The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-07-31
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION.
Needs Of The Kentucky Live Stock
Exchange.

The Live Stock Exchange recently,
organized by the Extension Depart
ment of the Kentucky Agricultural
Experiment Station has made very
suspicious beginning at listing stock
for sale also at getting in touch with
prospective buyers of live stock;
however, like every other business
worth while, it meets with it's diff
culties. For example, it has some re-
quests that it has not as yet been
able to fill and on the other hand it
has some excellent stock listed for
which buyers have not been secured
as yet. 1t is surprising, however, in
spite of the dry weather and other un-
favorable conditions to notice the
pure bred stock.
BY way of explanation to those not
familiar with the workings of the live
stock exchange of the Experiment
Station, the following statement
might be made. The Extension De-
partment of the Station was organic
ed to devise efficient means of carry
ing helpful information to farmers,
and otherwise operating to improve
the condition of the Kentucky farmer.
Among the activities engaged in by
this department have been the issuing
of special press notices, conducting
short courses both at the Agricultural
College and in various places over
the State where the interest is great
enough to warrant it, the organize
ton of farmers and breeders associ-
ations, conducting educational agrir
cultural exhibits at county and other
fairs and exhibitions, the conducting
of boys encampmentS, etc., for agri-
cultural instruction, the installation
of county agricultural agents, the or
ganization of boys and girls clubs,
the organization and systematic in
struction of clover and alfalfa clubs,
demonstrations in reclamation of
worn out soils, itinterant advisory
work the rejuvenation of old orch
ards, spraying and pruning demon
stations and general horticultural i'm
provement work, the building of barns
and silos and general dairy improve
ment work, the introduction of agri-
culture in schools, and other such en-
terprises too numerous to mention.
One of the most recent undertak.
ings is the above mentioned live
stock exchange which acts as a me-
dunn for those who wish to buy and
sell. No fees are charged. No re-
sponsibility is assumed by this de-
partment, as it's only effort is to put
the prospective buyer and seller in
communication, leaving them to make
their own trade. This is a service
that. should interest and help every
farmer in the State, but it takes Co
operation to make such thing 60.
| The farmer can help not alone by list
| ing stock or offering to buy, but if he
knows of a prospective buyer or seller
| he should inform this Office and like
| wise the interested party. Farmers
have been accused of being Indifferent
as regards the betterment of farm
conditions, but this should not OBJ
! tain when it comes to an enterprise
whose success depends upon the CO
operation of the farmers themselves.
Just now we are in great need of a
grade ShOrthOrn or Red POlled bull,
several hundred Herford heifers,
| four grade Percheron mares, twenty
calves of beef breeds or grades, a
number of pure bred Angus cattle,
| Southdown and Shropshire sheep and
number of Jersey heifers and cows.
| On the sale list is large assortment
| but none happened to suit the above
prospective purchasers. The farmers
of Kentucky can make this exchange
their most valuable medium or they
can make quick failure of an organ
| ization intended to help them.
T. r. BRYANT.
Head of Dept. of Agricultural EXten-
sion Kentucky Agricultural Expert
ment Station.