Barton County democrat., 1907-10-18
FARMERS LECTURES INCREASING.
The Work Of The Agricultural College
Is Growing In Popularity.

From The ropeka Capital
1t is two yeas tbs week since
the Agricultural College at Man-
haitian began in a systematic way
its outside extension work and
this week the third season of in
stitute lecture excursions will
start. Prof. Miller. the head of
the extension work of the college,
has his schedule ready for 14O
meetings. covering the whole
State. beginning on the Rock Is
land at Norton, covering that line,
coming east on the Union Pacific,
back on the Santa Fe, Missouri
Pacific, etc. Last year it is esti.
mated that not less than 10000
farmers participated to some ex-
tent and profted BY these exten-
sion meetings.
The Capital printed the sche-
dule as one of the important
events Of the year in Kansas.
When the State, with the federal
assistance it gets, establishes a
plant at a large outlay and an an.
nual maintenance cost of about
$500, 900 to teach scientific farm.
ing, it is entitled to a good return
The spirit of the Agricultural
College fully responds to this
obligation to the State. 1t is not
content to touch only the one
thousand or more students who
come to Manhatt ID for the agri-
cultural courses and who return
to their localities to introduce the
best and most economic methods
of farming, but the college is now
going abroad and taking its spe-
clal knowledge directly to the
farms. The present schedule of
140 meetings or more is the most
etensive that we have had in
Kansas, or any other State has
yet had. The chief subject this
fall will be livestock. The effort
will be to have two day meetings
for every county entered, one day
being devoted to livestock. The
other day will be given to the
topics of corn, the corn contests.
alfalfa, dry farming, etc.. Mrs.
Calvin will be in the campaign for
six weeks. with talks on domestic
science. Supt. Fairchild will
join the extension work at Norton
and STAY with it two weeks, to
dicuss consolidation of rural
schools. This institute work of
the Agricultural College profess
sors has taken hold with the far
mers and now has a permanent
standing and is looked forward to
with greater interest every year.
One or two other directions in
which the extension idea is
branching out are announced this
year. A six weeks summer
school will be opened next sum-
mer for the instruction of high
school teachers, superintendents.
teachers of country schools and
Others who expect to teach agri.
culture. This is a new feature of
the college work. The teaching
of agriculture in our puri'r
schools has begun and to promrie
interest in it Prof. Milief Aas
prepared six pamphlets on ele.
mentary agrieulture-Soils. How
Plants Feed and Grow, Hygienic
Cookery. Tree Culture, Birds and
Insects and Livestock on the
Farmland these pamphlets will
be distributed one month to the
country school teachers. Prof.
Miller has also inaugurated 8
Farm Boys Club for boys be.
tween 12 and IS. connected with
him as instructor by correspond.
ence, and solicits boys from every
part of the State to notify him il
they wish 10 join the work. 1t is
, done at home, four pamphlets b,
ing prepared by Prof. Miller anC
sent to the members of the club
with question leaves and blank