SUPPLEMENT TO 



CORNELL 



IReaMng^Course for jfarmers 



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. 



SERIES VIII. ITHACA, N. Y. tillage and^fertiliz- 



MISCELLANEOUS. MARCH 1908. ING IN OCHARDS. 



DISCUSSION-PAPER ON FARMERS' READING-COURSE 



BULLETIN NO. 40 



A Discussion-paper is sent out zvith all Farmers' Reading-Course 

 Bulletins, for tzi'o reasons: (i) We should like to have your ozvn ideas 

 on these subjeets. On some of these points you have probably had 

 e.vpcrience that zcill be interesting and valuable to us. Xo matter what 

 the Bulletin says, if yon have different opinions on any of tJiese subjects, 

 do not Jiesifate to state tliem on tJiis' paper and give your reasons. (2) 

 IVe should like you to use tliis paper on zvhich to ask us questions. If 

 there are any points zvhich the Bulletin lias not made clear or if there are 

 on\ problems in your farming, zvhethcr on these subjects or others, on 

 which you think zee may be able to help you, 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. Tllis paper ZvUl flOt bc 



returned to you, but zve shall look it over as carefully as zee zn'ould a 

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

 respondence is desirable. You may consider tJiis Discussion-paper then, 

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

 cumstances zviil you be quoted. As the Discussion-paper zvill contain 

 zvritten matter, it zvill require letter postage. 



If you are not interested in tJiis Reading-Course Bulletin, zve have 

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

 on request. 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 Read- 

 ing, in The Farmers' Wives' Reading-Course, on domestic subjects, is 

 also soit to those zvho desire it. 



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