University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-10-25
GIVES INSTRUCTION.
TO FARMERS ON FARMS
College Of Agriculture Does
Not Confine Courses to En-
rolled Students.
ADDRESSES TO INSTITUTES
Experiments Stations and Sol.
Surveys Have Aided in
Many Ways.

Many Ways.
The College of Agriculture OF the
University of Missouri does not con
fine the benefits Of its instruction tc
those students only who are permitted
to enroll in the regular courses at Co
Ilumbia. In many ways the College
lis carrying the results of its practical
departments directly to the people oil
the state.
During the Farmers Week Conven'
lions at Columbia the College Of Ag
lriculture offers each year Short
ICourse for farmers. This continues
for one week and 600 farmers were
enrolled in 1909.
Each summer from June to August
Especial courses are offered to teachers
with view to preparing them to teach
agriculture in the rural and high
schools of Missouri. More than $50
teachers were enrolled in these courses
| in 1910.
In cooperation with the State Board
of Agriculture, men from the Agri-
cultural College have delivered 460
public addresses at farmers Institutes
and other agricultural meetings in
Missouri.
The College of Agriculture in Co
operation with the United States De-
partment of Agriculture has inaugu-
rated a plan of holding farm manage
ment demonstration meetings on the
farms of the managers Of the demon
stration farms which are conducted
under the direction of the department
of farm management.
Outlying Experiment Stations.
The Agricultural experiment station
| is carrying on Investigations in six
teen localities, representing the dit
ferent soil types Of Missouri. This
work is part Of the great agricultural
soil survey of the state. These inves-
LEGATIONS are demonstrating profitable
methods Of agriculture for each local.
ity.
In Christian county corn yields have:
been increased sixteen and two-thirds
bushels an acre and clover one and
three-fourth tons by the application
of results discovered on the Billings
experiment field. 49,.
On the Lamar experiment field in
Southwest Missouri it has been shown
that corn may be increased from
twenty to forty-five bushels an acre.
On the same field wheat was increased
twelve bushels an acre..
Soil experiments on the experiment
field in Northeast Missouri have in
creased the yield of wheat by fifteen
bushels an acre, with corresponding
increase in the net profit.
Bulletins Nos. SO, "a, and sc, de-
scriptive of the results Of investiga-
lions on three of the experiment fields
have been issued. These bulletins
are sent free to all citizens of Mis-
souri,. .
Soil Survey.
The Agricultural experiment station,
a division of the College Of Agricul-
ture, has organized and is now con-
Quoting a most thorough and complete
agricultural survey of Missouri. The
work of the soil survey is divided into
three divisions.
First: Mapping the soil areas. Elk
perts have travelled all over Missouri
on foot and determined the boundaries
of the important soil areas. A par
ticular soil area may cover several
counties but the soil in each Of these
counties is similar in it's formation,
distribution, and in its physical and
chemical qualities. r,e->
Second: Soil and crop experiments.
Upon each soil area an experiment
field is located to determine the fer
tility needs and the particular crops
best adapted to that special area. In
this way it has been determined that
in certain localities the yield of corn
and wheat may be doubled by apply
ing the results of the, experiments con-
Quoted on these experiment fields.
Third: A chemical analysis is made
of each soil type which assists in plan
ming the fertility and crop experiments
mentioned above.
The first report has recently been
published, Research Bulletin No. 3,
on, the Soils of The Ozark Region; %
This bulletin is sent free to all who
apply.
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Student Body Notice.