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Missouri Agricultural Report. 



COUNTY FARMS. 



For several years the Station and School has conducted experiments 

 and demonstration work on several county farms of the state. Tests 

 of varieties of corn of the county are made on these farms. In this way 

 an opportunity is given the people to see and learn just what their 

 variety of com will do under the same soil and climatic conditions as 

 corn from their neighbor's farm. In one county last year it was found 

 that one man's variety of corn produced at the rate of 108 bushels per 

 acre, while a neighbor's corn, grown right beside it, only produced 66 

 bushels per acre. These varieties were planted on. the same day with 

 the same planter, were thinned down to two stalks per hill, and had 

 exactly the same number of stalks. They were harvested on the same 

 day and weighed on the same scales and a difference of more than 42 

 bushels per acre was obtained. From this we must conclude that the 

 difference was in the variety. This is but one instance that has been 

 duplicated several times. 



Picnic at County Farm — Address on Year's Work. 



When farmers have this work demonstrated in their own county 

 and under conditions exactly similar to theirs, they are impressed with 

 the results, and for this reason the county farai has proved of great 

 value in emphasizing many points. On these farms tests of varieties 

 of small grains and fertilizers are also made. 



