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how t(j do it will) \)]. Muck's ((iiiijidiiiKl nf pmik. alias 

 cheap wliisky. It would he cmsn to luccd ami laisc Inn 

 busht4 wheat, •JOii-huslicl coin. 1 <>()(►. Imslud potatoes, lOOO- 

 pound-lnittei'-fat cows, oOO-ci^l;- liens, and so on d(.\\u tlic list, 

 if we oidy knew liow. W'c arc i^Miuiiiir unround Ncarlv; the 

 (k)iii«f is step hy step a test of the know Jul;. 



Fake sources of truth like poisoned wells. Sonictiiuc we 

 may be organized as a people, so thai only the tiuth can he 

 printed. Our pure food and drug laws are hcgiiuiiiiLrs in this 

 direction, hut the millennium is still a long wav oH", and so 

 far attempts at assum[)ti()n of human iniallihilit v have Ikmmi 

 failures. All we can do is to a[)peal for iidormation to our 

 best authorities. These })retend to no secrets for a pri<-«' : 

 they always present the evidence, the proofs, tlu* experi- 

 ments, on which their conclusions are based: and it ought to 

 be possible to add, they nevfr say they know a thing when 

 they do not; that is, fhr// nrrrr lir. X(» one can long remain 

 an authority if often mistaken on this most ini[)ortant of all 

 points, and a real authority is never afraid to say. 1 do not 

 know." Successful farmers in ditfereiit lines, our eouni\ 

 agricultural expert, local nurseryman and florist, local forester 

 or tree warden, local bird man or woman ( unfortunatidv w«' 

 seldom have any local insect students), local health oilicers 

 and reputable [)hysicians, state and national experiment- 

 station experts and health olhcers, an<l the extension faculties 

 of our state universities — these are our best authorities. 

 Thi'y belong lo us; we pay some of tlieiu their salaries i(» 

 give us the l)est knowing how there is: and they are gladder 

 to do it than we are to wakt' uj) i'lioiigh to ask them toi' 

 help. l>y the divine light of being ali\c the best knowing 

 how there is in the world belongs to any chikl of humanity 

 who is hiingrv for it and wh»t knows enough to ask for it 

 and to learn it. ( )ur country is oiganiz»'(l, throtigh its e(hi- 

 cational forces, public press, and public libraiie^. i" nu*et this 



