THE READING-COURSES. 



The statistics of the Farmers' Reading Course for the year ended 

 September 30, 1907, are as follows : 



New readers in : 



Series I. Soil 1.066 



Series II. Stock-feeding ^^^ 



Series III. Orcharding 71 



Series IV. Poultry 849 



Series V. Dairying 76 



Series VI. Farm Buildings , 30 



2,209 

 Old readers renewed 1-057 



3,266 



Discussion-papers returned : 



Series I. Soil 557 



Series II. Stock-feeding 369 



Series III. Orcharding 306 



Series IV. Poultry 725 



Series V. Dairying 302 



Series VI. Farm Buildings 271 



Series VII. Helps for reading 810 



3.340 



Total number of clubs 34 



Total number of letters written 10,512 



The statistics of the Farmers" Wives' Reading Course are as 

 follows : 



New readers in: 



Series I I99 



Series II i 



Series III 



Series IV o 



Series V 7 



207 



=;7 



