110 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



There i.s believed to be a wide field of usefulness open to the agri- 

 cultural colleges and experiment stations and the National Department 

 of Agriculture in connection with instruction and experimentation 

 upon farm machinery and the application and economy of power. 

 The results will be of substantial aid to both the farmers and the 

 implement manufacturers. The men now employed by the manu- 

 facturers in designing and experimentation were often trained for 

 something else, as there have been no schools for training men in 

 agricultural mechanics; hence these men are often lacking in their 

 knowledge of agricultural affairs, and this affects the efficiency of the 

 experimental departments upon which the implement manufacturers 

 have to rely to a large extent. 



Alread\ T the experiment stations have been able to call attention to 

 defects which manufacturers were glad to remedy, and to make sug- 

 gestions for needed devices which would render the use of the machin- 

 ery more efficient. The corn planter, which is still in a developmental 

 state, furnishes illustrations of this, as does also the corn harvester. 

 Resolutions commending the work of the experiment stations and the 

 Department in this line, and indorsing the teaching of farm mechanics 

 at the agricultural colleges, were unanimously adopted by the associa- 

 tion, which pledged to these undertakings its cordial cooperation and 

 support. 



