you to use this paper on zvhich to ask us questions. If there 

 are any points zvhich the Bulletin has not made clear, or if there are any 

 problems in your farming, zvhether on these subjects or others on zi'hich 

 you thi)ik zee may be able to help you, zcrite to us on this paper. 



The next Reading-Course Bulletins will be sent to those who 

 return to us this discussion-paper, which will v,e an acknowledg- 

 MENT OF THE RECEIPT OF THE BULLETIN (2C. pOStagc). Tllis paper Zi'Hl 



not be returned to you, but zre shall look it over as carefully as zee zvould 

 a personal letter and zerite to you if there are any points about zehich 

 correspondence is desirable. You may consider this Discussion-paper, 

 then, as a personal letter to us. It zuill be treated as such, and under no 

 circumstances zi'ill your remarks be made public. 



If you are not interested in this Reading-Course Bulletin, zee have 

 otJiers on other subjects, and zee shall be glad to send any of these to you 

 on request. The titles of the si.v Series of the Reading-Course Bulletins 

 noze available are: i. The Soil and the Plant. 2. Stock Feeding. 

 3. Orcharding. 4. Poultry. 5. Dairying. 6. Farm Buildings and 

 Yards. The Farmers JJ^ives' Reading-Course, on domestic subjects, is 

 also sent to those zelio desire it. 



These Bulletins cannot be sent to persons who reside outside 

 of the State of New York, as both courses are supported by a 

 State appropriation. 



For our ozen beneUt zee shall be glad to have you anszver {on these 

 sheets) any or all of the follozeing questions, if you are interested in these 

 subjects ; but zee do not zeish you to feel under any obligation to do this. 



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