The Huttig news., 1912-01-13
LEARN AGRICULTURE BY MAIL.
Take a Correspondence Course from Prof.
NJ. Wilson of Fayetteville.

need or some method or reaching
the farmers Of the state in an edu-
cational way, started correspond
ence course in agriculture This
work was started as an expert
ment, but with the assistance of
the Farmers Union the results
were more than expected. Last
year sixty of the seventy-five
counties in the state were repre-
scented in this work and many from
sister states. This year there are
already sixty-seven counties rep
resented and over 525 students
taking the regular course offered
by mail.
The principal reasons why the
Arkansas Correspondence Course
has met with so much approval
with the farmers. are that all the
expense the student is put to is the
price of the text books, the in
struction is free, all the bulletins and
circulars are free, that the school
works hand in hand with the agri-
cultural schools and the county
farm demonstrators, thus giving
the student an advantage of seeing
something practical done. and hear
a practical man talk on the sub
jeots he is studying at home. As
a result, much Of the prejudice
against the so-called book farm
er is being removed. The farmer
who has been accustomed to the
old methods of farming, but is now
taking an interest in the county
demonstration work and the cor
respondence is compelled to see
that better results can be gotten
by making a business of farming
and not merely a means of making
a living.
The correspondence course Of
fered by Prof. Wilson is treat
ment, in practical and condensed
form. of the more common and I'M
portant problems that face the
farmer. a study of better methods
and stimulator for the old One
may get ten courses, some of
which are, Soils and How to Treat
Them, Dairying, Manures and
Fertilizers, Southern Field
Crops, and others equally as i'm
portant to the progressive Arkan-
sas farmer. Three of the courses
that may be taken are offered by a
we'll known correspondence school.
for which this school charges $50.
The Kansas Agricultural College
offers many of the same courses
and charges the farmers of Kansas
SIS for each course.
The Farmers Union recognize
the advantages of this work and
are cooperating with Prof. Wilson
in carrying it on; this was shown
by a resolution passed at the last
state meeting recommending that
its members take the work Which
many are doing as individuals and
as classes in local unions.
During the long winter evenings
every active farmer wants to be
doing something that will enable
him to get more for the amount
invested the coming year than he
did last. Every boy who wants to
know more about the business he
has chosen as his life work and
cannot leave the home to attend
the agricultural school, welcomes
the chance to study agriculture at
home, with practical farmers quiz
ling him on the subjects he is
studying. The Farmers Union
realized the fact that correspond
ence course was the way to reach
those young men and the mature
men who wanted to know better
methods of farming.
The experiment station work
the agricultural schools, the farm
demonstration work, the depart
ment of agriculture and the CORE
spondence course all have the