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Wisconsin Geology in Respect to Soil Formation 



Planning a Back Yard Garden 



The Helpful Hen 



Hotbed Construction and Management 



Best Results in Poultry Feeding 



Some Vegetables Worth While 



Raising the Dairy Calf 



Life of the Honey Bee 



The Herd Bull ' 



Bush Fruits 



City and Country Bee Keeping 



Back Lot Poultry Keeping 



Managing the Dairy Herd 



Production and Composition of Milk 



Two lectures are given each evening, making a total of thirty-two 

 for the course. 



The farmers' course at the school lasts for three days and consists 

 of lectures, demonstrations, and meetings. In connection with it are the 

 poultry show, calf raising contest, corn and barley contest, and the crop 

 exhibit. 



These various courses reach about 500 people according to the en- 

 rollments given. Some attend only a few lectures and some attend for 

 a course. 



The school statement concerning direct aid to farmers in the county, 

 reads: "This item alone is valued at not less than $2,000 a year in 

 counties where a county representative is employed." County represen- 

 tatives give their full time to the work. The superintendent of the school 

 estimated for the survey that it would take the time of one man for two 

 days a week to do the work done in this line by the school. On this 

 basis this item should be estimated at 1 /3 of $2,000 or $667. This 

 work consists of personal visits to farmers, advice on farm problems, 

 help on silos, correspondence, etc. It is done by the various members 

 of the faculty each of whom makes such visits and helps on such work 

 as falls within his field. 



40 children from the Home for Dependent Children, which is ad- 

 jacent to the school, come three mornings a week for instruction in ag- 

 riculture or domestic science. 



Cost 



It is not possible to get the exact cost of extension work because of 

 the lack of records showing distribution of time, and of work done. 

 From the basis of how much less the school would cost if there were 



