No. 7. DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE. 43 



KESTEK, K. P., Grampian, R. F. D. No. 2, Clearfied County, Pa.: 



1. POULTRY CULTURE. (80 minutes.) 



Breed for farmers. Houses and Yards. Natural and artificial 

 incubation. Feeding young chiclvs for broilers and for layers. 

 Selection of breeders. When and how to market. 



2. GARDENING FOR HOME AND FOR MARKET. (30 miu 



utes.) 

 Preparation of soil. Raising plants. Hot-beds. Cold frames. 

 Thinning. Transplanting. Drilling. Culture. Watering. 

 Pests. Special directions for several vegetables. Marketing. 



8. SMALL FRUIT CULTURE. (30 minutes.) 



Location. Soil. Pi'eparation of tlie soil. Fertilizing. Plants 

 and planting. Cultivation. Pruning and thinning. Packing, 

 and marketing. 



4. COMMERCL\L FERTILIZERS. (30 minutes.) 



Profitable use. How to know what is needed. Easy experi- 

 ments. Sources of elements. Agricultural vs. Commercial 

 value. How to calculate commercial value. 



5. NATURAL IMPROVEMENT OF THE SOH. AND ITS PRO- 



DUCTS. (30 minutes.) 

 Original soil. Its depletion. Nature's method of making soil. 

 Conditions required by plant roots. Draining. Plowing. 

 Cultivation. Cover Crops. Leguminous crops. Rotation. 



0. THE RURAL SCHOOLS. (45 minutes.) (Illustrated lecture.) 

 Their needs and how to meet them. 



7. RURAL LIFE. (45 minutes.) (Illustrated lecture.) 



Its advantages and possibilities, with a view to encourage the 

 young men and women to stay on the farm. 



LEDY, J. H., Marion, Franklin County, Pa.: 



1. GENERAL FRUIT GROWING; HOW TO TAKE CARE OF 



TREES. 



2. PEACH, APPLE AND PLUM CULTURE. 



3. PRUNING, CULTIVATI>^G AND FERTILIZING THE OR- 



CHARD. 



4. THE FARMER^S GARDEN. 



5. ALFALFA; ITS VALUE AND HOW TO GROW IT. 



6. SMALL FRUIT CULTURE. 



7. TOMATOES AND CANTALOUPS; HOW TO GROW THEM. 



8. POULTRY FOR PROFIT, AND HOW TO MAKE HENS LAY 



IN JANUARY. 



9. SAN JOSE SCALE; HOW TO DETECT IT AND HOW TO 



EXTERMINATE IT. 



in. CRIMSON CLOVER AND SOJA HEANS; THEIR VALUE 

 AND HOW TO GROW THEM 



