36 ANNUAL. REPORT OF THE Off. Doc. 



3. SIXTEEN YEARS EXPERIENCE WITH WOODEN SILO. 



4. SHALL WE GROW CROPS ON A FIFTEEN ACRE FARM 



AND NO FERTILIZER? 



5. FEED, P>REED AND CARE OF THE DAIRY. 



6. BREEDING AND RAISING THE DAIRY ANIMAL. 



7. THE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE AND THE FARMER. 



8. THE FAR:\IER'S Yn'ASTE BASKET. 



9. THE SMALL FARM vs. THE LARGE FARM. 

 10. BENCH, BOOK AND FARM. 



DRAKE, W. M. C, Volant, Lawrence County, Pa.: 



1. THE VALUE OF CLOVER AND HOW TO GROW IT. (20 



minutes.) 

 The chief value of clover consists in its nitrogen contents. As 

 a fertilizer, supplying- the protein needed by growing ani- 

 mals. 



2. BREEDING, FEEDING AND CARE OF FARM ANIMALS. 



(40 minutes.) 

 It never pays to breed anything but the best. It never pays to 

 keep more stock than one can provide a proper quantity and 

 quality of food to keep them at all times improving. All 

 animals should have access at all times to good waer, and 

 shelter from cold and heat. 



3. THE USE OF COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS. (30 minutes.) 

 The quantity, quality and manner of application must be de- 

 termined by the uses, as regards the particular crop he 

 wishes to produce. 



4. POTATO CULTT^RE. (30 minutes.) 



Manner of planting, fertilization, cultivation, etc. 



5. THE CORN PLANT; ITS VALUE AND POSSIBILITIES. (30 



minutes.) 

 As a silage plant there is nothing to compare with it. As a 

 fat producer it has no equal. 



6. THE FARMER'S EDUCATION. (30 minutes.) 



The farmer's education should be supplemented with some 

 business knowledge, some agricultural knowledge and me- 

 chanical skill. 



DUVEL, PROF. J. W. T., Acting Botanist in charge of Seed Labora- 

 tory, U. S. Dept. of Agri'ultnre, Washington, I). C: 



1. THE QT^ALITY OF COMMERCIAL RED CLOVER AND AL- 



FALFA SEED. (20 minutes.) 



2. GOOD SEED AND HOW TO OBTAIN IT. (30 minutes.) 



3. ADI^LTERATED SEED. (15 minutes.) 



4. SELECTING AND TESTING SEED CORN. (30 minutes.) 



