LIST OF CO-OPERATIVE EXPERIMENTS FOR 1907, 



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

 ments that it is proposed to offer to New York farmers in the season of 

 1707. 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. 



We will be glad to also hear from any farmer who desires to con- 

 duct experiments not here listed and to give such aid as may be possible. 



There are two purposes of co-operative experiments : ( i ) to teach ; 

 (2) to discover new truth. 



1. The gradually changing soil conditions as our lands become older, 

 the rapidly changing prices of labor and farm produce and the constant 

 discoveries of new scientific facts make it necessary that the farmer be 

 ever alert, and ready to change his farm practice to meet the constantly 

 changing conditions. To meet these conditions there is a growing ten- 

 dency among farmers to experiment. These trials are sometimes made 

 by such imperfect methods that the wrong conclusions may be drawn. 

 The first purpose of co-operative experiments is to encourage such trials 

 by methods that are accurate but not complicated, — to set each man to 

 working out his own problems, to bring him in touch with the latest re- 

 sults of experiment station work in order that he may test these results 

 and determine whether they may lead to a more profitable method of 

 farming his land. 



2. The second but equally important object of this work is the dis- 

 covery of new truth, either in determining how wide an application the 

 results of experiment station work have, or in solving problems that from 

 their nature cannot be worked out at the experiment station. Each 

 farmer who reports on an experiment thereby contributes to this increased 

 knowledge of agriculture. 



These demonstrations and experiments are in eight divisions, each 

 division in charge of a specialist : I. Agronomy, G. F. Warren ; II. Plant 

 Selection and Breeding, J. W. Gilmore; III. Horticulture, L. B. Judson; 

 IV. Entomology, M. V. Slingerland; V. Animal Husbandry, H. H. 

 Wing; VI. Poultry Husbandry, J. E. Rice; VII. Dairy Industry, R. A. 

 Pearson; VIII. Plant Diseases, H. H. Whctzel. Correspondence should 

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

 nell University, Ithaca, N. Y. Specify by number the experiments in 

 which you are interested. 



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