University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-11-06
STATE |SHELPED BY
FARM INSTRUCTION
The Practical Work Done Is
Valuable to Farmers
Over the State.
PROTECTS LAND AND STOCK
Experiment Stations Situated
in More Than 100
Counties.
PROTECTS LAND AND STOCK
Cooperative Experiments in State.

'eA> 40 NoAiuuSliLSo GADbI-
iments on soils, farm crops, fruit
growing, dairy and animal husbandry.
In 1910 there were 366 men in 1O5
counties cooperating with the central
Experiment Station at Columbia in ex-
periments to determine the best meth
DDS OF farming. In carrying forward
this work 1900 different packages of
seeds were used and more than 20. 900
pounds of fertilizer. Former students
OF the College of Agriculture and
farmers of the state have organized
the Missouri Experiment Association
which has for its fundamental pu:-
pose cooperative investigations with
this college.
These experiments have already
demonstrated that alfalfa can be sue
cessfully grown in every county of
the state; that the best varieties of
corn for Missouri are Boone County
White, Reds Yellow Dent. Johnson
County White and st. Charles White.
The Horticultural investigations
have indicated the best fertilizers to
use for orchard and bush fruits and
vegetables.
Agriculture in the Rural Schools.
The College of Agriculture has ST.
pervised directly the agricultural in
struction Of 741 pupils in the rural
schools of Missouri during the session
OF 1909-10. The University is send
ing competent instructor to the ri-
raj school and there aiding the rural
school teacher in teaching agriculture
efficiently.
More than thirty thousand bulle-
tins were published especially for
teachers in Rural Schools during the
year on the subjects of Ten Les
SONS on Indian Corn 1.-The SOIL" and
The Horse In addition large num-
bers of other Experiment Station and
College Bulletins have been sent to
teachers and pupils.
In the development of this work the
College Of Agriculture has visited
thirty-two counties of Missouri The
instructor in Rural Education has de-
livered forty-one public addresses to
1866 pupils.
In the regular University summer
school rural school teachers are given
instruction in Agronomy, Animal Hus-
bandry, and Horticulture.
Boys Corn Growing Contest.
In 1910 htere were 5000 Missouri
boys and young men enrolled in a
corn growing contest under the direc-
ton of the College of Agriculture. Full
direction for selecting, planting, cult
waiting and harvesting are furnished
these men by the College of Agricul-
ture. When the crop is harvested the
corn is exhibited at county corn
show and judged by men from the
College or Board of Agriculture. In
counties located in South Missouri
the winner will receive S10O schoI-
arship in the Short Winter Course in
Agriculture offered by the Frisco rail
road.
Boys Short Course.
The college offers a special course
of one week to farm boys in grain
and live stock judging. In 1910, 81
boys from twelve to sixteen years Of
age were thus given the benefits of
instruction in better methods Of
farming. In 1911 this course will be
given January 10th to 14th.
County Experiment Farms.
The general assembly of Missouri
has provided for the establishment
of county agricultural experiment sta
tons, to be conducted by the state ex-
pertinent station in cooperation with
the county courts of Missouri. The
law permits county courts on the petit
ton of fifty or more free holders, OF
upon resolutions adopted by any cour-
ty horticultural society to establish
such experiment stations.
The state experiment station has
now in operation three county expert
ment farms; in Jasper, st. Louis. and
Lewis counties. On each of these
farms experiments and demonstrations
are being conducted under the central
experiment station at Columbia. These
local experiment stations are destined
to become of lasting benefit to the
local agricultural communities.
| Correspondence.
In one years time men in the Col
lege of Agriculture have received and
answered 10000 letters and post cards.
In most cases personal replies have
been made to definite questions relat-
ing to agricultural practice. The cor
respondence of men in the College of