The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-08-09
oagEcr or couNrY DEMONSTRATION FARMs.

oeJEcT or COUNTY DEMONSTRATION FARMS.
fhe primary purpose ot the Demonatrat.on Farm.
tor the present s q plant the best AID puregt seed
and 10 grow 10 the tAsE the largest possible crops
thus demonstrating the yielding value of good seed and
the profit In tight methods alsd hays good seed
70 supply 10 the nelghbofing farmers
The sciences many years as0 ad0pted tile demon
STRATUM method 81 Instruction The student III
chemistry and physics IA required 20 work oui hls
probIens III me laboratory the DOCTOR auc surgeon
mast practice 10 the hospital and the mechanic must
show his eticeny IN the shop 10 complete his eduta.
tIOn. Ihe Demonstration Farm seeks 10 apply tie
same scientific methods 20 the fArmers Ly requiring
them ~ %ork out their problems III me aoil and obtain
the answer Ia the crib
Tie instructions for each crop sent out from the
suyerineudents office OF general character ana
lust necessarily De such In order the whole
ste Where the Instructions are practicable. for
LOCAL reasons, the DlstriI Inspectors have authority
10 change the nstructons 10 su or specific instruc-
Tons will be seat from the office upon notification
II is the intention OF the Board adopt the work to
the local conditions We can not change conditions
but can change cur methods
Many arniers have the inpres ion that they are
TO receive pay for their work TIE rate OF Is cents
per hour for man aud 30 ents per hour for and
team This is erroneous. The State hires no
unless his crop w not Pay for the labor and customary
rent Of the land. The state Will pay however. the
amount OF $4,000 should the records show that the
farmer has suftaned loss to that amount. In other
words the State guarantees the farmer pay for his
laboe.
one OF the requirements embodied in the contract
Is that the farmer will keep a true and correct
account OF the cost OF productions and the amount har
vested This provision carried out strictly would be
ample iusii icltion for the expenditure Of the appro
pIiaon Very few farmers know at the end OF the
season Just how much their profit Is. Some reports
rom the oat crop are In aud in tnose counties where
weather onditions were At all favorable handsome
profits are shown. Reports from the wheat crop viii
run about the same for the ols. Crops that are
stu growing are suffering in some localities for lack
o. moisture but in most counties conditions are
excellent,
Much knowledge that Is helpful to the farmer Is
worked out by Agriculture College aud Experiment
station but farmers se class are slow to adopt
method read about Much knowledge that Is calculated
70 aud will place agriculture on broader basis OF
profit and viii give to countr, life dignity and In
lrence II has received 10 hrins this knowledge
10 the people by pfa teal ocular demonstration Is the
work OF the Demonstration Farm This method Of
reaching and influencing the men the farms is
destined 10 become part of great system OF rural
education.
The growing OF such crops as are adapted 10 the
particular loo Atty In which The farm is located is
advocated Rotitions are planned With some OF the
iegumes soil niproyers the object being to maintain
the soii fertility Continued cropping will exhaust the