The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-03-25

lustrations are lessening the cost Of
pumping water for mines and cities, de-
creasing the corrosion Of iron, improv-
ing concrete construction, etc.
/ The medical school in all departments
is carrying on Investigations with the
point of view of improving the health
| of the state.
Extension Work
We may next take up the question Of
what the state receives for the 1882 900
which are devoted to general state pur-
poses. This money is spent for the ben
eft of the citizens of lhe entire state,
the university being lie mere instru-
ment for distribution.
University Extension.
/ The discovery Of knowledge during
! the past fifty or sixty years has far out
run the assimilation of the people. We
know enough about agriculture, so that
If the knowledge were universally APP
piled, the agricultural products of the
state could be very largely increased.
We know enough about medicine SO that
if this knowledge were applied, infec-
tious and contagious diseases could be
practically eliminated within a genera
ton. Similarly with regard to other
lines Of knowledge. This situation Gre
ates the great problem Of getting the
! new knowledge discovered in this and
other countries to the people. This is
the purpose of the university extension
movement which has developed in this
state upon a greater scale than any
where else in the United States. IT is
the aim Of the university to assist the
people of the entire state.
Throughout the state there are many
men and women who would be glad to
take work in some part Of the regular
educational system, but they are en-
gagged in vocations which render this
impracticable; and especially is this
true for many who wish to take work
Of university grade. All such individu-
ais may continue their education under
the university extension system. They
are thus able to satisfy their instincts
and impulses for self-cultivation along
practical, theoretical or cultural lines.
Correspondence Study.
The Correspondence Study Depart
ment affords an opportunity for CON
seeutlve instruction. Regular courses
of study are pursued to their conclusion
as in school or at the university. In
correspondence work a systematic set
of lessons, grouped into courses, is sent
out to each student.
Last year through correspondence
work more than six thousand students
were instructed, or substantially the
same number as did work at Madison.
Besides the individual instruction bv
correspondence, there are many other
lines of work, such as that through the
municipal reference bureau, civic and
social centers, health instruction. com
munity institutes, community music, de-
batting and public discussion, and in
struction by lectures, through which a
large number of people are reached.
1t is estimated that the general ex-
tension division lest year reached di-
Erectly to not less than $4,000 people.
Agricultural Extension.
It is not sufficient to make a discov-
cry in agriculture; it is necessary to get
the results Of these discoveries to as
large number Of people as possible.
Consequently the agricultural extension
lservice has been organized.
In the departmental demonstration
work, the improved grains are placed
in the hands of those who will widely
disseminate them among the farmers of
the state. These are distributed in part
through the Wisconsin Experiment AS
ISOLATION numbering 1900 farmers.
Over 10000 lots of seeds Of various
kinds were sent to the school children
of the state for their school contests.
At numerous demonstration farms
work is carried on in the manner to
show the improved methods of farming
so as to give increased productivity and
to conserve the soil and eradicate
weeds.
Under the county agricultural repre-
sentative system, each Of ten counties
+ in the northern part of the state has a
representative of the university who
gives advice and assistance to the farm
ers individually and in groups. During
the winter instruction is given to the
| farmers and farmers wives through