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5. FORMATI9N AND IMPROVEMENT OF SOM.S. (30 minutes.) 

 How were the soils formed? What are farmers doing to im- 

 prove the farm? 



6. WEEDS. (30 minutes.) 



What are they? Whj- tliey flourish. Their use. Some methods 

 of destroying them. 



7. USE OF MANURE. (30 minutes.) 



Kinds of manure. How they act. The effect on each part. 

 How to get the best result from manure. 



8. BACTERIA AS A SOURCE OF NITROGEN. (30 minutes.) 

 How bacteria grows. How they fix nitrogen. When can they 



help the farmer. How^ obtained and applied. 



PEACHEY, J. H., Belleville, Mifflin County, Pa.: (25-40 minutes 

 each.) 



1. CORN BREEDING. 



Manner of operating. Selection of seed. Testing, care, plant- 

 ing, cultivation, detasseling. 



2. CORN CULTURE. 



Manuring, fertilizing, plowing, when and how. Harrowing, 

 planting, cultivating and harvesting. 



3. BUTTER MAKING ON THE FARM. 



Care of cream, churning, salting the butter, working and mar- 

 keting. 



4. ECHOES FROM THE FARM. (Illustrated lecture.) 

 Entertainment and instructions from farm notes. 



. 5. SOIL IMPROVEMENT. 



Rotation of crops, lime, stable manure, green manuring and 

 cultivation. 



6. BREEDING AND FEEDING THE PIG. 



Purpose in view. Selection of breed, type, feed, variety, quan- 

 tity, quality of product and marketing. 



7. THE PROBLEM OF EDUCATION FOR COUNTRY CHIL- 



DREN. 



A plea for better educational advantages, 



8. THE CLOVER CROP AND HOW TO GROW IT. 



Value as feed and fertilizers, and experience in growing the 

 crop. 



9. THE VALUE OF THOROUGH CULTIVATION. 



Experience and observation in the cultivation of the soil. 



10. THE HOME ON THE FARM. 

 PHILIPS, HON. THOMAS J., Atglen, Chester County, Pa.: 



1. INTELLIGENT FEEDING OF DAIRY STOCK. (25 minutes.) 

 Some hints as to how I made a dairy pay a good profit. 



2. PROFIT OR LOSS IN THE DAIRY. (30 minutes.) 



Some of the mistakes I made that I would have you avoid. 



4—7—1906. 



