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What Do Farmer*a Study?TH£ I’AST fifty jrra a ha *e iwlt;»n tfel# t ri#e and developm. nt of tb« merb ulttiral college, th* farmers' Instl* *'4 tJ • a* , It *1 etperli nt ■Utinnt larrn paper* *nd agrlcul t«»r»I ’ -oofca ha ve ls*--n published * d' iy in this eom.trjr tor mot* than ) e»r* The moat r» nt movement on I a*r! ultural line# la the county * r k ,ilt uf al demonstrator T he q ,c» or, *rl*e« u* tn the *ffi. i. b y of * a, h f three #«««m S» # m actually Mantling it.# man on the farm and Influencing b a ora- th »*#An attempt to »m*lt; r this lt;jui#»lon made recently by the I’nltdi 4iat»a Department of A *ri« dt t ■ , wo an irivi #*l*ation «u n *lt;!»• in fo.ir no thus of (he country, th«* Kaat. the South, fha Central North and Middle Whi, wt ere all th»#e agencies a*r»*pt to. demonstration agent have Ion* h*en tn operation Four a*#n'» lt;a« h familiar with agriculture, were «iart**«i out. either afoot or on a motor * leand asked to viait every farmer onl*ofh aid** of the rlt;-ad over a route v#ry 1 r»* from CM! to , 0 rail-# InlengthThe results of this inv lt;engation are ; uhrtahed In a lampbM 1 y the lie joirtment of Agriculture Briefly amn rrarlted, the reault of thla lnventiga tlon t« a# follow•There were jgs fanner# personally InterviewedI farmer In every 1 * take* a farm paperI farmer in every 2d re. elves agrl , cultural bulletins 1 farmer In every 3 3 attend# farm !era’ Institute*1 farmer In every t» 6 hakmga to aome agricultural organl«atlon 1 farmer in every 14 5 writes to ag rlmH'iral Institution* for advice 1 farmer In every 23 * ba* a few farm look a 1 farmer In every 11 get* personal Instruction from rounty demon J afration agent# In the South 1 farmer tn every 15Sr get a personal i luatrintfon in the North and West j 1 farmer In every 2 1 atated that none Of these agents was helpful ( In hi* farming Of th- farmer# receiving bulletins, t* per cent put Into practice mhii» thing learned from them. b4 per lt;ent cf th«#e att-ndlng Institute# put Into t ralt;tir*» suggestions made there while TSt per n- t of tl t«e receiving In atrm tIon from dernonatrat Ion ag-nt# tn the Mo. th j,ut Info practice th* In at rut tlon# givenThe repllea from 46J* farmer* who received agricultural bulletin*, attended farmer*’ Institutes, and took farm papers Indicate that 21 percent.iof this number favor the bullettna as the most helpful source of Informs tlon on farming, 14 per ('em faivor the farmer*' Institute, while •« psr rent favor farm papers In the lt;as* oi the 62 farmers who repaired Instruction from county ag rlcultural agents, took farm papers, and ret-lved bulletin#, practically 11 ;*er cent favored the bulletin#, 24 per rent favored the demonstration agents, while r2 per cent favorsd th* ! farm paper# So far aa thla survey la i an Indication, the agricultural presa would seem to he at present the most efficient of our agrtmMural eitnnalmi agencies In reaching the farmer
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Madison Sunday State Journal
Madison, Wisconsin, US
Sun, Apr 20, 1913
Page 16
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