142 THE CORNELL READING-COURSES 



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 course is conducted by means of printed lessons dealing 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 the latest ideas 

 on agriculture. 



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. 



CORNELL STUDY CLUBS 



Often several persons in a community desire to undertake reading that 

 will help them conduct their farming operations to better advantage. 

 Readers who have found the lessons of the Reading-Course to be of 

 assistance to them may invite others to join the course. The demand 

 for Reading-Course lessons has increased rapidly during the past year. 

 In a number of communities, study clubs have been formed. If Read- 

 ing-Course lessons can be studied by a group there is added interest and 

 a better opportunity for self-expression, resulting often in mutual help- 

 fulness among members of the group. Such study clubs may include 

 men, women, and young persons, and may have social features as part 

 of the programs for the meetings. The two Cornell Reading-Courses 

 the course for the farm and the course for the farm home provide 

 lessons of particular interest to both men and women. Study clubs 

 may confine themselves to lessons in either course; or, if one club is 

 composed of both men and women, the lessons in the two courses may 

 be alternated, or two separate groups may be formed holding part of 

 che program in common. 



