Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25

from Natures great rainbow world,
will be broadcast, designed to give
new life and a new appearance to the
daily home environment.
But whence the university idea?"
queries the iconoclastic spirit. It is
here Those who enroll in any one
of the "a courses and who follow
through their courses, turning in
their laboratory assignments Al the
end of the scholastic term. will re-
ceive official recognition for their
work in the form of certificates issued
by the Secretary of Agriculture and
chiefs of the bureaus sponsoring the
courses. In other words, a university
In the true sense of the word will be
in action throughout the coming
Winter. The most highly trained
men and women in the United states
In the field of agriculture and kindred
subjects VIII be at the helm of this
new school Each radio course will
be supplemented with printed copies
of radio talks and a file for bulletins.
I'm other words, research work by the
students will be possible. 1t is but
the matter of postage stamp, a re-
quest-and possibly few cents--to
receive from the Government any
bulletin or file for home use. Nothing
like this has previously come the way
of the agricultural population of the
country.
But that one may not think all will
be work and no play--that the chill
dren of the farm will find nothing in
the new school to interest them
mention is made of the after school,
program. This Is designed to be light
in character as we'll as informative.
1T consists of special features such as
weekly Letters to Dad" Primer
for Town Farmers" Farm News
Digest" "Autobi6graphies of In
famous Bugs and Rodents" House
Keepers Chats" and Fifty Farm
Flashes"
For the children, definite assign
ments will be made as to gardens
and shrubs in season. seed sermina..
ton tests throughout the. Winter
months, etc. Fathers will be asked
TO assign them plots of ground where,
Following lectures, they may work
out some of the problems, in child.
hoods small way, that will meet
them in a larger way when they grow
to mans estate.
The economic condition of agricul
ture, for some wears, has not been.
on the whole. the best. The farmers
greatest problem today is to find a
fun and adequate market for his sur.
Plus and means of getting his prod.
ucts to the consumer at a minimum
cost of transfer to himself.
To help solve this problem. the De.
partment or Agriculture has lent itself
increasingly. A big help in its step in
this direction has been the develop
ment Of the radio and its acceptance
by the farmer as a useful farm appli-
ance. To the farmer the radio has
meant more than can be expressed in
words. 1t has brought the outside
world to his door. 1t has made life on
the farm take on one OF the sweetest
joys of living -companionship with
the outside world.
The radio brings to the farmer a.
nightly concert from the theatrical
and musical centers of the country.
1t brings to him daily market and
weather report from the Department
of Agticultnre--thingE of inestimable
value in crop season. makes 1t possible
for him to sell his farm produce on his
own Judgment of market conditions
for the morrow or week end
Through the radio school that is
new being worked out, the farmer will
hear the findings of the department
and its vaFinais bureaus On their latest
experiments In every phase Of farm