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VOL. LXVI INDIANAPOLIS, DEC. 16, 1911. NO. 50 The Forward Movement in Agriculture THE GOSPEL OF AGRICULTURE. THE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGES AND EXPERIMENT STATIONS DOING GREAT WORK. EXTENSION WORK CARRIED TILE FARM. TO There was held in Columbus, Ohio, recently one of the most important meetings in the interests of agriculture of recent years. It brought together the representatives of the various Agricultural Colleges and United States Experiment Stations, with a goodly number of others connected with the United States Department of Agriculture from Washington. Perhaps never before have been gathered together in a single city so many men eminent in the art of soil production or of farm management. The papers and discussions were of a high order. The dominant note of the Convention was that we had reached the time in agricultural development when it was necessary to carry to the farmer upon the farms the new knowledge of agriculture and show him how to apply it to his c-onrlitions. The discussion brought out clearly the fact that bulletins and lectures, running of special trains with exhibits and speakers, and even Farmers' Institutes, failed to meet the requirements, do not connect up with the man field variously estimated at from five to ten years. All agreed that the work should proceed only as fast as capable men could be secured. After full discussion resolutions were passed in favor of the needed legislation. The Work Adjusted to Each State. It was recognized that the problems in one state are different from the problems in other states, hence the necessity of giving the Agricultural Colleges back up and assist these organizations and help them accomplish more fully and quickly the purposes for which they were established. Counselled Care in the Work. The speaker counselled those present to proceed carefully, and above all, to avoid placing incompetent men in the field. That if it required ten years to secure a full equipment of men for the purpose, it was far better than to attempt to do it in a short time at the expense of efficiency. That this great movement should not be embarrassed or 1 "■• • ' '!__-' "*B ____r^E ^^HkL.jK** ■*l>fBjkM ft____^£ PF^ | ■•w^Ss '_ "'*__' | - j" i ♦ r ' __jt____- 'W3 3^y* *mr ^l « ^ ^y " *> i£j? ___!_■ i^9k 1 Ei___> ~___^ f_^_x' I i- *fur9&i*J*P . i- Wi jm_____ ^m_W ■■ '"' 5 / •# 1 •4*t8tT.I '■■1 1 ■:- .1 **£» L___l Purdue University Extension Work—Carrying the Gospel of Agriculture to the Farm. They n the It was agreed that all these instrumentalities served a useful purpose, but something further is required if we are to get the results so necessary to obtain. Legislation to Support the Work. Hours were spent in discussing what legislation was necessary in order to introduce successful scientific methods of agriculture. The conclusion reached was unanimous that the time was now ripe for the Agricultural Colleges to undertake extension work and send into every community as fast as men could be found, and funds would permit, a trained agriculturist who understands the modern and up-to-date scientific farm practice, and have him meet the farmers face to face in their own locality and help them to interpret and apply the new knowledge to their respective farms. No other way was suggested that will accomplish the results that will surely follow this plan. Personal contact between the man who knows and the man who desires to learn on the very field wlhere the problems lie will accomplish this purpose. The consensu:: of opinion was that the Federal government and the states should undertake to finance this plan, beginning with a small appropriation and increasing it from year to year at a rate that will enable the Colleges of Agriculture to find and train men for the duties of this important position. The time necessary to do this was large discretion in carrying forward the extension work in order that they may meet as fully as possible the needs of the various localities in the several states. A strong committee was appointed to take up the matter of federal legislation. President of League Explains the Plans During the progress of the discussion, the President of the National Soil Fertility League, being present, was asked to take the floor and explain the plan and purpose of that organization. He did so, briefly stating that the League recognized the importance of agriculture and the splendid work that the Colleges and Experiment Stations, as well as the Federal Department, has been doing; that it believed that the best interests of the country required that this work should be emphasized