SUPPLEMENT TO 



CORNELL 



1Rea6ing:=Course for jfatmers 



Published Monthly by the New York State College of Agriculture 

 AT Cornell University, from November to March, and Entered at 

 Ithaca as Second-class Matter under Act of Congress, July i6, 1894. 

 L. H. Bailey, Director. Charles H. Tuck, Supervisor. 



SERIES VIII. ITHACA, N. Y. ^^viNE 



MISCELLANEOUS. JANUARY IQ08. TUBERCULOSIS.* 



DISCUSSION-PAPER ON FARMERS' READING-COURSE 



BULLETIN NO. 38. 



On Sections V, VI and VII. 



A Discussion-paper is scut out with all Farmers' Reading-Course 

 Bulletin, for two reasons: (i) We should like to have your oimi ideas on 

 these subjects. On some of these points you have probably had experience 

 that zvill be interesting and valuable to us. No matter what the Bulletin 

 says, if you have different opinions on any of these subjects, do not hesi- 

 tate to state tJiem on this paper and give your reasons. (2) We shoidd 

 like you to use this paper on which to ask us questions. If there are any 

 points cchicli the Bulletin has not made clear or if there are any problems 

 in your farming, zvhcthcr on these subjects or others, on which you think 

 we may be able to help yoy,, zvrite to us on this paper. 



The Next Reading-Course Bulletins will be sent to those who 

 return to us this discussion-paper, which will be an acknowl- 

 EDGMENT TO THE RECEIPT OF THE BULLETIN. This paper zvUl iiot bc 

 returned to you, but zue shall look it over as carefully as zve zvould a 

 personal letter and zvrite to you if there any points about zvhich corre- 

 spondence is desirable. You may consider this Discussion-paper then, as 

 a personal letter to us. It zvill he treated as such, and under no circum- 

 stances zvill your remarks be made public. As the Discussion-paper will 

 contain zvritten matter, it zvill require letter postage. 



If you are interested in this Reading-Course Bulletin, zve have others 

 on other subjects, and zve shall be glad to send any of these to you on 

 tequest. The titles of the eight Series of the Reading-Course Bulletins 

 nozv available are: i. The Soil and the Plant. 2. Stock Feeding. 

 3. Orcharding. 4. Poultry. 5. Dairying. 6. Farm Buildings 

 and Yards. 7. Helps for Reading. 8. Miscellaneous. Helps for 

 Reading, in the Farmers' Wives' Reading-Course, on domestic subjects, 

 is also sent to those zvho desire it. 



*For a discussion of this question see Cornell Experiment Station Bulletin, 250. 



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