FIFTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK — PART IX. 



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GENERAL, 



Should education in rural schools be 

 different from that in city or town 

 schools? 



Agriculture in the public schools. 



Partners on the farm. To what 

 extent should husband and wife 

 occupy this relation on the farm? 



The boys and girls on the farm. Can 

 they receive sufficient education 

 by attending school in the winter 

 only, and how can farm life be 

 made more attractive to them? 



What should the farmer do for the 

 rural schools? 



Farmers' girls and other girls. 



The freight rate problem. 



The manufacture of iron and steel- 

 in its relation to agriculture. 



Systematic housekeeping. 



The farm laborer. 



What is 2. man worth? 



How to keep the boys on the farm. 



Rural telephones. 



Farm machinery. 



A B C of rain making. 



The age of science. 



The relation of the farmer and the 

 business man. 



Titles and abstracts of titles. 



Preventive waste and loss on the 

 farm. 



A practical farm garden. 



Woman on the farm. 



What patrimony shall we leave our 

 children? 



Good farming; clear thinking; right 

 living. 



Opportunities of farmers' wives. 



Method of renting land. 



Common diseases of farm animals. 



Will it paylthe average young farmer 

 to take an agricultural course? 



Existing relations between the far- 

 mers and the railroads. 



Postal checks, parcel package postage 

 and the catalogue houses. 



Value of the Institute to the farmer. 



Farmers' co-operative associations. 



How should our country schools be 

 managed for the best results? 



Poor farms as experiment stations. 



Shall cooking be taught in the pub- 

 lic schools? 



The value of the Interstate Commerce 

 Commission to the Iowa pro- 

 ducers. 



How can the farmer secure equitable 

 legislation? 



What constitutes a successful farm- 

 ers' institute? 



Construction of farm buildings. 



What science is doing for agricul- 

 ture. 



Should the institute law be changed? 



Benefits of the Iowa State Fair. 



The farmers' duty as a citizen, and 

 how he can make his influence felt 

 at primaries. 



In what ways can Iowa farmers im- 

 prove their methods? 



Need of a business education for a 

 woman. 



By-products. 



Stock judging at the county fairs. 



Woman as a factor on the farm. As 

 a money-maker; as a money-saver; 

 as a homemaker. 



Experiment stations a benefit to the 

 farmer. 



The farmer as a machinist. 



Precautions to the breeder. 



Mutual insurance vs. old line insur- 

 ance. 



Should mutual insurance companies 

 pay full value on live stock? 



The relation of the producer, packer 

 and consumer of meat products. 



Farm bookkeeping. 



The farmer as the unorganized factor 

 in the business world. 



Bee keeping. 



Culture and influence of flowers 



