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4. INCIJBATOKS AND BKOODEES. (30 minutes.) 



You must buy the incubator; you may build the brooder. How 

 to do both. 



5. FEEDING FOR EGGS AND MEAT. (30 minutes.) 



The chemical demands identical. Variety the first essential. 

 Feeding the supply the natural demand. Feeding the grain. 

 Artificial results. 



6. YOUTH AND OLD AGE ON THE FARM . (40 minutes.) 

 Given in the hope that the aged may remember, and the young 



anticipate. 



7. WHAT LS A GOOD HIGHWAY? (Illustrated.) (30 minutes.) 

 A smooth, solid stone road. How to build; how to maintain. 



The famous Missouri dirt road. The implement that makes 

 it. 



8. THE FARMER AND THE PUBLIC SCHOOL. (30 minutes.) 

 He pays for much he does not get. How he may get something 



valuable in return for his money. 



9. THE BUSINESS END OF FARMING. (30 minutes.) 



The farmer compared with the merchant, the banker and the 

 manufacturer. 



ORR, MRS. T. E., Beaver County, Pa.: 



1. DOMESTIC SCIENCE IN FARMERS' HOMES. 



What shall we eat? How shall we cook? 



2. CHILD STUDY. 



What shall we teach our children? How shall we teach them? 

 Who shall teach them? 



3. EDUCATION IN THE RURAL HOMES. 



The farmer's wife. The farmer's school system. 



OWEN'S, PROF. WM. G., Lewisburg, Union County, Pa.: 



1. WHAT CHEMISTRY IS DOING FOR THE FARM. (60 min- 



utes.) 

 In the fields. At the barn. At the house. Chemistry ascer- 

 tains the desirable parts of plants for feeding. Chemistry 

 finds new markets for farmer's products. 



2. EDUCATION AND THE FARM. (60 minutes.) 



The best talent comes from farms. Farmer does greater va- 

 riety of work than mechanic. No branch of learning that he 

 cannot apply in his business. 



3. SANITATION ON THE FARM. (30 minutes.) 

 Importance. Prevention vs. Cure. Fresh air and sunshine or 



medicine? 



4. IMPROVEMENT BY BREEDING. (30 minutes.) 



Do plants improve as well as animals? What has been done? 

 How has it been done? 



