SUPPLEMENT TO 



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LESSON FOR THE FARM 



L. H. Bailey, Director 

 Course for the Farm, Royal Gilkey, Supervisor 



vrtJ TT H Q ITHACA, N. Y. PLANT-BREEDING 



VOL. H. No. 38 APRIL 15, 1913 SERIES No. 1 



PRINCIPLES AND METHODS OF PLANT-BREEDING 



DISCUSSION PAPER 



A supplement called the discussion paper is sent with each Reading- 

 Course lesson, with a view of assisting the reader to examine and improve 

 his present methods of farming. The discussion paper aids also in review- 

 ing important points in the lesson. The answering of the questions is 

 optional, but a majority of readers accept this opportunity for addi- 

 tional work. An expression of the reader's experience or opinion is one of 

 the best ways of converting into working knowledge what has been read. 

 Each discussion paper filled out and returned will be read over carefully, 

 and a personal reply will be made if information is requested. 



New readers should enroll in one or more of the following series of 

 Reading-Course lessons: the soil, poultry, rural engineering, farm 

 forestry, the horse, dairying, fruit-growing, farm crops, stock- 

 feeding, plant-breeding, vegetable-gardening. The first lesson in 

 each series desired is sent on enrollment and subsequent lessons are sent, 

 one at a time, on the return of discussion papers. Persons who wish to 

 receive the other lessons in this series should therefore sign and return this 

 discussion paper whether the questions are answered or not. The Reading- 

 Course will endeavor to aid in the solution of farm problems and in the 

 organization of study clubs, and to give references for advanced study. 

 The space below on this page is reserved for correspondence concerning 

 Reading-Course work and also for names and addresses of any persons likely 

 to be interested in the course. 



Published semi-monthly throughout the year by the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell 

 University. Entered as second-class matter October 13, 1911, at the post office at Ithaca, N. Y., under 

 the Act of Congress of July 16, 1804. 



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