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College, stands as sufficient testimony of the work that it can do. 

 Seldom has there been an opportunity to attend a meeting where the 

 intellectual tone and evident sincerity of purpose were more manifest 

 than when the Experimenters came together last winter. The cut on the 

 first page shows this meeting in session, with the President, ]Mr. Harry B. 

 \\'inters, presiding. The students and the farmers are seen sitting to- 

 gether in the audience. The meeting represents definitely the college in- 

 fluence in agriculture. 



The weakness of many agricultural organizations lies in the fact that 

 there is not sufficient definiteness of purpose — there is not sufficient 

 concrete subject matter presented on which the members can work. The 

 Experimenters' League has remedied this defect to a large extent. The 

 work of this League is conducted along several different lines. Dairy- 

 ing, poultry, horticulture, agronomy, plant diseases, entomology, and 

 several other subjects come in for their share of attention, with experi- 

 ments outlined, having for their ultimate purpose the securing of in- 

 formation that will make the man who works in close contact with these 

 problems more able to help himself. The management of the League 

 provides definite personal instruction in the execution of these experi- 

 ments. iMembership in this organization is open to every farmer or per- 

 son who desires to carry on some kind of experimental work in agricul- 

 ture. These experiments are not the scientific plans of the Experiment 

 Station, but they are arranged so that full opportunity for the display of 

 the farmers' judgment may be had. 



League Prices. 



So much interest has been aroused in this League that a year ago 

 prizes were offered for the best work done in different fields. Members 

 of the League responded to those offers ; several meritorious papers were 

 presented at the League in competition for the prizes, the first prize 

 going finall}- to a young man who had shown both practical experience 

 and sound management. 



At the meeting last winter enthusiasm ran high. Several men put 

 themselves on record as desiring to increase the amount of the prizes. 

 One hundred dollars finally were raised for this purpose. Anyone hav- 

 ing either large or small experiments in his farming, if his membership 

 in the League is paid up, is eligible for this contest. Further regula- 

 tions may be had by writing to the undersigned. 



Formers' Week at the College. 



But however great the results of the meeting of the League may have 

 been, measured by its own standards, still greater was its influence to 

 incite similar meetings of other organizations at the same time and place. 



