584 Reading-Course fur Farmers' Wives. 



B. For Readers of the Second Year, "Boys and Girls on the 



Farm," Farmers' Wives' Bulletin No. 7. 

 Sing or read, " The Old Oaken Bucket." 

 Compare the life of the children in the city and in the 

 country, 

 (a) Its temptations, (b) For physical development, (c) 

 For cultivation of manners, (d) School oppor- 

 tunities. 

 Are there any better opportunities ofifered of which you can 

 avail yourselves than to send your boys and girls for a 

 free short course to the State College of Agriculture? 

 Instruct your secretary to send for circulars concerning 

 these courses of study. 



C. For Third Year Readers, Germ Life, Bulletin Xo. 12. 



" No other factor that can be named as a conservator 

 of the public health can equal zvoman intelligently guard- 

 ing her home from tlie noxious seeds of disease and 

 deatli and in her proper spJiere of mother and teacher, 

 educating the coming generations of men and zvomen in 

 the knozvledge of hozc their lives may be made healthy 

 and happy and extended into years of usefulness." — Hon. 

 Frank Wells. 

 Readings from The Story of Bacteria, by Prudden, by a 

 member appointed at the preceding meeting. 



D. For Readers of the Fourth Year, Farmers' Wives' Bulletin 



No. 17, The Gare and the Selection of Food. 



Consider the first half of questions on discussion paper. 



What evidences have come in common experience to show 



that food is adulterated ? 

 Is not the farmer doing more to furnish pure foods than 



the manufacturer? 



III. Concluding Program. 

 Current Topics. 



Light Refreshments, 



