The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-03-05
FOR FARMERS CLUBS
State University To Encourage
the Formation Of Farmers
Clubs for Discussions
STATE TO PROVIDE PROGRAMS

The university extension division of
the University of Wisconsin is making
systematic effort to aid the residents
of rural districts in the organization
and conduct of clubs for the study and
discussion Of topics Of live interest to
the members and to the community at
large. Such clubs are designed to in
clude majority Of the families Of the
neighborhood in which they are or
gained, and have dual social and ed
vocational object. In cooperation with
the university in furnishing assistance
of various kinds to the clubs, are the
Wisconsin State Board Of Agriculture,
the Wisconsin Bureau of Labor and
Industrial Statistics, the Wisconsin
State Forester, the Wisconsin free
Library Commission, all Of the various
departments Of the university including
the College Of Agriculture, the Agricul-
tural Experiment Station, and the Wis
consin Agricultural Experiment Associa'
ton which is composed Of 1000 gradu-
ates of the College Of Agriculture.
The extension department offers to
suggest subjects for discussion. with
the sources of information, and out
lines of program, and to furnish a
large amount Of material Of assistance
in the preparation Of discussions and
debates. Secretary John III. True Of the
State BOARD Of Agriculture will assist
in supplying means for studying sugar
production in the state from the farm
er's standpoint; the growing Of alfalfa
in Wisconsin; the farmer S loss by bad
roads; and the use of concrete on the
3arln State forests in Wisconsin end the
ACCESSIBILITY Of establishing state parks
are subjects on which State Forester
E. NJ. Griffith will furnish instruction.
The cooperation of the State Free
Library commission has been secured
in connection with instruction on such
topics as, Wisconsin Travelling Iii
braries; Why Should Villages Have
Public Libraries?, What is Meant by
Initiative, Referendum, and Recall q;
and The Wisconsin Legislature Refer
ence Library.
Assistance will be given by the Col
lege Of Agriculture in supplying means
for studying such subjects as the rela-
tion Of food to dairy production; Ii
censed commercial fertilizers and feed
ing stuffs; practical directions for pre-
serving native fruits and vegetables !;
land drainage; the sugar beet expert
ments of 1906; a creamery method for
determining the water contents of but
ter; and the principles and mainten-
ance of soil fertility.
While the university offers a large
number If correspondence courses of
value to farmers, one Of special impor-
lance is Prof. III. G. Taylor's course or
farm management, consisting Ct six
teen lessons designed as an Introduction
to study Of economic problems in
agriculture. Among the subjects con-
sidered in the course are the supply of
farm land, it's quality and the pcssibili-
ty of increasing the supply; the size
of farms, land values, and rent; the
tanners means Of becoming owner of
his own land; government land, gift,
and Inheritance The selection Of land
and Of equipments, and crops suited to
the soil, with the planning Of system
of crop rotation, are also studied as
well as the place Of animal husbandry
in the economy Of the farm. A de-
tailed study of the prices Of agricul-
tural products is included in the work,
in connection with the marketing of
farm products, and the profits due to the
superior ability Of the farmer