CORNELL 



IReabino^Course for ^farmers' XlXHives 



Published by the CoLiiEGE of Agriculture of Cornell University, 

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

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



Martha Van Rensselaer, Supervisor. 



SERIES IV. 



ITHACA, N. Y., 

 OCTOBER, 1905. 



No. 16. 



PROGRAMS FOR EVENINGS WITH FARMERS' 

 WIVES' READING CLUBS. 



STUDY clubs are by no means confined to the cities and towns. 

 The farmer's wife has the same need of study to keep abreast of 

 the times, to keep up with her children, and to preserve a joyous 

 spirit, as does the woman living in the midst of libraries, picture galleries, 



Fig. 136. Tlic good cheer of a meeting zvhcre the vicii and children are not left out. 



and lecture bureaus. Her early education, like that of her city sister, 

 needs constant polishing to keep it bright, and her sympathies need to 



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