10 May, 1918. 



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The most popular courses were poultry husbandry, swine husbandry, 

 alfalfa culture, dairy husbandry, and citrus culture, while the courses 

 least sought were corn culture, beekeeping, and sheep husbandry. 



In order to become students, it is necessary to fill out and return an 

 application for the course desired. Two lessons are then sent to the 

 applicant. Upon return of the first lesson, he is sent a third lesson, 

 and so on to the end of the course. 



The agricultural staff sent out 92,000 letters last year in answer to 

 inquiries for specific information, apart from the regular correspondence 

 courses. 



Pot Experiments on the Duty of Water with Alfalfa. 



(The pots are 4 feet deep, and hold half a ton of soil. They are raised by 

 a crane, and weighed every Monday morning. ) 



Farmers' Institutes. 



These are rapidly being replaced by the farm bureaux and the county 

 adviser organization. 



Any community that is not located in a farm adviser county may have 

 a farmers' institute organized without charge on forwarding a guarantee 

 that 25 to 50 farmers will attend the meetings. 



Dean Hunt says that some people consider the college should hold 

 meetings whether farmers desire them or not, on the ground that the 

 people who need them most are those who desire them the least. His view 

 is, however, that while the college will spare no pains to help any one 

 who comes for legitimate help, it will not attempt to organize meetings 

 without the request first comes from the farmers themselves. 



{To he continued.) 



