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ADVICE TO FARMERS 



The administration publishes advice to farmers in 

 the form of leaflets. 



The State Agriculturists distribute these leaflets, when 

 they give their lectures or through their correspondents, 

 or through the professors of public courses. 



DEMONSTRATIVE AND EXPERIMENTAL FIELDS 



The arrangement of experiment and demonstration 

 Fields takes place under the supervision of the State Agri- 

 culturists. 



They are established on land easily accessible to the 

 public and representing the average conditions of a widely 

 extended zone. 



The experiment fields are established, as far as possible, 

 on plots of land belonging to intelligent farmers who pos- 

 sess good implements, close to the places in which courses 

 of lectures for adults are given and to establishments 

 in which courses in agriculture are provided ; in this way 

 they are a useful adjunct to the theoretical instruction. 



Whatever land is chosen, the soil must be uniform, and 

 not close to tree plantations, enclosures or buildings ; and 

 the whole plot chosen must have been submitted to the 

 same rotation and had the same application of manures. 



The experimenter must prepare and keep the soil in 

 good cultivation condition, and supply the necessary farm 

 manure. 



The crops belong to him, but the State Agriculturist 

 may take samples for experimental purposes. 



The Department of Agriculture provides seeds, roots 

 and chemical manures. 



The results obtained by these experiment fields are 

 published in the Bulletin de V Agriculture. 



