334 Reading-Course for Farmers. 



" Series III. Orcharding. The Bulletins in this series are : ( 1 1 ) How 

 a Fruit Tree Grows; (12) Planting the Orchard; (13) 

 Tilling and Fertilizing the Orchard; (14) Pruning and 

 Spraying Fruit Trees; (15) Picking, Storing and 

 Marketing Fruit. 



" Series IV. Poultry. The Bulletins in this series are: (16) Building 

 Poultry Houses; (17), Feeding of Laying Hens; (18) 

 Rations for Poultry; (19) Raising Chickens; (20) 

 Marketing Poultry Products. 



"Series V. Dairying. The Bulletins in this series are: (21) The 

 care of Milk; (22) The Composition of Milk; (23) 

 The Construction of Sanitary Dairy Stables; (24) 

 Farm Butter-making; (25) The Dairy Herd. 



" Series VI. Farm Buildings and Yards. The Bulletins in this series 

 are: (26) Tasteful Farm Buildings; (27) Tasteful 

 Farm Yards; (28) The Plan of the Farmhouse; (29) 

 Water Supplies for Farm Residences; (30) Barns and 

 Out-Buildings." 



You may take up for study any one of these six series. You should 

 finish at least one series this winter. When you have finished one series 

 or all the series and wish to read further along the particular line studied, 

 then we urge you to continue your work by securing the best books. 

 We can recommend the best books and bulletins on the farm subjects 

 in which you are interested. These the reader purchases himself and 

 reads under our guidance. Study them carefully. If a reader desires 

 to study more thoroughly, then he may make reports to us on these 

 books from time to time. He may even be examined if he so desires. 

 But at least, write out your opinions of the book, making any criticisms 

 on principles or methods involved. You will find this helpful to you. 

 It will be an indication to us that you are really working. 



A good way to link the Reading-Course with the more advanced 

 study in the Correspondence Course is to begin early to patronize the 

 Traveling State Library. You may procure for 6 months' use, books 

 from the Department of Public Instruction at Albany, treating of any 

 farm subjects desired. You will in this way become familiar with many 

 books of value. They will help you in your Reading-Course work ; and 

 when you come to take up your more advanced work in correspondence, 

 you will know just where to lay your hands on the best books. 



The Reading-Course for Farmers is now, in this month of Novem- 

 ber, to be taken up for the winter by nearly eight thousand farmers. 

 Hundreds of young farmers throughout this state will have received this 



