No. 7. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 37 



ELLIS, DAVID M., Bridgeport, Montgomery County, Pa.: 



1. FRUIT GEO WING; POSSIBILITIES IN PENNSYLVANIA. 



(15 minutes.) 



2. SPRAYING— SIMPLIFIED FOR SAN JOSE SCALE. (15 



minutes.) 



3. SPRAYING; WHEN AND AVHAT FOR. (15 minutes.) 



4. INGENUITY ON THE FARM. (15 minutes.) 



5. CARE AND USE OF FARM IMPLEMENTS. (15 minutes.) 



6. WIRE FENCES; SIMPLICITY OF CONSTRUCTION. (15 



minutes.) 



7. FERTILITY BY HUMUS FROM THE LEGUMES. (15 



minutes.) 



8. WHAT I KNOW ABOUT ROADS AND ROAD MAKING. (30 



minutes.) 



FUNK, DR. J. H., Boyertown, Berks County, Pa.: 



1. PEACH CULTURE. (3045 minutes.) 



Treating the subject from time of planting to marketing the 

 product. Selection of soil, location and varieties. 



2. THE COMMERCIAL ORCHARD AS A BUSINESS. (50 



minutes.) 

 Comparison with other business. Some of the essentials of 

 success. What and how to plant and care for, from begin- 

 ning to profitable fruiting. Statistics showing profits from 

 well-cared-for orchards in different states. The pleasure as 

 well as remuneration to be derived. 



3. PRUNING, FERTILIZING AND THINNING. (40 60 minutes.) 

 Portraying the tree from the seeding to the bearing tree in the 



orchard, giving plain directions as to pruning of root and 

 to J). The best methods and the reasons Avhy. W^hen, how 

 and with what to fertilize. The reasons for and benefits to 

 be derived from thinning. 



4. SPRAYING I'.OU, WHK.v AND WHAT FOR. (40-GO min- 

 utes.) 

 Treating of the sucking insects and fungi. The preparation of 

 ingredients for their extermination. All the latest and best 

 formulae. Best modern machinery for spraying in the vil- 

 lage lot or the large commercial orchard. 



5. SMALL FRUIT. (30 minutes.) 



Its pleasures; its profits; varieties; methods of cultivation, etc. 



6. POTATO CULTURE. (30-50 minutes.) 



Soil and preparation. Best fertilizers. Methods of cutting, 

 planting and tilling fully discussed. How to destroy insect 

 enemies and prevent blights. Most profitable varieties, etc. 



