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him new ideas and will recall many experiences of value. Meet by ap- 

 pointment at some convenient and desirable place. Have the Bulletin 

 read paragraph by paragraph, stopping to criticise or to add wherever 

 thought desirable. If there is only a small number you may then take 

 up informally the questions on the accompanying Discussion-Paper deal- 

 ing with the first half of the Bulletin. You will find at once many 

 opinions advanced which will naturally consume much time in their ex- 

 pression. If there is a fair-sized number at your meeting, you will need 

 some organization. One of your party on meeting will name a chairman 

 who will receive nominations for the officers of the Club, a President, a 

 Vice-President and a Secretary. The main duty of the President will 

 be to start the discussion and to hold it on the point at issue. The Sec- 

 retary will return Discussion-Papers, carry on the correspondence, secure 

 the Bulletins and provide the Bureau with the names of the members, 

 officers, and the name (where one is chosen) of the Club. The meeting 

 should not be held so long as to be tiresome on the discussion of the 

 Bulletin work. Let it be lightened with a charm of music and the spice 

 of social pleasantry which makes the meetings of people in similar condi- 

 tions so cheering. Meet regularly at least once in a fortnight. Spend 

 two meetings on one Bulletin. Let me suggest that you think over the 

 discussions and the next day write out, not simply short answers alone, 

 but your views fully expressed on the Discussion-Paper. Bring samples 

 of farm products to the meetings wherever possible. 



Suggestions for the arrangement of the work for the winter may be 

 received from the following program in actual use in one of the Clubs : 



Jan. 9. Installation of Officers. 



Tan. 27,. The Making of the Soil. I t^ n ^• 

 T7 u c -1 T7 ^-rf f Bulletm i. 



Feb. 13. Sou Fertility. ) 



Feb. 27. Saving steps. Bulletin i. Farmers' Wives. 



March 13. Plant Foods. ) n n ^• 



,, , ^ . , ^ ... c Bulletin 3. 



March 27. Commercial I^ ertilizers. 5 



April 10. The Kitchen Garden. Bulletin 4, Farmers' Wives. 



Mav 20. Tillage. / t> n ^• 



^ ^ . c Bulletin 2. 



April 24. Drainage. ) 



June 26. The Flower Garden. Bulletin 5, Farmers' Wives. 



July 24. How the Plant Gets Its Food from the Soil. Bulletin 4. 



Aug. 28. How the Plant Gets Its Food from the Air. Bulletin 5. 



Sept. 25. Decoration in the Farm Home. Bull. 2, Farmers' Wives. 



Oct. 23. Marketing our Produce. 



Nov. 13. Looking Backward. 



Nov. 27. Practical Housekeeping. Bulletin 3, Farmers' Wives. 



Dec. II. Election of Officers. 



