CHAPTER XXV i 

 THE FAEMER'S COLLEGE 



Educating the Farmer. When the farmers have 

 good crops, the whole country is liappy, and business 

 is good. A crop failure not only harms the farmer, 

 but causes the wheels of industry and business to 

 stop, and the result is hard times. Thus, you see, 

 the entire country is interested in good crops. 



The United States Government has become greatly 

 concerned about the farmer's success and has estab- 

 lished a college for farmers called the Department 

 of Agriculture. This department is located at 

 Washington, but it has branches in every state in 

 the Union. It is not like the ordinary college, for 

 farmers cannot leave their crops and stock to attend 

 it. The Department of Agriculture has hundreds of 

 learned men studying and experimenting all the 

 time. They are finding out all about soils and farm 

 (^rops, about animals, their care and diseases, about 

 ])lants and their enemies. Everything that will help 

 the farmer to raise splendid crops, this college is 

 learaing about. And they will send out to any 

 farmer who asks for it, all the wonderful knowledge 

 that has been discovered. 



Learning the Best Way. Now, instead of guess- 

 ing at what is best to do, or depending upon the 

 advice of a neighboring farmer, who may be even 



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