. Annual report of the Missouri State Board of Agriculture. Missouri. State Board of Agriculture; Agriculture -- Missouri. Farmers^ Week in Agricultural College. 127 ments attend the exhibits and assist visitors in gaining from the dis- plays the information desired. These exhibits have been helpful and beneficial and have done much to place the results of agricultural in- vestigation before the people. DEMONSTRATIONS. Another way of urging farmers to adopt new methods is through practical demonstrations. This year we have given more than seventy- five practical horticultural demonstrations in
. Annual report of the Missouri State Board of Agriculture. Missouri. State Board of Agriculture; Agriculture -- Missouri. Farmers^ Week in Agricultural College. 127 ments attend the exhibits and assist visitors in gaining from the dis- plays the information desired. These exhibits have been helpful and beneficial and have done much to place the results of agricultural in- vestigation before the people. DEMONSTRATIONS. Another way of urging farmers to adopt new methods is through practical demonstrations. This year we have given more than seventy- five practical horticultural demonstrations in various parts of the State. The people of the counties are brought together at some con- venient point in an orchard. Here spraying apparatus and spraying materials are assembled and a spraying demonstration given with full information, as is the making of the mixture and the applying of the same. A full line of pruning apparatus is also carried and a demon- stration given on the methods and value of pruning fruit trees. This work has proved especially helpful and beneficial. From the effects of smut in wheat and oats Indiana farmers have experienced a great loss in recent years. It is known, however, that this loss can be reduced to a minimum through the use of formalin. The. Horticultural Demonstration Meeting. Extension Department aims to secure the co-operation of grain dealers and sends a demonstrator to the point where the farmers are gathered and gives a demonstration on the treatment of oats and wheat for smut. This work is done immediately preceding the time of seeding. It is found that large numbers of farmers are induced to treat their seed. The results from these demonstrations is bound to be Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Missouri. State Board of Agriculture. Jefferson
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