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9. The New Road Law and the Farmers' Duty Under Way. (30 

 minutes.) 



10. Why Should a Farmer Boy and Girl be Educated. (45 min- 

 utes.) (Illustrated lecture.) 



11. Fruits and Vegetables for the Farmers' Table. (40 minutes.) 

 (Illustrated lecture.) 



SEEDS, ROBT. S., Birmingham, Huntingdon County, Pa.: 



1. Value of Barnyard Manure. (30 minutes.) 



2. Soil Improvement, the Keynote to i^griculture. (30 minutes.) 



3. The Value of Fertility and Cheapest Way to Get It. (40 min- 

 utes.) 



4. Education and the Farmer. (20 minutes.) 



5. Benefits Derived From Farmers' Institutes. (20 minutes.) 



6. What Constitutes a Country Home. (45 minutes.) 



7. Mistakes in Life Exposed. (60 minutes.) 



SHELLY, JERE, Dover, R. F. D. No. 4, York County, Pa.: 



1. Growing and Marketing Fruit. (45 minutes.) 



2. The Lay of the Land. (45 minutes.) i 



3. Farming for Fun. (60 minutes.) 



4. The Two Homes. (60 minutes.) 



5. Raising Stock for Pleasure and Profit. (45 minutes.) 



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



1. Relation of Farm. 



2. When is a Man Educated. 



3. How Plants Grow; How Plants Feed. 



4. Foods of the Vegetable World. 



5. Soils; How Formed and How Made Fertile. 



6. Farmers to the Front. 



STEPHENS, A. W., Lewisburg, Union County, Pa.: 



1. The Elements of Bookkeeping as Applied to Farming. (60 

 minutes.) 



2. Co-operation in Buying and Selling Farm Products. (30 min- 

 utes.) 



3. Some Common Insect Pests and How Best to Combat Them. 

 (20 minutes.) 



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 Difficulties. (.30 minutes.) 



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



1. Plant Life. (30 minutes.) 



2. Soil Productivity. (45 to 60 minuteg.) 



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



