SUPPLEMENT TO 



CORNELL 



IReabing^^Course tor Jfarmers 



Published Monthly by the New York State College op 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. ITHACA, N. Y., No. 33. 



HELPS FOR READING. JANUARY, 1907. POULTRY HOUSE CONSTRUCTION. 



SUPPLEMENTAL DISCUSSION-PAPER ON FARMERS' 

 READING-COURSE BULLETIN No. i6. 



This Discussion-paper is sent out ivith all Farmers' Reading-Course 

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

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

 zvhich will be interesting and valuable to us. No matter zvhat the Bulletin 

 says, if you have different 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 Bidletin 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, zurite 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 



ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO THE RECEIPT OF THE BULLETIN. TIlis paper Zvill 



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

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

 respondence is desirable. You may consider this discussion-paper then, 

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

 cumstances zvill 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 Bidletin, zve have 

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

 on request. The titles of the six 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. The Farmers' Wives' Reading-Course, on domestic subjects, is 

 also sent to those zvho desire it. 



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