42 . ANNUAL REPORT OF THE Off. Doc. 



SMITH, J. O., Calvin, Huntingdon County, Pa.: 



1. How Plants Grow; How Plants Feed. (35 minutes.) 



2. Foods of the Vegetable World. (30 minutes.) 



3. Soils; How Formed; How Made Fertile, Etc. (30 minutes.) 



4. Farmers to the Front. (30 minutes.) 



5. When is a Man Educated? (30 minutes.) 



6. Relation of a Farm. (Entertaining.) 

 STOUT, W. H., Pinegrove, Schuylkill County, Pa.: 



1. Fruit Growing. 



2. Market Gardening and Small Fruit Growing. 



3. Geological' Observations. 



4. Bee-Keeping. 



5. Manures and Fertilizers. 



6. Theory vs. Practice. 



7. Redeeming Exhausted Soil. 



8. How to Obtain an Education under Difflculties. (30 minutes each.) 

 SURFACE, PROF. H. A., Economic Zoologist, Harrisburg, Pa.: 



1. The Economic Value and Protection of our Native Birds. (40-50 minutes.) 



2. General Principles and Methods of Insect Warfare. (40 minutes.) 



3. The Hessian Fly in Pennsylvania. (30 minutes.) 



4. Our Insect Friends. (Illustrated.) (30-40 minutes.) 



5. Nature Study and Agriculture in the Public Schools. (25-30 minutes.) 



6. Centralization of Schools. (20 minutes.) 



7. Higher Education for Farmers' Boys and Girls. (20-25 minutes.) 



8. The Elements of Success. (15-20 minutes.) 



9. The Needs of the Farmer. (30-40 minutes.) 

 11. Practical Bee-Keeping. 



THAYER, DR. I. A., New Castle, Lawrence County, Pa.: 



1. Tile Draining; Why and How. (40 minutes.) 



2. Soil Moisture. (30 minutes.) 



3. Preparation of the Seed Bed. (40 minutes.) 



4. Stable Manure. (40 minutes.) 



5. Commercial Fertilizers. (30 minutes.) 



6. The Clover as Fertilizers. (30 minutes.) 



7. The Clovers as Food. (30 minutes.) 



8. Alfalfa. (30 minutes.) 



9. The Principles of Stock Feeding. (40 minutes.) 



10. Care of Farm Animal. (40 minutes.) 



11. The Farmer's Horse. (30 minutes.) 



12. Strawberry Culture. (30 minutes.) 



13. Back to Nature. (40-60 minutes.) 



14. Home Hygiene. (Evening lecture.) (40 minutes.) 



15. The Farmer's Table. (Evening lecture). (40 minutes.) 



TOWER, DR. E. E., Hop Bottom, Susquehanna County, Pa.: 



1. Anatomy and Physiology of the Horse and Cow. (Illustrated.) (30 min- 



utes each.) 



2. Common Diseases of Farm Animals. 



3. Contagious Diseases of Farm Animals. 



4. Tuberculosis; Symptoms at Different Stages. 



5. Rabies. 



6. Care of Farm Animals in Disease and Health. 



7. Stock Foods and Condition Powders; Their Value and What they Cost the 



Farmer. 



VAN NORMAN, PROF. H. E., State College, Centre County, Pa.: 

 1. On What Do the Dairy Profits Depend? 

 3. Helpful and Harmful Bacteria. 



3. Why Does the Tests Vary? 



4. The Young Folks Chance. 



5. Something the Agricultural College and Experiment Station May Do, 



6. Feeding Practice. 



7. Skim-milk; Butter-milk; Why? 



8. Only a Cow; That's the Rub. 



9. Cow Stable Devices. 

 10. Silo and Silage. 



WAGNER, F. J., Harrison City, Westmoreland County, Pa.: 



1. Soils and Soil Making. (15-20 minutes.) 



2. The Business Side of Farming. (15-30 minutes.) 



3. Dairying for Profit. (15-20 minutes.) , 



4. Clover and Its Cultivation. (15-20 minutes.) 



5. Education for the Farmer and His Family. (15-20 minutes.) 



6. Advantages in Cream Separator. (15 minutes.) 



WALLACE, MRS. MARY A., Ellwood City, Lawrence County, Pa.: 



1. Centralization of Rural Schools. (30 minutes.) 



2. The Country Home; Its Sanitation; Convenience, Etc. (30 minutes.) 



3. Thoughts for the Housekeeper. (Illustrated lecture.) (30 minutes.) 



