50 ANNUAL REPORT OF THi; Off. Doc. 



3. COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS; THEIR NATURE AND USE. 



(40 minutes.) 

 What they are made of. The function of each ingredient. How 

 to buy cheaply. 



4. LIME, DO YOU NEED SOME? (2.5 minutes.) 



Its nature. Its use to the farmer; also its injurious effects. 



5. THE SILO, AN ECONOMIC. (80 minutes.) 



How it helped me to make a milk dairy profitable. 



6. RENEWED FERTILITY; HOW TO GET IT. (20 minutes.) 

 An explanation of soil-making. Some experiences with clover. 



7. THE CHICKEN, A SOURCE OF PROFIT. (20 minutes.) 

 Some experience with feeding and raising chickens on the 



farm. 



8. OUR INSECT FRIENDS. (Illustrated lecture.) (30 minutes.) 

 Some of the common insee-ts that assist us as farmers. 



9. THE WIFE'S SHARE. (Illustrated lecture.) (50 minutes.) 

 A talk to the farmer in the interest of the home. 



SAMPSON, PROF. H. 0., Waterford, Erie County, Pa.: 



1. AGRICULTURE IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. (20-30 minutes 



each.) 

 Where agriculture is now taught. Where same may be intro- 

 duced to advantage. How the subject may be treated. Why 

 the public schools should have such courses. 



2. HIGH SCHOOL COURSES IN AGRICULTURE. 



Where such courses have been established. Their success. 

 More such courses to be adopted. What educators think of 

 this work. How we are conducting the work in the Water- 

 ford High School. 



3. EXPERIENCES AS A HIGH SCHOOL INSTRUCTOR IN 



AGRICULTURE. 



Difificulties in starting work. How we have succeeded at Water- 

 ford. 



4. WHY AGRICULTURE SHOULD BE TAUGHT IN OUR PUB- 



LIC SCHOOLS. 

 To reach boys that cannot go to an agricultural college. To 

 act as feeders for the agricultural college. To interest 

 boys in lines of successful agriculture. 



5. SOME SOIL PROPERTIES AND THEIR RELATION TO 



CROP PRODUCTION. 

 How soil is formed. Its composition. Effects of water, tillage, 

 fertilizers, etc. 



6. SOIL FORMATION. 



A discussion of natural forces forming the soil, including 

 weathering, disintegration, transportation, deposition and 

 composition. 



