The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-10-12

cause they are paid Tor that pafllcn
lar work and willing 70 do 50. while
the farm paper could not a6crd ios
the small SUBJ rirtion price to answer
such in4nit Is, ana the papers nearis
laivays refered their re9deT m such
cases to their own xperiment Sta
ition which they o1btless knew moth,
Hing about, though peIll ii, {, with
in 4 few miles of Il q
IN the midst Of this-it g pleasant TO
note some instances of the apprecia.
tion Of the work OF the scientific agrl.
cultnrtst one Is IN a letter In the
.tHousehoIl Department. OF hte Toie-
do Blade, the other a leading article
in the current number OF Farm and
FiresIde." The hast named ARTICLE IS
entitled Science and the Farmer and
as a subtitle "The Agricultural Coll
'lege and the Experiment Station Co
operate with the Practical Farmer
This article is too lengthy, of course,
to reproduce here, but is worth read.
ing. Those who have access to a copy
of the paper for September 25th should
read it. (First pageO 1t tells Of how
science has helped the trucker, fruit
grower, dairy man. stock raiser and
farmers in general. In part the writer
says:
The disposition OF a large class Of
unprogressive farmers to refuse to ac.
cept the demonstrated truth Of the
value of better methods, better ideas.
and higher conception of their call
ing has tended to retard the advance
ment of science among the agricu1-
tural classes" And again, I'VE have
reached period in our agricultural
development when we must recognize
the scientist as our friend and lend
him our aid. The various experiment.
stations have for years been publish
ing bulletins, the result of carefully
conducted experiments; and 1t is my
purpose to explain how these bulletins
have benefited the many practical
farmers who have read them and put
into practice on their own farms the
various practices recommended by
these bulletins"
Further ON he says: investigations
to determine the relative value OF va
rfous kinds of commercial fertilizers
and chemical plant foods are annually
saving the. farmers millions of dollars,
yet how very few farmers seem to
realize the value of these bulletins in
protecting their interests from the inn
positions of fraudulent fertilizer deal
ers?"
These extracts will serve to show
the trend of the article, which is full
of merit.
In the Household Page of the Tole-
do Blade of September 3Oth, a young
fellow writing from Ohio, VINO says
he is ''just coming 81 years of age,
am more than six feet tall and weigh
11e pounds, have black hair, gray
eyes and mighty appetite" SAYS:
"only a few miles from here is theit
beautiful Agricultural Experiment Sta
tion which has cost the State thou
sands of dollars, but which is doing a
great and wonderful work for the far
mers. am personally acquainted
with nearly all the members OF the
staff, and they are noble, honest men,
who are bent on making success OF
their work.
Here is appreciation from this six
foot Buckeye boy, whatever may be
the opinion of the dads
hope the people OF our State are
going to learn to appreciate their ex-
pertinent station and agricultural col.
lepe as well as the National Depart
ment of Agriculture. To avail your
self of their advantages write the
Secretary of Agriculture, Washington,
D. g.. for list OF Farmers Bulletins
and choose wat you want. They are
free. Write ]. H. Stewart Director OF
the Experiment. Station, Morgantown'
for available bulletins and have your
name put on mailing list. Also when
In trouble with your farming take your
troubles to the experiment station.
They will help you And, finally, write
Prof. D. w. working, supt. of Agrlcul-
tural Extension, w. Va. University,
Morgantown, to tell you about the cor
respondence course in agriculture and
take 1t these long evenings.
JAS. D. BOWMAN.