1464 The Cornell Reading-Courses 



Reading-Course as the basis for a program at monthly or semi-monthly- 

 meetings. Correspondence with the Department of Home Economics 

 is encouraged in the conducting of these clubs, and visits from some 

 member of the college staff may occasionally be arranged. 



Publications. — The first series of bulletins was known as the Cornell 

 Reading-Course for Farmers' Wives. The bulletins were published when- 

 ever possible, publication depending on appropriations. The following is 

 a list of the bulletins that were included in the Farmers' Wives' Reading- 

 Course : 



Saving steps Martha Van Rensselaer 



Decoration in the farm home Martha Van Rensselaer 



Practical housekeeping Martha Van Rensselaer 



Vegetable -gardening John Craig 



Flowers and the flower-garden L. H. Bailey and others 



The rural school and the farm home Martha Van Rensselaer 



Boys and girls on the farm Martha Van Rensselaer 



Reading in the farm home Martha Van Rensselaer 



Farm home industries Martha Van Rensselaer 



Insect pests of house and garden M. V. Slingerland 



Suggestions on home sanitation Martha Van Rensselaer 



Germ life in the farm home : a second talk on 



sanitation Martha Van Rensselaer 



Brief discussion on human nutrition Martha Van Rensselaer 



Food for the farm family Martha Van Rensselaer 



Saving strength Emily Bishop and 



Martha VanRens- 

 selaer 

 Programs for evenings with farmers' wives' 



reading clubs Martha Van Rensselaer 



Flour and bread Anna Barrows 



Dust as related to food Martha Van Rensselaer 



The selection of food Alice Peloubet Norton 



Canning and preserving Maria S. Parloa 



Suggestions to readers . . . Martha Van Rensselaer 



Suggestions on former reading-course bulletins. . Martha Van Rensselaer 



Supplement to bulletin No. 2 Charles DcGarmo 



Supplement to bulletins No. 2 and No. 3 Charles DeGarmo 



A month of education discussion Martha Van Rensselaer 



Another study on household equipment Martha Van Rensselaer 



Human nutrition. — Part I Flora Rose 



Human nutrition. — Part II Flora Rose 



These bulletins are now out of print. Revision was needed, and several 



