Itinerant Instruction in AgricultureUniversity of Wisconsin--Madison, 1914 - 140 pages |
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... acre was gradually decreasing tho the population was steadily increasing . Had these conditions continued for many years , Europe would have become bankrupt . One element noticeably lacking was organization and cooperation among farmers ...
... acre was gradually decreasing tho the population was steadily increasing . Had these conditions continued for many years , Europe would have become bankrupt . One element noticeably lacking was organization and cooperation among farmers ...
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... acre according to the quality of the soil ; drainage ; succession of crops ; orchard management ; horticulture ; market garden- ing ; winter employment and price work . He points out to the farmer the advantages to be gained thru ...
... acre according to the quality of the soil ; drainage ; succession of crops ; orchard management ; horticulture ; market garden- ing ; winter employment and price work . He points out to the farmer the advantages to be gained thru ...
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... acre ; Belgium's yield is two hundred twenty - six bushels ; France , one hun- dred ninety - six bushels per acre . Our average wheat crop is about fourteen bushels per acre . Scotland averages forty- three bushels per acre on poor ...
... acre ; Belgium's yield is two hundred twenty - six bushels ; France , one hun- dred ninety - six bushels per acre . Our average wheat crop is about fourteen bushels per acre . Scotland averages forty- three bushels per acre on poor ...
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... acre . In this way the farmers financial condition is not dependent up- on the fluctuating price of cotton . This is in a large de- gree solving the problem in the South . Dr. S.A.Knapp was the leading spirit in the instigation of this ...
... acre . In this way the farmers financial condition is not dependent up- on the fluctuating price of cotton . This is in a large de- gree solving the problem in the South . Dr. S.A.Knapp was the leading spirit in the instigation of this ...
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... acres of cotton under instructions prepared by the special agent in charge . At the same time he was instructed in raising corn and was urged to plant a home garden . The demonstrators raised cotton in spite of the weevil ; at the same ...
... acres of cotton under instructions prepared by the special agent in charge . At the same time he was instructed in raising corn and was urged to plant a home garden . The demonstrators raised cotton in spite of the weevil ; at the same ...
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Adviser agri agricul Agricultural College agricultural instruction agricultural schools agricultural societies agricultural subjects alfalfa Aviculture Belgium Better Farming Association boll weevil boys Bureau of Plant bushels per acre carried Chinch bugs classes clubs and contest Committee of Chicago corn coun county agent County Board county training school county treasurer Crop Improvement Committee crop rotation Cultivation cultural dairy Denmark Department of Agriculture departmental professors diversified farming duties economic error Europe expenses experiment stations farm bureau fields follows funds gardening give advice hog raising Illinois Indiana itinerant instructors itinerant lecturers Kansas Knapp land Legislature legumes live stock ment of Agriculture methods minister of agriculture Missouri movable schools nineteen county North Dakota number of capitalists one-crop system organization paid Peth's County Plant Industry production Purdue University raised by subscription S.A.Knapp sections secured soil South superintendent of schools thru tion ture United States Department Wisconsin
Popular passages
Page 69 - To keep in touch with all agencies in the state and elsewhere that will enable him to utilize the most improved knowledge...
Page 65 - definite and distinct administrative division" of the University of Nevada, coordinate in rank and affiliating with the College of Agriculture and the Agricultural Experiment Station. All the extension activities of the College of Agriculture and the United States Department of Agriculture in Nevada are conducted through this division.
Page 69 - ... by tax levy or otherwise, for periods of not less than two years each, such moneys as may be deemed sufficient to cover the share of the county in such work...
Page 4 - Facts are like grains of sand which are moved by the wind, but principles are these same grains cemented into rocks.
Page 69 - It shall be the duty of such agricultural representative to advise and consult with individuals in reference to farming methods; to aid in the development and improvement of agriculture and country life conditions; to offer courses of instruction to young people and adults ; to aid in the formation of cooperative enterprises; to promote better business methods among...
Page 32 - ... Cooperative Demonstration Work has greatly helped in the movement in this direction in the South. Credit is to- be given to the colleges and to other forces working in hearty cooperation toward the same end. The work its force of agents has accomplished in arousing a general interest in the live-stock industry is one of the most important results of the demonstration work. Thousands of demonstrations in the raising of corn and forage crops especially adapted for the feeding of hogs and cattle...
Page 28 - ... the merchant and banker refused credit it was necessary to show the farmer how to produce the food necessary for his own family and how he could live at home on the products of his own farm and still produce cotton. To this end agents were employed who went into the field and instructed the farmer on his farm by getting him to raise a few acres of cotton under instructions prepared by the special agent in charge. At the same time he was instructed in the raising of corn and was urged to plant...