SOURCES OF INFORMATION 



Circulars and Bulletins. — Every state in the Union maintains an agricultural 

 college and experiment station. Canada has one at Ottawa, Ontario. Those for the 

 several states are located as stated in Table XX. Each experiment station maintains 

 a mailing list of names to which the station publications are mailed without charge. 

 Any citizen of the state is entitled to the publications. 



Information by Letter. — Information other then given in publications may be secured 

 by letter of inquiry. Unless the writer knows the individual or department of the 

 college or station to whom or which he should apply, letters should be addressed to 

 the director of the experiment station. The stations are qualified to answer inquiries 

 relative to the character of soil and crop adaptation for different sections of the state, 

 the fertilizer and lime requirement of the soils, varieties of crops that will succeed best, 

 best sources of seed, how to compound feeding rations and mix fertilizers. Insect 

 enemies and plant and animal diseases will be identified and remedies advised. 



Inspection by Experts. — Some of the experiment stations are able to furnish experts 

 along several lines who can visit farmers and advise them relative to improving the 

 farm business. This may be done free or there may be a charge for transportation 

 and subsistence, depending on the federal and state aid the several institutions receive. 



County Extension Representatives. — Through the support of the Lever Act, every 

 state now has a number of county farm advisers, and these are being rapidly multi- 

 plied. Within a very few years every one of the 3000 counties in the United States 

 should have such a representative on whom to call for any kind of a farm problem. 

 These representatives are selected with much care and are available for counties that 

 will organize a County Farm Bureau and assist in financing the enterprise. 



United States Department of Agriculture Publications. — Several classes of bulletins 

 and reports are issued. Non-technical bulletins are issued in large editions and are 

 free to all farmers. The Department Year-Book is also free to all. Technical bulletins 

 are issued in smaller editions and are free to libraries, experiment station workers and 

 others as long as the supply lasts. The Crop Reporter is issued monthly and reports 

 acreage, condition and price of farm crops. It is free to anyone. 



Anyone may have his name placed on the mailing list for monthly lists of publi- 

 cations. This will give the number, title and character of all publications issued during 

 the month. Knowing what has been issued, the farmer can write for those in which 

 he is interested. 



The Weather Bureau reports may be secured by writing directly to the Weather 

 Bureau. For other department publications one should address the Divisions of Pub- 

 lications, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 



For census figures, one should write to the Bureau of Census, Department of 

 Commerce and Labor. 



Each state also maintains a State Department of Agriculture. The duties generally 

 pertain to the administration and police control of fertilizers, feeds, livestock regula- 

 tions, etc. In many states other work is done, such as the control of Farmers' Insti- 

 tutes. Bulletins are frequently issued free. 



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