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will be interested in general farming. They can choose the particular 

 things that they need. The student is given some practical science which 

 underlies his business that he can take back and put in use on his own 

 farm. 



It may be rather interesting to know that of the 176 pupils there this 

 year in the short course, 15 of them were there last year taking the course 

 and came back again this year to get subjects that could not be given to 

 them a year ago. The increase in numbers this year is one-fourth to one- 

 third more than it was last year. 



During the year we have Farmers' Week. This is offered to place the 

 facilities of the institution at the service of the farmers of the state so that 

 the farmer himself may go to College for at least a week. It is necessary 

 to hold this meeting at a time of the year w^hen the regular students are 

 away from the College in order to accommodate the people. The meeting 

 the present year will be held December 29 to January 3. Over 150 lectures 

 and demonstrations of practical interest and value to farmers will be given. 

 The faculty will be assisted by well-known experts from outside the state. 

 It gives me pleasure to state that one of them is a pioneer in agricultural 

 research. He has done as much as any other man in this country towards 

 the upbuilding of agriculture. I refer to the gentleman whom you had the 

 pleasure of hearing from a few minutes ago, Director Thorne of the Ohio 

 Experiment Station. 



Last year we had 700 farmers in attendance and we hope this year 

 to double that if possible. They represented 59 counties in Pennsylvania 

 and we hope this year they may represent 67 counties of the state. 



We also maintain correspondence courses. There are 36 different 

 courses in agriculture offered by correspondence. These consist of a series 

 of lessons. A list of questions accompanies each lesson. Another lesson 

 is not sent until the list of questions which has accompanied the lesson is 

 returned and the answers are corrected. The answers are marked wrong 

 if they are wrong and if it seems necessary comment is made by underlining 

 in red ink so that when the papers go back the student will see where there 

 was error. This enables the instructor to keep in close touch with the 

 students. 



It may be interesting to know that 4,000 students are pursuing the 

 work in these courses at the present time and 60 per cent of those who start 

 the course finish it. 



For a number of years w^e have been sending an exhibit to the county 

 fairs. The county fair should be primarily an educational proposition. 

 The exhibit that we send shows the result of some of the more important 

 experiments conducted by the Experiment Station and the practical 

 application of these results to farm practice. 



In addition to the educational exhibit stock representing various 

 breeds of dairy cattle, beef cattle, sheep and swine are exhibited. We have 

 been sending within the last year accompanying each animal a card pointing 



