. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. Washington, D. March 22,1916 EXTENSION COURSE IN VEGETABLE FOODS. FOR SELF-INSTRUCTED CLASSES IN MOVABLE SCHOOLS OF AGRICULTURE. By Anna Babkows, Director, School of Domestic Science, Chautauqua, N. Y., and Instructor, School of Household Arts, Columbia University. CONTENTS. Page Lesson I. Classification of plants 2 II. Leaves and stalks 9 III. Leaves and stalks, continued 14 IV. Bulbs 20 V. Tubers and roots 24 VI. Succulent roots 30 VII. Flowers and fruits 34 VIII. Seeds 41 IX. Fungi 48 X. Condimental vegetable fo
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. Washington, D. March 22,1916 EXTENSION COURSE IN VEGETABLE FOODS. FOR SELF-INSTRUCTED CLASSES IN MOVABLE SCHOOLS OF AGRICULTURE. By Anna Babkows, Director, School of Domestic Science, Chautauqua, N. Y., and Instructor, School of Household Arts, Columbia University. CONTENTS. Page Lesson I. Classification of plants 2 II. Leaves and stalks 9 III. Leaves and stalks, continued 14 IV. Bulbs 20 V. Tubers and roots 24 VI. Succulent roots 30 VII. Flowers and fruits 34 VIII. Seeds 41 IX. Fungi 48 X. Condimental vegetable foods, and food accessories 50 Lesson XI. Summary of cookery 54 XII. Drying, evaporating, and salting vegetables 59 XIII. Preserving and canning vege- tables 63 XIV. Pickling vegetables 68 XV. Vegetables for the table—Market- ing 71 References 77 List of apparatus 77 GENERAL SUGGESTIONS TO LEADERS. Although the leader of this course does not need any more train- ing than the other members, her special work will be easier if she reads at least a lesson ahead of the class work, or, better still, goes more or less rapidly through the whole bulletin in advance. In this way it will be easier for her to make wise suggestions regarding the materials to be used for the practical work in connection with each Note.—This course is a revision of that published as U. S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Experiment Stations Bulletin 245. In its preparation the author cooperated with J. M. Stedman, Farmers' Institute Specialist, and with the Office of Home Economics, of the States Relations Service. The course is designed to aid agricultural colleges in their extension work. It is intended for the use of small groups of farm women assembled as a class to study the subject in a systematic manner with one of their number as a leader. It is adapted for such use in any part of the United States. The agricultural college is to loan the class the reference library listed in the Appendix and al
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