each is $240. A fellowship worth $500 is awarded to the College of 

 Agriculture and the Veterinary College combined. 



For Winter-Course Students. Twelve scholarships are given each 

 year by the New York State Grange.. Value $50 each. Given only to 

 Grange members, and to the twelve who attain the highest average in a 

 competitive examination. 



Mr. H. L. Beatty has offered for the year 1909-1910 a scholarship 

 of $75 in value, "open to any farmer residing in Bainbridge, or to any 

 boy over 16, residing in Bainbridge, who shall have attended the Bain- 

 bridge High School for one full term." 



INSTRUCTION IN THE STATE. 



Farmers' Reading-Course. For those who are unable to leave their 

 work but desire to learn. Practical bulletins on agricultural subjects are 

 periodically sent to the reader and correspondence is encouraged. These 

 courses discuss : 1, Soils and Crops ; 2, Stock Feeding ; 3, Orcharding ; 4, 

 Poultry ; 5, Dairying ; 6, Buildings and Yards ; 7, Helps for Heading ; 

 8, Miscellaneous; 9, Breeding; 10, Horse Production. Free to persons 

 residing in New York. Forty-seven such bulletins have been issued, 

 averaging about 18 pages each, and these go regularly to about 5,000 

 readers. 



Farmers' Wives' Reading-Course. These are popular bulletins 

 discussing household economy, cooking, home furnishing, sanitation, 

 and the like. They are used especially in connection with a reading- 

 course conducted by correspondence. Thirty-four such bulletins have 

 now been issued, having an average of about 24 pages each. These go 

 regularly to about 15,000 readers. 



Nature-Study. Extension work is conducted for teachers and 

 pupils particularly in the rural schools. One publication is issued in 

 the interests of the work, the Home Nature- Study Course, quarterly, 

 following the State Syllabus. The readers of this course now number 

 5,341. 



Rural School Education. Farm Boys' and Girls' Clubs are organ- 

 ized and directed in connection with the work in rural schools. One 

 publication is issued in the interest of this work, the Cornell Rural 

 School Leaflet, monthly, for pupils, and a Supplement for teachers. 

 'Twenty-seven publications have been issued in this series, averaging 

 about 18 pages each. These go to about 65,000 children and 6,000 

 teachers. 



