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7. SAN JOSE SCALE. (40-50 minutes.) 



Plain description is given the beginner that he may distinguish 

 this insect and directions how he may successfully fight it. 

 All the best formulae and how to prepare them is fully 

 treated, telling what to use while trees are dormant, as well 

 as summer treatment. The reasons why so many fail, etc. 

 The best machinery for the application. 



8. BIRDS AND INSECTS. (45-60 minutes.) 



This subject is well adapted for an evening lecture, describing 

 all of our most valuable birds, which charm us with their 

 bright colors and music sweet. They are brought before you 

 in such an attractive manner as to be both instructive and 

 entertaining to old and young, giving their habits, diet, etc., 

 showing those that are beneficial and those that are destruc- 

 tive, learning your children to love, care for and protect our 

 feathered friends. 



HALL, HORACE H., Ellisburg, Potter County, Pa.: 



1. STRAWBERRIES FOR THE HOME. (20 30 minutes.) 



How to prepare bed. How to fertilize. Hill culture and w^hy. 



Mulch and burning. Kind of plants. Early, medium, late. 



Quality — how to secure wild flavor. Clean culture. How 

 to pick. 



2. CEMENT FLOORS. (30-40 minutes.) 



Why economic. Saves both liquid and solid manures. 



3. WILL THE SILO PAY? (40 minutes.) 



How to build, size, form, height. What the silage really is. 

 Practical hints in cutting of silage. How to balance. 



4. DYNAMITE, (20-30 minutes.) 



Old and new way of mixing. What can you do safely? Stump 

 work. Earth work. Rock work. How to thaw. How to 

 keep from fumes. How to squib. Caps, their composition. 

 Fuse, kinds. Time, per foot. How to light. 



5. FARMER'S TELEPHONES. (40 minutes.) 



How to organize. How to build. What equipment is neces- 

 sary. Where to buy. Its cost. Practical hints as to man- 

 agement. 



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G, CLOVER FOR FEED AND FERTILIZER. (40-50 minutes.) 

 Seed bed. Nurse crop. Why clip? Nature of clover. How 

 to keep permanent. Meadow mixtures. Pastures. Pasture 

 mixtures. Value of Dutch White Alsike. When and how 

 to cut and cure clover for hay. Clover for fertilizer. 



7. OUR GREATEST BENEFACTORS. (50 minutes.) (Evening 

 lecture.) 



S. THE BASIS OF OUR LECTURES. (.^,0 minutes. (Evening 

 lecture.) 



