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2. BUYING AND CARE OF FARM IMPLEMENTS. 



Sllo^^^ing the great waste in the present methods or plan of 

 buying; then showing how to buy; also the money that can 

 be saved in the care of our farm implements. 



3. EVERY FARMER SHOULD BE A MEMBER OF THE 



GRANGE. 



Showing upon what foundation the Grange is built; its educa- 

 tional features; and as it is one of the strongest organiza- 

 tions, it affords the best means of being a cooperative 

 organization, and the most beneficial to the farmer. 



4. THE RESULT OF EIGHT YEARS GROWING SWINE. 

 How I select my breeding animals; care, feeding, marketing, 



with results at the end of eight years; also a brief sketch of 



how my herd was destroyed by cholera. 



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5. ARE THE FARMERS' INSTITUTES HELPING THE AGRL 



CULTURAL INTERESTS? 



The farmer before the institutes were established and his con- 

 dition; also, since institutes are held and his present con- 

 dition. 



6. THE FARM JOURNAL FOR THE FARMER. 



The purity of farm journals and what they have accomplished 

 by way of collection of actual tests along all practical lines. 

 As an educator for the farmer. 



7. THEORY AND A PRACTICAL EDUCATION. 



What is theory, and what is practical education? Theoretical 

 education is little good without its being applied by a prac- 

 tical man or woman — hence the necessity of practical educa- 

 tion. 



8. MARKETING THE PRODUCTS OF THE FARM. 



First, by illustration, showing that so many producers are 

 absolute failures as to marketing their crops and give the 

 cause, and how we place our crops in the market and how 

 we secure a .market and keep it. 



9. HOW I GROW HORSES. 



First, as to selection of the breeding animals, and more parti- 

 ular as to the breed; cai;e of colts, feeding, how to handle 

 and break for use; the feeding of the work animal; its pre- 

 paration for the market and how to have a market. 



CONARD, DR. M. E., Weslgrove, Pa.: 



1. THE DAIRY BARN AND SURROUNDINGS. 



2. CONDITIONS AND CARE NECESSARY TO THE PRODUC- 



TION OF MARKET MILK. 



3. HOW TO BUILD UP THE DAIRY HERD. 



4. SOME POINTS ON THE FEEDING OF CALVES. 



3—7—1906. 



