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in the line of many publications, little leaflets, bulletins and so on, and 

 I long ago came to the conclusion that what we needed was not so 

 many publications, but to train young men to do the work, and I 

 tried in a small way, a few men that came under my care. The govern- 

 ment is publishing vast quantities of literature, bulletins we are bulle- 

 tined to death, while the stations are also publishing vast quantities of 

 bulletins, tons and trainloads of them every year, and yet they are not 

 training men enough to fill the places that are open for them. It now 

 seems to me that much of the time put upon bulletins and other 

 publications of the stations and by the government, most of which are 

 thrown away, had better be spent in teaching men to do things and 

 to go out into the fields and do things well and thus accomplish some- 

 thing, come in contact with the growers and show them how to do 

 some things well. 



Mr. McNeill: In regard to that recommendation to publish fewer 

 bulletins, I would say- don't do it. The bulletin is just as essential to 

 the success of all these movements as the men. As a matter of fact, 

 the bulletin is the pioneer. 



Until you can make a thing familiar to the people, and to the gen- 

 eral public by printed matter, your men's time is largely wasted. The 

 training of men is an expensive operation. Good men are rare articles. 

 There are only a few of them and we have got to take care of them 

 very carefully. Do not publish fewer bulletins but rather train more 

 men, and support those colleges more liberally that are training men 

 in a first-class manner. The McDonald College in our own country and 

 a thousand and one of that sort here in the States, are all practical 

 sources of help. 



Mr. Quaintance : In Mr. Woods' paper he spoke of our men going 

 into the fields with the growers. I wish to emphasize that, and I think 

 there is need at the present time for more experienced men to go into 

 the field and gardens and actually show and demonstrate what they 

 are teaching. 



Mr. Robinson: I want to supplement a remark by Professor Al- 

 wood. In Albemarle County, Virginia, we had read bulletins and liter- 

 ature of all kinds and with very little result. More was done by Mr. 

 Scott of the Department of Agriculture, whom Professor Alwood 

 trained, coming there and by illustrating orchard work, teaching how 

 to combat codling moth, bitter rot, etc., than by all the bulletins put 

 together that ever came into that county, and I have half a ton of 

 them. 



Mr. McNeill: If it had not been for the John the Baptist of the 

 Bulletin, you never would have got the Savior. You would still be 

 crying in the wilderness. 



Dr. Galloway: In regard to the question of plant diseases, I would 

 like to call attention to what has been said that bore pretty hard on the 

 soil, and the inference might be drawn that if you take any kind of 

 soil and put plenty of moisture with it, a crop can be grown. I hold 

 that something else must be put with the soil and that is gray matter. 

 Unless you have the right kind of brain matter, the soil is not worth 



