The farmer and mechanic., 1914-10-06

dyeing 64 dead 21: editors technical
papers 4; electrical engineers 90; agri-
| cultural experiment stations 10: farm
ers IS: insurance 6; lawyers s: lum-
/ Der mills and lumber supplies IL:
| merchants %: mechanical engineers
Il; mining engineers 4; manufactur-
| ing, exclusive of cotton 27: miscellane-
| Gus 36; physicians ): real estate 5:
sales engineers 6: sales managers for
industrial plants s: telephone con-
struction D: teachers in public schools
o; teachers in agricultural schools and
colleges 36; veterinary surgeons s.
Second: Through its short courses
ana Undergraduate classes the colleges
nave given vocational training to 1927
other young men who are in general
DuSlly following the callingS for which
they were here fitted. These include.
farmers, dairymen, truckers, fruit
growers, live stock breeders. electri-
cians, machinists, rodmen. manufac-
turers and numerous other skilled
v0catiOnS.
Third: For the benefit Of those who
cannot attend its regular classes, a
summer school for agricultural teach
ers' summer course for the dem
onstrauon agents, a state farmers
cohVentlon' ana a winter course of
study for farmers are conducted
only during the month Of July is
there no form Of teaching being done
on the campus
Fourth: Every agricultural college
that is honestly striving to mirister ia
the needs Of the State engages in al
most countless outside AGRICULTURAL
acCVltles. In our college these activi-
ties are grouped into two general di
visions; first, the experimental di-
vision, second, the extensive division
BY an arrangement recently perfected
the college, the State Department Of
Agriculture, and the Unied States De-
partment OF Agriculture jointly engage
Al thlS experimental light extensive
work.
l. Ihe experiment station, in addi-
uon TO the experiments conducted on
the college farm, has test farms for
the different sections in Transatlantic
county, Runcombe county. IredeH
county, Pender county. Buncomhe
county, Washington county and Gran
V1iie county. beef-cattle station is
maintained in Haywood county The
statlon Is divided into the following di-
VISIONS: Astronomy with eleven scien-
tlsts employed; animal husba andry
with thirteen scientific workers. chem
lStry with four; entomology with four
Iarm management with one: horticnI
ture with five: markets with two reeu-
Iar workers; plant pathology with
three scientists, and veterinary science
with one. The station force in ali
numbers sixty five. The investiea-
tlonal work as the divisions show Gov
erS WIDE range Of agricultural sub
1ects. Thls purely scientific work is
done with tirelesS patience. accuracy
ana nrst hand knowledge of condi-
tlohS. Inc results attained are of
course printed in bulletins and dis
tr1outed free to thousands Of farm
erS. moreover the extension force oar
RES In person directly to the farmers
the practical knowledge obtained hv
the station. The station officers in
auultlon 10 other Investigations con-
ouct a voluminOus correspondence
with farmers-one division alone the
past year sent out 1880 letters.
II. The Extension and Demonstra
tlon DIVISION has for it's specific mis-
sion the carrying directly to farmers
ana their wives such farm inforna
tlon, such farm methods, such farno
practlces, and such domestic knowl-
edge as may economically and 1u;so1,r
increase crop production, nreservo
and build up soil fertility and noaLa
tne 1arm home comfortable and At
tractlve place. These men and w.,
en- not only transmit this informa-
tlon, they also remain to demonstrate
nov and Wnen to apply it. This di- |
vision operates in two WAYS. one gro,,n
travels from Raleigh to anv no;nt
neeolng service, the other grOun lives
IN the counties which they Servo
NInety-six men and seventy-nina ,,o
men are engaged in this service. II |
woulu De tlresome to enumerate Ali |
the forms of agricultural servica =;
which these men and women ara 81
gagged. A few illustrations may show
the character Of the service.
This division conducts the follow;np
orga nizations:
% Boys Corn Clubs: These clnh.
enrolled last year 4,500 boys The
e~o men ne engaged in this service trav- |
eied 80, 800 miles by train and se7
Dy team acrOss the country. T,hav
spoke to $4,000 people and answered |
2,513 letters and mailed 3s43o CIV
culars OF information.
~ Giris' canning Clubs. including
sanitary and housewifery work In
one county alone, the girls last wear
put up $4,000 cans of fruit and yeee
tables There were 1873 girls en-