SUPPLEMENT TO 



CORNELL 



IReabingssCourse for jfatniers' XiXDlives 



Published by the College of Agriculture of Cornell University, 

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

 Matter under Act of Congress of July 18. 1894. L. H. Bailey, Director. 



Martha Van Rensselaer, Supervisor. 



SERIES IV. ITHACA, N. Y. No. 18. 



THE FARM TABLE. DECEMBER, 1905. DUST AS RELATED TO FOOD. 



DISCUSSION-PAPER. 



To be returned to Farmers' Wives' Reading-Course, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. 



This Discussion-paper accompanying the Bulletin on Dust as related 

 to Foods may be returned zvith anszvers to the questions and zcith any 

 suggestions and questions of your ozvn. While the anszvering of these 

 questions is not absolutely necessary, a much greater benefit zi'ill be 

 derived if you give to others the beneiit of your ozvn experience. As a 

 member of the Reading-Course you zvill be credited by us ziith the zvork 

 done. It zvill also help us to understand your point of viezv. 



As this is the fourth year of the Reading-Course for Farmers' Wives, 

 it is time for very sincere zvork on the Bulletins. Anything short of the 

 anszvering of the questions of the Discussion-paper and more or less 

 research zvork zvill not be satisfactory, I am sure, to the reader. Read 

 carefully the Bulletin on Farmers Wives' Clubs {No. 16), and see if you 

 cannot associate zvith you some one or more persons zvlio zvill study the 

 same Bulletins. Be sure to let us hear from you. You may desire to 

 ask questions regarding your ozvn experience in home zvork, or the appli- 

 cation of principles set forth in the Bulletins. 



With best zvishes for a pleasant and profitable year, I am, 



Very cordially yours, 



MARTHA VAN RENSSELAER, 

 Supervisor Farmers' Wives' Reading-Course. 



I. What effect has sunshine upon the cellar or upon places where 

 provisions are stored so far as dust gardens are concerned? 



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