SUPPLEMENT TO 



CORNELL 



IReabiriQ^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 VII. I ITHACA, N. Y., No. 32. 



HELPS FOR READING. DECEMBER, 1906. FERTILIZERS AND FERTILITY. 



SUPPLEMENTAL DISCUSSION-PAPER ON FARMERS' 

 READING-COURSE BULLETIN No. 3. 



This Discussion-paper is scut out zvith all Farmers' Reading-Course 

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

 on these subjects. On some of these points you Jiave probably had experi- 

 ence zvhich zvill be interesting and valuable to us. No matter zvhat the 

 Bulletin says, if you^ have diiferent opinions on any of these subjects, do 

 not hesitate to state them on this paper and give your reasons. (2) We 

 should like you to use this paper on zvhich to ask us questions. If there 

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

 problems in your farming, zvhether on these subjects or others on zvhich 

 you think zve 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 ac- 

 KNOWLEDGMENT TO THE RECEIPT OF THE BULLETIN. This paper wHl 



not be returned to you, but zve shall look it over as carefully as we zvould 

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

 correspondence is desirable. You may consider this discussion-paper 

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

 circumstances zinll your remarks be made public. As the Discussion- 

 paper zvill contain zvritten matter, it zvill require letter postage. 



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

 others on other subjects, and zjue shall be glad to send any of these to 

 you on request. The titles of the si.v Series of the Reading-Course Bul- 

 letins nozu available are: i. The Soil and the Plant. 2. Stock 

 Feeding. 3. Orcharding. 4. Poultry. 5. Dairying. 6. Farm Build- 

 ings AND Yards. Tlie Farmers Wives' Reading-Course, on domestic 

 subjects, is also sent to those zvJio desire it. 

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