Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-11-07

tiON. He is in greater need OF a tabo
ratury whele Elm to carry On his lnVes-
tigatious. or a farm wherein to eN.
tend his research, and his time shout}
not be taken up by routine duties
cheaper men can attend to them.
While the station should search
for new truths, yet its Obligation 70
the farmer is to present TO nm Iacls
already worked out, and this dissent
nation of knowledge should be car
ried on in such Il way az to be OF I'M
mediate and greatest value. In fact
the greatest needs of most OF u eX-
pertinent stations at present are ways
and means for the diffusion OF facts
among the people who's. taxes create
and maintain them. =
There are three methods by when
the station can place itself i'll the true
correlation with the farmer. First.
demonstration work; second, farmers
Institutes, and third. bulletins, news
paper articles, etc. All of these
methods. named in order of their int
%portance, may be known collectively
as extension work.
Until recent years bulletins and an
| occasional lecture by a station mar
were the only means OF lmpaftilis
useful knowledge to the farmer. FIX
i perienee has taught the station, how.
ever. that bulletins are poor convey
ors OF information as compared with
..t,,,l TNhn ~ r.l ~
man would much rather see some
thirs than read about it; so a we'll
conducted demonstration in a com.
munity is of mC:e value than all that
printers, ink and verbal juggling cal.
bestow. Cooperation with individual
farmers them elves is the ideal anh
only way for an experiment station
10 serve its constituents. 1t might
seem a great undertaking 10 start
cooperation of this kind, but expe-
dienee teaches the practicability CT
the project. In every community Is
to be found a man who is willing TO
place his dairy, field or orchard at
the disposal of the experiment sta
ton. provided the latter furnishes
plans, information and all guidance
necessary for the proposed demon,
tsration. The building Of 4 dairy
barn under the i'm. a,diate esupervi.
sion of a man from the experiment
station is far better than long=dis
lance communication through bullc
tins. The establishment of proper
crop rotation, the conducting of or
chard planting and its subsequent
care, or the development of any phas.
of agriculture can be carried on di
rectly between the farmer and The
experimental station. Every comma
nifty should have a demonstrate
farm of some kind. Around this thu
institute work should center in Orde
that the information should reach TIL
greatest number. Here the Satio'
man should explain why such an
such things are carried on in certain
manners on the farm. After this TIN
bulletin then serves its purpose D.
being a ready reference wherein tn
farmer a look up details. The oil,
method of putting a bulletin into tn,
II Il ING puOIIS auu OSIu6 COil
tented was not very productive of re
suits. The station should first 81
into the field and demonstrate som,
fact either through tests, the rotation
plan or spraying procedures: then il
the farmers institute all these thing
should be fully explained. This rem
ders the bulletin more Ineligible.
To properly perform its function
and meet its obligations an exper.
ment station needs two sets OF meY
One of these carries on the inves,
cations and the other disseminate
useful knowledke anon the people
Men OF the latter group should hay
most of their time to be in diffe4en
parts of the state organizing inst
tutes and permanent associations G
various kinds. They should carry O
cooperative work with farmers in On
several districts and in any and a
ways distribute practical informatio
wherever it might be needed.