OUTLINE OF CO-OPERATIVE DEMONSTRATIONS TO 



BE MADE IN 1905. 



The following gchedule gives a list of the demonstrations or experi- 

 ments that it is proposed to make with New York farmers in the sea- 

 son of 1905. These experiments cover some of the most important 

 of the newer problems that are just now pressing themselves on the 

 attention of our farmers. The list contains enough subjects to offer 

 to every farmer one or two for his particular study. We desire to 

 correspond with any person in the state who may wish to take up 

 any one or more of these subjects on his own place. If there are 

 other important problems pressing for solution in any locality, we 

 should be glad to consider them; but in order to make the work 

 efficient, it is necessary to limit our endeavors. 



There are three purposes in this extension experiment work: 

 (1) To illustrate or teach, — to instruct the co-operator in methods, 

 to set him at the working out of his own problems, to bring him 

 into touch with the latest discoveries and points of view. (2) To 

 demonstrate in various parts of the State the value or the inefficiency 

 of various new theories and discoveries, — to determine how far these 

 newer ideas are applicable to local conditions. (3) To discover new 

 truth, which may be worthy of record in bulletins: this is usually the 

 least of the results that follow from such experiments because the 

 experiments are not under perfect control nor continuously under 

 the eye of a trained observer. 



These 48 demonstrations and experiments are in seven categories, 

 each category in charge of a speciaUst: I. Agronomy, J. L. Stone; 

 II. Plant Selection and Breeding, J. W. Gilmore; III. Horti- 

 culture, John Craig; IV. Entomology, M. V. Slingerland; V. 

 Animal Husbandry, H. H. Wing; VI. Poultry Husbandry, J. E. 

 Rice; VII. Dairy Industry, R. A. Pearson. Correspondence should 

 be addressed to the persons who have charge of these branches at 

 Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. Specify by number the experi- 

 ments in which you are interested. 



The general plan of w^ork is mutual or co-operative — the farmer to 

 provide land and labor and to have the crop, the expert to give 

 advice and supervision and, so far as possible, to inspect the work. 

 In some cases the college furnishes seeds and other materials. It 

 does not furnish fertilizers. The benefit of the experiment or demon- 