and extended; hence the League'was formed to serve as a sort of "Ways and Means Committee" to arouse public interest and secure such legislation from both the Federal Government and the several States as would enable the Colleges of Agriculture to establish and maintain strong Extension Departments, and increase the w;orking force from year to year, until a capable man should be placed and kept in every community to help the farmer to inaugurate a better system of agriculture, a more perfect farm management. That the League did not propose to undertake any of the work that belonged to the Colleges and Experiment Stations, but rather to be the good brother to made complicated by merging it with other movements that involve fundamental changes ln our system of education that the people are not yet ready to adopt. He assured the Convention that already 470 Boards of Trade, Chambers of Commerce, and other important associations, stood ready to aid in securing the legislation indicated by supporting it strongly with their Members of Congress and Representatives in their several State Legislatures. The members of the Convention were enthusiastic to find that so strong and representative an association as the National Soil Fertility League, backed by the largest financial, commercial and manufacturing interests in the country, had espoused their cause. Howard H. Gross, Pres. Nat'l. Soil Fertility League. Chicago. to be kept up till all the people are reached. Farmers' Institutes are extended thi3 season to every part of the State, and the best farmers and live stock growers are taking hold of this work better than ever before. Great interest is now shown in counties where little attendance and participation could be se- sured formerly. If the farmers show by their interest in better agriculture that they are ready for the forward movement proposed, Congress and the several States will not hesitate to provide the neces- sary legislation and appropriation to organize and project the greatest work in this line ever yet undertaken. The Indiana Farmer in its September 2nd issue showed that there were scores of farmers in this state that produced 30 to 50 bushels of wheat per acre, by actual production on five or more acres in 1911. They sent us ample proof of this, well certified, and gave their methods of doing it. Many have likewise increased their corn and oats produc- tto per acre also, and these proofs show that Indiana farmers can do these things. Now the plan is to increase their number in this new movement. Let our farmers everywhere emulate this splendid showing. Grow up to the front till our lands, not yet 100 years under cultivation, tan produce equal and better than the farmers' of Eu- rope do on lands a thousand years under cultivation. Notes on tho Forward Movement. Read again every line of President Gross' letter, and get its meaning. The Gospel or Agriculture is now being carried to the farm by all the Agricultural Colleges. The Agricultural Press everywhere Is constantly on the firing line helping in the good wr y, by printing and scattering the Gospel of better methods and larger production. Purdue University ln the past few years has sent Its railway trains laded with its bulletins and the addresses of its best teacher to nearly all the coun ties of Indiana, and this good work is BETTER AGRICULTURE. Editors Indiana Farmer: I want to say to you that the Indiana Farmer is doing more to promote better agriculture than any other of the several good agricultural papers I read every week. They are all good papers but you are doing more than any of them in tliis work of promoting better agriculture. Your first pages for a long while have been an inspiration to every farmer who has been trying to keep up in front of agricultural work and I want to say this much to show you how farmers are looking at the matter of an advance in greater production. I want to say for myself for the past eight years I have not fallen below 32 bushels of wheat to the acre, and in some years during that time went above 40 bu. Also I want to say that following the advice on better methods of corn growing in a rotation of crops with wheat, clover and oats, I have increased my corn yield from an average of 48 bu. per acre to 63% bu. This is the fruit of the advanced methods and teachings on agricultural productions. I do not see why, if I can do these things, all other farmers might not do it also. The bulletins of the Purdue Agricultural College have been a great help also and I think that if every farmer would carefully read for himself these and all other good things on this subject he can do as well as me. Indiana. W. E. Sales.
