No. 7. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 29 



6. POTATO CULTURE. 



Preparation of soil. Selection of seed. Manner of planting; 

 cultivation; treatment of bugs; harvesting- and storing. 



7. THE FARMER'S HORSE. 

 BLACK, W. C, Mercer, Mercer County, Pa.: 



1. THE VALUE OF PEDIGREE. (30 minutes.) 



2. THE BEEF BREEDS OF CATTLE. (30 minutes.) 



3. COMPARISON OF BEEF AND DAHIY TYPES FOR BEEF 



PURPOSES. (30 minutes.) 



4. CULTIVATION AND USES OF CORN PLANT. (30 minutes.) 



5. SHEEP: BREED, MUTTON AND WOOL. (30 minutes.) 



6. RAISING THE CALF. (30 minutes.) 

 BOND, M. S., Danville, Montour County, Pa.: 



1. TWENTY-FIVE YEAR'S EXPERIENCE WITH COMMER- 



CIAL FERTHJZERS. (30 minutes.) 

 Results; formula for different crops; how to save money, 

 buying. 



2. HISTORY, DISCOVERY AND CULTIVATION OF POTA- 



TOES: (30 minutes.) 

 When, how and by whom discovered. Process of development; 

 soil, fertilizer and cultivation 



3. GROVriNG AND MARKETING VEGETABLES. (25 



minutes.) 

 Two crops in one season. 



4. ONIONS AND CELERY. (20 minutes.) 

 Without manure or lime; inexpensive. 



5. SUCCESS WITH CLOVER. (20 minutes.) 

 Importance of ways by which we may succeed. 



6. RESTORATION OF EXHAUSTED SOILS AT LEAST EX- 



PENSE. (2.5 minutes.) 



7. SHORT CHAT WITH BOYS AND GIRLS ABOUT REMAIN- 



ING ON A FARM. ^30 minutes.) 



BRODHEAD, C. W., Montrose, Susquehanna County, Pa.: 



1. CARE OF HORSES' FEET A2nD TEETH, WITH SPECI- 



MENS. (40 minutes.) 

 The care from colthood to old age, and explains many mysteries 

 that are not generally known, both interesting and instruc- 

 tive to both old and young. 



2. HORSESHOEING AND ANATOMY OF FOOT AND LEG. 



(45 minutes.) 

 Giving the ditt'erent methods of shoeing for the many ills that 

 the foot and leg is heir to. 



