144 THE CORNELL READING-COURSES 



AVAILABLE READING-COURSE LESSONS FOR THE FARM, ARRANGED BY SERIES 



Residents of New York State may register for one or more of the series 

 mentioned below by addressing The Cornell Reading-Course for the 

 Farm, College of Agriculture, Ithaca, New York. 



The following list is correct to April 15, 1913. The demand may at 

 any time exhaust the supply of particular numbers. Requests will be 

 filled as long as the supply lasts. 



SERIES LESSONS 



The soil 2 The soil : Its use and abuse 



42 The tilth and tillage of the soil (in press) 



Poultry 4 Incubation. Part I 



6 Incubation. Part II 

 10 Feeding young chickens 



Rural engineering 8 Knots, hitches, and splices 



Farm forestry 12 The improvement of the woodlot 



28 Recent New York State laws giving 

 relief from taxation on lands used for 

 forestry purposes 



40 County, town, and village forests (in 

 press) 



The horse 14 Horse-breeding to increase the farm 



income 



Dairying 16 Practical dairy problems 



32 Composition of milk and some of its 

 products 



Fruit-growing 18 The renewal of the neglected orchard 



22 The culture of the currant and the goose- 

 berry 



36 Culture of red and black raspberries and 

 of purple-cane varieties 



Farm crops 20 Alfalfa for New York 



24 The rotation of farm crops 



Stock-feeding 26 Computing rations for farm animals 



Vegetable-gardening 30 Hotbed construction and management 



Plant-breeding 41 Improving plants by selection or breeding 



38 Principles and methods of plant-breeding 



