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r>. Soiling and Soiling Crops. (30-40 minutes.) 



6. Culture and Feeding of the Corn Crop. (30-40 minutes.) 



7. Value, Care and Application of Farm Manure. (30-40 min- 



utes.) 



8. The Making of a Home on the Farm. (30-40 minutes.) 



9. Education for Our Boys and Girls; What and How. (30-40 



minutes.) 

 10. Sunshine. (A short talk, especially for Farmers' Boys and 

 Girls.) (15 minutes.) 



McDONALD, JOHN T., Delhi, N. Y.: 



1. How I Have Made Dairy Farming a Success. (20 minutes.) 



2. How I Make Poultry Pay with the Dairy Farm. (20 minutes.) 



3. How I Make the Finest of Butter and Sell it at a Paying Price. 



(20 minutes.) 



4. Value of Skim Milk Fed Back to the Dairy. 



McDOWELL, PROF. M. S., State College, Centre County, Pa.: 



1. Commercial Fertilizers. 



2. Lime and its Action. 



3. Soil Moisture. 



4. Barnyard Manure. 



5. Why' Educate? 



MENGES, PROF. FRANKLIN, York, York County, Pa.: 



1. The Advantages of a Knowledge of Chemistry to the Farmer. 



2. Fixation of Free Nitrogen Explained. 



3. Nitrification; Conditions Necessary to Produce It. 



4. The Maintenance of Soil Moisture. 



5. Methods for the Cultivation of Hay and Leguminous Crops. 



0. The Functions of the Various Foods Necessary to Plant 



Growth. 

 7. The Feeding Powers and Habits of Some Agricultural Plants. 

 S. The Necessity of Education for the Farmer Compared with 



Other Vocations. 

 9. Value of Our Native Birds to the Farmer. 

 10. Insect Friends and Foes of the Farmer. (20-30 each.) 



NORTHROP, C. D., Elkland, Tioga County, Pa.: 



1. Feeding and Care of the Dairy Cow. 



2. Making and Marketing Gilt-Edged Butter. 



3. How to Use the Babcock Test in the Dairy. (Illustrated.) 



4. Corn Crop and Silo. 



5. Potatoes and How to Grow Them. 



0. Farm Fertility; Experience with Run-Down Farms. 



7. Education for Farmers and Their Children. 



8. Making a Home in the Country. 

 0. The Wife, a Partner. 



10. Broad Tires and Good Roads. 



11. Farmers' Mutual Telephone Line. 