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Title | Indiana farmer, 1911, v. 66, no. 50 (Dec. 16) |
Purdue Identification Number | INFA6650 |
Date of Original | 1911 |
Subjects (LCSH) |
Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
Subjects (NALT) |
agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
Genre | Periodical |
Call Number of Original | 630.5 In2 |
Location of Original | Hicks Repository |
Coverage | United States - Indiana |
Type | text |
Format | JP2 |
Language | eng |
Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
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Title | Page 1 |
Subjects (LCSH) |
Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
Subjects (NALT) |
agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
Genre | Periodical |
Call Number of Original | 630.5 In2 |
Location of Original | Hicks Repository |
Coverage | Indiana |
Type | text |
Format | JP2 |
Language | eng |
Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
Rights Statement | Content in the Indiana Farmer Collection is in the public domain (published before 1923) or lacks a known copyright holder. Digital images in the collection may be used for educational, non-commercial, or non-for-profit purposes. |
Repository | Purdue University Libraries |
Digitization Information | Orignal scanned at 300 ppi on a Bookeye 3 scanner using internal software. Display images generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000s; file format for archival copy is uncompressed TIF format. |
Transcript | VOL. LXVI INDIANAPOLIS, DEC. 16, 1911. NO. 50 The Forward Movement in Agriculture THE GOSPEL OF AGRICULTURE. THE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGES AND EXPERIMENT STATIONS DOING GREAT WORK. EXTENSION WORK CARRIED TILE FARM. TO There was held in Columbus, Ohio, recently one of the most important meetings in the interests of agriculture of recent years. It brought together the representatives of the various Agricultural Colleges and United States Experiment Stations, with a goodly number of others connected with the United States Department of Agriculture from Washington. Perhaps never before have been gathered together in a single city so many men eminent in the art of soil production or of farm management. The papers and discussions were of a high order. The dominant note of the Convention was that we had reached the time in agricultural development when it was necessary to carry to the farmer upon the farms the new knowledge of agriculture and show him how to apply it to his c-onrlitions. The discussion brought out clearly the fact that bulletins and lectures, running of special trains with exhibits and speakers, and even Farmers' Institutes, failed to meet the requirements, do not connect up with the man field variously estimated at from five to ten years. All agreed that the work should proceed only as fast as capable men could be secured. After full discussion resolutions were passed in favor of the needed legislation. The Work Adjusted to Each State. It was recognized that the problems in one state are different from the problems in other states, hence the necessity of giving the Agricultural Colleges back up and assist these organizations and help them accomplish more fully and quickly the purposes for which they were established. Counselled Care in the Work. The speaker counselled those present to proceed carefully, and above all, to avoid placing incompetent men in the field. That if it required ten years to secure a full equipment of men for the purpose, it was far better than to attempt to do it in a short time at the expense of efficiency. That this great movement should not be embarrassed or 1 "■• • ' '!__-' "*B ____r^E ^^HkL.jK** ■*l>fBjkM ft____^£ PF^ | ■•w^Ss '_ "'*__' | - j" i ♦ r ' __jt____- 'W3 3^y* *mr ^l « ^ ^y " *> i£j? ___!_■ i^9k 1 Ei___> ~___^ f_^_x' I i- *fur9&i*J*P . i- Wi jm_____ ^m_W ■■ '"' 5 / •# 1 •4*t8tT.I '■■1 1 ■:- .1 **£» L___l Purdue University Extension Work—Carrying the Gospel of Agriculture to the Farm. They n the It was agreed that all these instrumentalities served a useful purpose, but something further is required if we are to get the results so necessary to obtain. Legislation to Support the Work. Hours were spent in discussing what legislation was necessary in order to introduce successful scientific methods of agriculture. The conclusion reached was unanimous that the time was now ripe for the Agricultural Colleges to undertake extension work and send into every community as fast as men could be found, and funds would permit, a trained agriculturist who understands the modern and up-to-date scientific farm practice, and have him meet the farmers face to face in their own locality and help them to interpret and apply the new knowledge to their respective farms. No other way was suggested that will accomplish the results that will surely follow this plan. Personal contact between the man who knows and the man who desires to learn on the very field wlhere the problems lie will accomplish this purpose. The consensu:: of opinion was that the Federal government and the states should undertake to finance this plan, beginning with a small appropriation and increasing it from year to year at a rate that will enable the Colleges of Agriculture to find and train men for the duties of this important position. The time necessary to do this was large discretion in carrying forward the extension