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letter. Nearly fifty Farmers' Reading-Course Clubs are already in prac- 

 tical operation and requests for more are coming in. Now each one of 

 us can help the other. Let us all stand shoulder to shoulder in the 

 great work of studying our surroundings and ourselves. Remember, this 

 Bureau is for your use. It costs you absolutely nothing to take up this 

 work except the postage on the letters that you write to us. For the 

 mailing of Bulletins to you there is no charge. You need not enclose 

 any stamps for that purpose. Write freely to us this winter on any- 

 thing pertaining to this work of the Reading-Course for Farmers. 



Believe me, that in this Bureau is a farmer who knows and feels 

 the burden and the joy of our common work. He is looking to other 

 farmers, especially to young farmers, for comradeship and encourage- 

 ment. Help him that he may help you. A letter from you at once will 

 be proof of your good faith and interest. 



Extension Work in Agriculture. 



The State of New York appropriates funds for extension work in 

 agriculture, to be prosecuted by the College of Agriculture. This exten- 

 sion work is of many kinds. Most of it may be classified under the 

 following heads: 



1. Winter-Courses at Ithaca. These open the 6th of December and 



continue twelve weeks. There are five of these courses; 



(a) General Agriculture. 



(b) Dairy Industry. 



(c) Poultry Husbandry. 1 j 



(d) Horticulture. 



(e) Home Economics. 



2. Reading-Courses, conducted by correspondence. These are two: 



(a) Farmers' Reading-Course. 



(b) Farmers' Wives Reading-Course. 



3. Nature-Study work, conducted by correspondence with the school 



children and the school teachers of the state. 



(a) Junior naturalist work, for which is published the " Junior 



Naturalist Monthly." 



(b) Junior gardener work. 



(c) Correspondence work for teachers, for whom is published 



the " Home Nature Study Course." 



4. Demonstration and cooperative experiment work on farms. This 



work is done under the supervision of specialists in the 

 various subjects. Some of the results are published in 

 bulletins of the experiment station. 



