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3. CENTRALIZATION OF TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS. (40 min- 



utes.) 

 What the schools are doing. Disadvantages of disconnected 

 work. Difficulties in getting to school. Expense of so many 

 separate school buildings. 



4. FRUIT CITLTURE. (40 minutes.) 



Planting trees. Cultivatin;. Time to trim. Protection. 



5. STABLE MANURE. (40 minntig.) 



Value, Mechanical conditions of soil. Source of fertilizing 

 value,- Caring for monure. Time to haul out. 



6. SHEEP HUSBANDRY. ^4'--i nfrr.^ 



Care. Different breeds. Summer management. Care in 

 handling. Season for lambing. Sheep washing. Shearing. 

 Winter management. 



7. IDEAL YOUTH ; THE EDUCATION OF THE FARMER BOY. 



(60 minutes.) (Evening lecture.) 



SURFACE, PROF. H. A.. Economic Zoologist, Harrisburg, Pn.: 



1. THE ECONOMIC VALUE AND PROTECTION OF OUR NA- 



TIVE BIRDS. (40-50 minutes.) 



2. GENERAL PRINCIPLES AND METHODS OF INSECT 

 WARFARE. (40 minutes.) 



3. THE HESSIAN FLY IN PENNSYLVANIA, (30 minutes.) 



4. OUR INSECT FRIENDS. (Illustrated.) (30-40 minutes.) 



5. NATURE STUDY AND AGRICULTURE IN THE PUBLIC 



SCHOOLS. (25-30 minutes.) 



6. THE CENTRALIZATION OP SCHOOLS. (20 minutes.) 



7. HIGHER EDUCATION FOR FARMERS' BOYS AND GIRLS. 



(20-25 minutes.) 



8. THE ELEMENTS OF SUCCESS. (15-20 minutes.) 



9. THE NEEDS OF THE FARMER. (30-40 minutes.) 

 THAYER, DR. I. A., New Castle, Lawrence County, Pa,: 



1, TILE DRAINING ; WHY AND HOW. (40 minutes.) 



2, SOIL MOISTURE. (30 minutes.) 



Amount used by different plants. Its movement in soil and 

 soil plants. How to secure and retain it. 



3, PREPARATION OF THE SEED BED. (40 minutes.) 

 Methods. Plowing; how and when. Kind of plow. Harrow- 

 ing and rolling. How to lessen hillside washing. 



4, STABLE MANURE. (40 minutes.) (Illustrated.) 



Its fertilizing constituents and their value. Its value as humus. 

 The changes and losses it undergoes and sustains. How to 

 prevent losses. How to apply. 



5, COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS. (30 minutes.) 



Different elements; their .source and functions. Special needs 

 of different soils and crops. Home mixing. How to calcu- 

 . Jate their cash value from analysis. How to. apply. 



