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4. MAINTENANCE OF SOIL MOISTURE. (60 minutes.) 

 Average rainfall annually. How water is lost. How to pre- 

 vent this loss. Why so much water is needed. 



5. METHOD FOR RAISING" HAY AND LEGUMINOUS 



PLANTS. (40 minutes.) 

 The farmer, the stockraiser, increasing the hay crop. How to 

 introduce legumiDOus crops. 



6. BENEFITS OF CORN BREEDING. (40 minutes.) 

 Adaptation of corn to climate and soil. Variety, stalk, ear, 



kernel. How to increase quantity and quality. How to de- 

 termine this improvement without chemical analysis. 



7. VARIOUS METHODS FOR CROP ROTATION. (40 minutes.) 

 For the grain, dairy and hay. Rotations into which legumin- 

 ous crops are introduced. 



8. THE NECESSITY OF EDUCATION FOR THE FARMER. 



(30 minutes.) 

 When should this education begin. What should it be. Where 

 should it be giveu. Who should give it. 



9. VALUE OF OUR NATIVE BIRDS IN AGRICULTURE. (30 



minutes.) 

 An illustration of the foods birds feed on. How and why birds 

 are destroyed and the result of this destruction. 



10, INSECT FRIENDS AND FOES OF THE FARMER. (30 min- 

 utes.) 

 Benefits of insects. The injuries by insects. 



McDowell, prof. M. S., state college. Centre County, Pa.: 



1. COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS. 



General nature; elements needed; economical purchase of 

 nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash; their sources, forms 

 and uses. 



2. LIME AND ITS ACTION. 



Forms of lime, conditions it effects, forms to use, place of ap- 

 plying. 



3. SOIL MOISTURE. 



Necessity to plants. Sources and forms of. Preserving in the 

 soil. Relation to soil temperature. 



4. BARNYARD MANURE. 



Composition. Loss from leaching and fermentation. Condi- 

 tions effecting such loss. 



5. A FEW FACTS ABOUT BACTERIA. 

 H. AGRICULTURE. AN ART 



