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What Do Farmer’s Study?Thh p\mt utif yt* s hnvf *»tii#!rlt«* and d#vrlop?m nf of tit# me |irtlt; vilfnr*l rollog,. the farmers' Irvatt ** * d It as i i|t u» *1 eipertr ntt arm i*per» *od ami tcul j t t*l have !:• i published* di If In tb!• country for mors than do yfnr* The roomt r* ' lit movement lt;r»* agrt* altural line# Is the county lt;r\r .ilt urnl detnonsf rstor The q ,lt;■» •H art*e« u to t ft* effh • i, y of -mbof the*e ««em |e# tn S' dually rlt;»lt; hi tig the man on th# farm and influencing h * f»ra« tl '•An attempt to ana*lt; thla question was made recently by the t'nlted Ufa tea Department of Agrtc lit t • . *« an Invi *’tgalton wit »*lt;!* in f* or m* ■ thtia of the rotiatry, the Kaat. the Hooth, fha Oatril North and Middle W*at, where all th*m» agent f» a «»«•• pt it.’- demonstration agent have ion* I-en tn oi*eratlon Four agents, h familiar with agriculture, were started out. either afoot or on a motor c I# and asked to Matt e* cry farmer on t»oth aldea of (he r*»ad over a route varying from 4*ht to 7 lt;rail#* |n lengt hTh# remits of thia Investigation are publtahad in a i*arnphb*t ly the I# l*artrnent of Agriculture Hriefly autu rrarlted, the result of tbta invraflga I (ton lg aa follow aThere e*rc J'.vs farmer* personally Interviewedfarmer In ev**»y 1 5 take* a farm paperfarmer in every U to et»e* agrl cultural bulletin# farmer tn every 3 3 attend* farm era' Institute*1 farmer In every 6 5 tw tonga to some agricultural or gaultst Ion 1 farmer in every 14.5 writ#* to ag rlruHural lnatItutions for advbv i 1 farmer In svery 23* baa a few farm took a 1 farmer In every 11 geta personal Instruction from county demon stration agents in the South t firmer in every 1SJ» gets peraonsl j Instruction In the North sod West 1 farmer tn every J1 stated that none of these agents *aa helpful' Sri hi* farming Of th** farmers receiving bulletins, in f»er cent put Into practice wotne thin* learned from them. 54 per lt;ent of ? hi we attending lnatllntea put luto practice suggestion# made there while T9 per retd of tl use relt; elvlng tn atru'tlou from demonstration sg**nts tn the Hooth put Into practice th* in striu tlon* givenThe replica from 469 farmers whol received agricultural bulletins, attended farmers' Institutes, and took j farm papers Indicate that 21 percent,;111
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Madison Sunday State Journal

Madison, Wisconsin, US

Sun, Apr 20, 1913

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