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trict he should be a specialist in horticulture, and so on for all 

 sections. 



He should have an office where he could be found for con- 

 sultation at stated times, and at other times he should be out among 

 the farmers. He would be the directing man in the Agricultural 

 Society, the Farmers' Institute, the Horticultural Society, the Farm- 

 ers' Club. While he could not be expected to know all things, yet 

 he would be able to procure information for them as might be de- 

 sired. He would be the man "on the spot" to report new disease, 

 new pests as soon as they arrive and to report to headquarters with 

 a view to procuring help. Through him the special needs of the 

 district could be investigated and all Departmental movements could 

 be directed. He would be able to systematize a great deal of work 

 that is now done spasmodically. He should be expected to go to the 

 Agricultural College, say ten days or two weeks every year, to inform 

 himself as to the new work there being done with the object of tak- 

 ing the results back to those farmers who are unable to visit the 

 College. The result of personal contact would be found much more 

 effective than through the sending of printed reports and bulletins. 

 To put it in another form, he would increase many fold the value 

 of printed publications. (Teaching the Farmer How to Farm, by 

 D. C. French.) 



