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tion of more than 300 farmers in the investigations in sugar beet 

 cuhure, and 203 farmers in the experiment with fertiHzers. The time 

 has come when the help of the farmers must be secured if valuable 

 investigations are to be conducted which shall be applicable to varied 

 conditions. Climate, soil, environment and needs are so varied in the 

 state that comparatively little help can be given unless the investiga- 

 tions can be conducted in the locality where the help is needed. 



It follows, then, that many trained farmers and even farmers' boys 

 and girls must be enHsted in the work. We now have in this state a 

 considerable number in the rural districts who are able and quick to 

 see and to comprehend dangers which threaten, and to report them. 

 They are also ready at all times to conduct plat investigations, free 

 of cost, at their own farms, if direction and help can be given by the 

 Station. Many investigations suited to local needs will be undertaken 

 the next season by reason of the instruction which has been given. 

 So well assured are we of the twofold benefit of the educational work 

 which has been carried on that it is proposed to extend it another year. 



