[LLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



ssed. We believe in Michigan that it is a most helpful thing. 

 Prof. Farrington: — It seems to me that this is a question 



that does not need to be discussed, it is too clearly beneficial. 

 Different lines of work must necessarily be done by experiment 

 stations. We have to have someone to make investigations that 

 will perhaps add to the underlying practices which govern the 

 best practice in agriculture; but you have got to have a press 

 ready and some traveling instructors that will convey to the 

 farmers, who are doing the work and living on the farms, infor- 

 mation obtained by experiment stations. I think this interme- 

 diate work, this putting the work out in such language as can be 

 applied to the farmers is fully as valuable, if not more so, than 

 the scientific investigation. I am sure my interest is almost en- 

 tirely directed not to chemical research in the purpose of investi- 

 gation, but I am almost entirely occupied in trying to make those 

 things that have been found out understood by the people to 

 win >m they can be of benefit. 



Mr. Spies: — It pays us to continue this work. I find that 

 the hardest thing is to reach the fellow that needs it the worst, 

 and this field work is the only way to reach him. 



Mr. Gurler : — I know this, Mr. Chairman. Many of the 

 dairymen in this state feel they do not know how to get at this 

 thing. If a man will come around, as Mr. Hopper and Mr. 

 Glover did here, and get them to going, they will take care of 

 themselves afterwards. They need help to get started properly. 

 J feel that we cannot spend money to better advantage. 



The President : — We have with us this afternoon Professor 

 Smith, the director of the experiment station of Michigan Agri- 

 cultural College, who will now address you. He will be with us 

 again tomorrow, when we hope to hear from him again. 



