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THE CORNELL READING-COURSE FOR THE FARM 



In order to assist those who desire to learn but are unable to leave their 

 work, a Reading-Course for the Farm is offered free to residents of this 

 State. This is not a correspondence course in the ordinary sense, but 

 a means of interesting readers in elementary agricultural subjects and 

 important rural problems. It aims also to lead the reader to express 

 his opinion on the different subjects and to discuss his own experi- 

 ence. This course is conducted by means of lessons which deal with 

 practical agricultural problems. Certain lessons discuss fundamental 

 principles which should be understood by those who wish to farm most 

 successfully ; others contain concrete suggestions or give detailed directions 

 for the best practices. New lessons are published each month, thus 

 making it possible for the Reading-Course to present some of the 

 latest information available. 



Reading-Course Lessons for the Farm are grouped in series, each series 

 taking up a farming enterprise. On the last page of this lesson is given 

 a list of the present series together with available lessons in each. Lessons 

 in any series are sent one at a time so that the reader may give them 

 careful attention and receive consecutive information. When the reader 

 returns the discussion paper accompanying each lesson another lesson in 

 the series is sent. This plan is continued until the reader has received 

 all the available lessons in the series. He is then supplied with references 

 for advanced reading if desired and is registered for future publications 

 on the subjects of interest. The Reading-Course aims to encourage the 

 reading of reliable agricultural literature. 



ADVANCED READING 



The Reading-Course lessons are designed merely to introduce the sub- 

 ject; they are elementary and brief, and are intended to arouse a desire 

 for fuller knowledge along particular lines. The study of Reading-Course 

 lessons should be introductory to the study of standard agricultural 

 books .and of the bulletins of the United States Department of Agri- 

 culture and the state experiment stations. The Supervisor of the Read- 

 ing-Course will suggest, as far as possible, agricultural literature to meet 

 the needs of any reader. Particular books or bulletins are recommended 

 because they are thought to be of special interest to the reader in his 

 individual study and not because they are considered superior to others 

 on the same subject. 



