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men who are now making first-class dairy butter. 



(4) In general the whole idea of intensive farming 

 is gaining ground. 



This specialization, or intensification, of agri- 

 culture makes a new demand, upon those who 

 pursue it, in the way of mental and business 

 training. This training is being furnished by a 

 multitude of agencies, and the younger genera- 

 tion of farmers is taking proper advantage of the 

 opportunities thus offered. What are some of 

 these regular agencies ? (i) An alert farm press, 

 containing contributions from both successful 

 farmers and scientific workers. (2) Farmers' 

 institutes, which are traveling schools of tech- 

 nical instruction for farmers. (3) The bulle- 

 tins issued by the government experiment sta- 

 tions located in every state, and by the federal 

 Department of Agriculture. (4) Special winter 

 courses (of from two to twelve weeks), offered 

 at nearly all the agricultural colleges of the 

 country, for instruction in practical agriculture. 



(5) Regular college courses in agriculture at these 

 same colleges. (6) Extension instruction by lec- 

 tures and correspondence. (7) A growing book 

 literature of technical agriculture. (8) More 

 encouraging than all else is the spirit of inquiry 

 that prevails among farmers the country over 



