The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-27

" ley. are now paying from sl,soo
80. 4 TO $500 a year for hired men.
And the supply at these rates lags so
far behind the demand that the authori-
ties OF the state agricultural colleges
are afraid that there will lie wholesale
assertions from the faculty to the farms
For this is a new kind of hired man
whose yearly services are 50 eagerly
sought and so well remunerated. Hts
real title Ia county farm adviser. agent
or demonstrntor. and those for whom ne
labors are all the farmers within the
political subdivision for which he is. en-
ployed. Sometimes he draws his pay
direct from tho county treasury as an
agent OF the entire county; sometimes
he IS paid from a fund subscribed by
the business mon or the county seat
town and the farmers and sometimes
FROM funds raised by contributions OF
railroads manufacturers. jobbers and
other business mon.
-Four counties in Nebraska have these
advisers on their payroll. The influence
of the advisers IL not confined to the
districts that pay them. They do not
pose - agricultural experts. They are
amply men who have received
thorough training in agriculture at the
p
farming 9 maintained They apply to
the farming problems of "A community
the knowledge they have acquired. and
II any ono problem Is too much for
thcm they go down to the State agri-
cultural college and consult the experts
there.
Western farmers are an independent
LOT. generally speaking, they are Of the
opinion that having spent many years
in practical farming they know more
than any Of the book farmers can tell
them. lIut here and there are groups
of farmers who have been to the yearly
meeting at the State farm and have dis
covered that there Ia profitable knowl-
edge 20 bc obtained there from men who
I spend their lives making experiments.
These progrcs slvc farmers are the ones
who reap direct benefits from the
county demonstrators.
The Nebraska experiment station at
Lincoln made tests covering period OF
! FIVE years. as To the effect of rolling
/ winter wheat with a heavy hand roller
These showed an average increased yield
Of over i've bushels - the acre. Ordl-
narily this means 80 or $3.50 an acre
Of increased returns. But hundreds Of
farmers who read he bulletin telling all
,,,,,,,t ,bi. sh,,i- tkcir h.ads Tb.y
bid1't believe If.
Berc's where the administrator comes
+ into tho rackoninc S.n,c Of tho farm
ars u,v Ea,, tr.aa tho rlan ana found
Tin secured less wheat than their
rcigh5or whose wheat vent unrol,ed.
No. being OF n scientific turn Of mind
;hcy did no; investigate to find out II
thu uciGhtor's fields were more fertile
,h,, ihel~s whether IN. soil ,,.s h.t,ar
,r,,.-.d ,,i.,b,.. TN. vha,t vas soor
a. , ,,1,ren, limo mr. u,heth.r \ differ
,rf y,r,,.y r,i HON ,l,,t,j Tbev
.pl,ry i r.lcd aea!ns, the practice.
rho 1,.1,ous,r.,,or ,-l,s nsrmissfn, IN
.,noriu.,. IN IN. folds 81 ans ~ tho
.,r,u.rs H.. .ag,,ros .bo ,,r,,r,,. ~
The f,rrno, =, I'm =, s,rin IL, tha con,ra
rnts un,I or a., NJ. l,n d, f,rnrr noe
r,,I.5 -, ,,.n.,, orl 10 y.o,,'1ari,g I,
la is ho,ipr mis- oj5itior,I l,hnr ,,r
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'"'N' ~ GAYS ~ pIeN"leh' disease IN
western IelHs' IL prevents the Stalks
""'' ''"d'"S ""'' Inc o'a'e expert
men. S'dHoh ma" o'N'sed system OF
U'"'."t "''s !'T 'h'S troub't' Inc IN
~ "''"HS S'nt ""' 10 lhrh uehohStra-
t''S were concise IheV experimental
'' '"'''h minus w one OF THESE m
hcr'as'u El'." or Twelve bushels nm
no'e from tretted oats was obtained
y w cos was cents an acre All the
i"Iih * NJ GA was TO demonstrate the
N"'"r ~ InIS treatment ana Nnowledff'
"Nf'E i'ril"r IN the neiEhhorhood fol-
'oM'u n's "au ms year ana others
VII u" 80 ~" 'he Information spreacs
!" '""hll'' "Here tenant farmers are
NUMEROUS inc SOL productivity Is little
N"'''e" in' tenants won pant crops
"N' ""'Ia lhal restore t'r'!hty he'anse
,H'E ',' n"l CERTAIN "h''her they VIII
"" IN cue l!r'h me h'N' year 10 reap the
"'"'"'H' -" ira" Won crows UP mat
'ul'' ne proU'a"'y raised
!" ''A' county where these cohdl-
'""s "''r a'ut'' t"e county ueihoh-
ouI v"'." meetings Oh farmers IN
nc '"""' H''H" On IN I"'htS "he'e
,' '"iu' vi '"' ',"P na' "c'h proved
we @" '.'' S"N' ms "S"''S' sHo"lhc
VIZ as nlEh az S'V an acf" from nay
ANA SNfI A'nDiu pc secured, ANA tho