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4. SYSTEM ON THE FARM, (lo minutes.) 



A place for everything and everything in its place. A pro- 

 gram mapped out. 



5. BEAI^TIFYING THE HOME GROUNDS. (15 minutes.) 

 Build on high ground. Ground plan sloping from all sides. 



Face east or south. Plant trees and shrubbery. Driveways 

 and v^'alks. Flower beds and truck garden. 



6. SOIL IMrKOVEMENTS. (15 minutes.) 



Use barnyard manure, lime, commercial fertilizers. Thorough 

 cultivation. 



7. CULTIVATION OF TOBACCO; ITS CURING AND PRE- 



PARATION FOR THE MARKET. (20 minutes.) 

 Preparing seed bed. Raising plants. Growing in the field. 

 Its curing and preparation for the market. 



8. THE I'ROPER TIME FOR HARVESTING FARM CROPS. 



(15 minutes.) 

 Best time for clover and timothy hay. Harvesting the wheat 

 crop. Oats crojj well-manured and left in the field until 

 properly dried. Coin crop, do not cut too green, Potatoes, 

 take out of ground dry if possible. 



9. FARM MACHINERY. (20 minutes.) 



Keep in shelter. Keep well oiled. Have an implement house. 

 Keep in good repair. Paint occasionally. 



10. THE HORSE; HIS BREEDING, REARING AND TRAINING. 



(20 minutes.) 

 Select good stock. Breed for the purpose you want. Feed 

 colts liberally to keep growing. Keep them out in the open 

 air on clear days. Training, begin young. Treat them kind- 

 ly and have patience in teaching the colt. Get his confidence. 



11. GROWING TREES ON THE FARM. (15 minutes.) 



Their value in a number of ways. Have a good orchard 

 Shade trees around the buildings. Grow trees for fencing- 

 purposes. Plant' along streams. Plant about springs. 



12. FARMER'S INSTITUTES; THEIR BENEFIT. (15 minutes.) 

 Educates the farmer to higher farming. Brings about more 



spirit in the calling. The farmer's social condition is better. 

 Learns by the experience of his fellow-farmers. 



HULL, GEO. E., Transfer, R. D. F., Mercer County, Pa.: 



1. HIGH GRADE FARM BUTTER. (25.30 minutes.) 

 Competition with oleomargarine. Care of the milk. Methods 



of creaming. Proper ripening of cream. Churning. Print- 

 ing*or packing for market. How to find a good market. 



2. CONSTRUCTING AND FILLING OF SILOS. (20 minutes.) 

 Who needs a silo. Locating a silo for convenient feeding. 



Materials for building. Ditferent methods of building. 

 When and how to fill. 



