THE EXPERIMENT STATIONS 



the simplest possible language, for distribution 

 to the press and for immediate use by the 

 agriculturist, one more elaborate and scientific 

 in its treatment. More than six hundred 

 thousand farmers are on the mailing lists of 

 these stations. Nearly a thousand men are on 

 the staffs of the stations, among them some 

 of the foremost practical scientists of the 

 United States, and all of them picked men. 

 They conduct original research in the lines of 

 physics, chemistry, botany, geology, meteo- 

 rology, agronomy, horticulture, forestry, physi- 

 ology of man and animals, veterinary science, 

 animal industry, dairying, rural engineering, 

 and other related lines. In addition to these, 

 they take up many questions of immediate 

 interest and give the farmer first-hand aid ; as, 

 for example, they hasten to present the very 

 latest information as to the eradication of an 

 insect pest threatening crops or orchards ; they 

 give free expert opinion on the character of 

 a soil or the healthfulness of a water-supply; 

 they test a certain food which has fallen under 

 suspicion and determine whether or not it is 

 fit to eat, giving the inquirer precisely what 

 the compound is made of; they answer letters 



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