work in order that they may meet as fully as possible the needs of the various localities in the several states. A strong committee was appointed to take up the matter of federal legislation. President of League Explains the Plans During the progress of the discussion, the President of the National Soil Fertility League, being present, was asked to take the floor and explain the plan and purpose of that organization. He did so, briefly stating that the League recognized the importance of agriculture and the splendid work that the Colleges and Experiment Stations, as well as the Federal Department, has been doing; that it believed that the best interests of the country required that this work should be emphasized and extended; hence the League'was formed to serve as a sort of "Ways and Means Committee" to arouse public interest and secure such legislation from both the Federal Government and the several States as would enable the Colleges of Agriculture to establish and maintain strong Extension Departments, and increase the w;orking force from year to year, until a capable man should be placed and kept in every community to help the farmer to inaugurate a better system of agriculture, a more perfect farm management. That the League did not propose to undertake any of the work that belonged to the Colleges and Experiment Stations, but rather to be the good brother to made complicated by merging it with other movements that involve fundamental changes ln our system of education that the people are not yet ready to adopt. He assured the Convention that already 470 Boards of Trade, Chambers of Commerce, and other important associations, stood ready to aid in securing the legislation indicated by supporting it strongly with their Members of Congress and Representatives in their several State Legislatures. The members of the Convention were enthusiastic to find that so strong and representative an association as the National Soil Fertility League, backed by the largest financial, commercial and manufacturing interests in the country, had espoused their cause. Howard H. Gross, Pres. Nat'l. Soil Fertility League. Chicago. to be kept up till all the people are reached. Farmers' Institutes are extended thi3 season to every part of the State, and the best farmers and live stock growers are taking hold of this work better than ever before. Great interest is now shown in counties where little attendance and participation could be se- sured formerly. If the farmers show by their interest in better agriculture that they are ready for the forward movement proposed, Congress and the several States will not hesitate to provide the neces- sary legislation and appropriation to organize and project the greatest work in this line ever yet undertaken. The Indiana Farmer in its September 2nd issue showed that there were scores of farmers in this state that produced 30 to 50 bushels of wheat per acre, by actual production on five or more acres in 1911. They sent us ample proof of this, well certified, and gave their methods of doing it. Many have likewise increased their corn and oats produc- tto per acre also, and these proofs show that Indiana farmers can do these things. Now the plan is to increase their number in this new movement. Let our farmers everywhere emulate this splendid showing. Grow up to the front till our lands, not yet 100 years under cultivation, tan produce equal and better than the farmers' of Eu- rope do on lands a thousand years under cultivation. Notes on tho Forward Movement. Read again every line of President Gross' letter, and get its meaning. The Gospel or Agriculture is now being carried to the farm by all the Agricultural Colleges. The Agricultural Press everywhere Is constantly on the firing line helping in the good wr y, by printing and scattering the Gospel of better methods and larger production. Purdue University ln the past few years has sent Its railway trains laded with its bulletins and the addresses of its best teacher to nearly all the coun ties of Indiana, and this good work is BETTER AGRICULTURE. Editors Indiana Farmer: I want to say to you that the Indiana Farmer is doing more to promote better agriculture than any other of the several good agricultural papers I read every week. They are all good papers but you are doing more than any of them in tliis work of promoting better agriculture. Your first pages for a long while have been an inspiration to every farmer who has been trying to keep up in front of agricultural work and I want to say this much to show you how farmers are looking at the matter of an advance in greater production. I want to say for myself for the past eight years I have not fallen below 32 bushels of wheat to the acre, and in some years during that time went above 40 bu. Also I want to say that following the advice on better methods of corn growing in a rotation of crops with wheat, clover and oats, I have increased my corn yield from an average of 48 bu. per acre to 63% bu. This is the fruit of the advanced methods and teachings on agricultural productions. I do not see why, if I can do these things, all other farmers might not do it also. The bulletins of the Purdue Agricultural College have been a great help also and I think that if every farmer would carefully read for himself these and all other good things on this subject he can do as well as me. Indiana. W. E. Sales. |
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