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I With the Experiment Station, Performs Many and Varied Services to the S .  
. State; Operates Three Experimental Farms and Has Staff     .
{ of Three Hundred if     .
Q Ei   rim  J `  _ An attempt to present the the 500-acre farm at Princeton. Demonstrations i   ·  
i3?tgj·QF;i work of the College of Agri- are conducted on seven experimental fields, which , . -   P  
L ,   \=¥·¤·;i‘i   culture of the University al- are located in the principal farming areas of the . ti Q e ;  
r -_ Iwwvl   _- ways brings from those un- state, and on hundreds of farms in the 90 counties Y     i  
L, "·$"·"°t"’   __ acquainted with its organiza- having agricultural agents, . E fir} 3  5
 a   ·’*   Trai'- tion the perplexing questions The Experiment Station is conducting ex-   ii, V. i
= »_   of the differences, if any, be- tensive investigations in crops, soils, livestock H? .   t  
 5  we ”=;";“.T tween the College and the Ex- diseases, human nutrition, plant insects and   {   
`   " periment Station and the re- ·diseases, farm management and economics,    
 _   lation between the Experi- marketing, rural finance, etc. V   '  -
p ` ment Station and the Agricultural Extension The research of the Station, designed primarily .     1
I i Division. Many persons visualize the College of for the benefit of Kentucky agriculture, has been —g i Q
 i Agriculture as engaged solely in the teaching of influence in every section of the country and   .
 j function, as are the Colleges of Arts and Sciences, in many foreign countries. The extensive investi-    
 ` Engineering, Law, Education, etc. The College gations of the Department of Animal Pathology - {  Z .
 1 gf Agriculture as an organization represents in the diseases of horses, for instance, have at-   `
a group of services and activities,—a group which tracted attention throughout the world, Dis- »    
 _ has been provided largely by federal legislation. Coveries of this department in the control of   . 
 · To properly visualize the College of Agriculture, abortion and sterility have been worth millions of _   5 
with its staff of nearly 300 members, one must dollars to the horse industry. Work in devising a i   .  _
i think of the college divided into a group in resi- control of Johne’s disease and abortion in cattle, _.  t ‘
S  ° dent teaching dealing with the training of young hog cholera and bacillary white diarrhea and g Q  Q
't   men and women in scientific agriculture and other diseases in poultry are notable contribu-   ,
"` “ home economics; a large group in the Experiment tions of the Experiment Station to the livestock /·   ’
d  i Station, whose purpose it is to discover, test and industry of the world. t   if
t'  I prove methods, and an even larger group in Agri- The College of Agriculture and Experiment i  it · 
i'  . cultural Extension Whieh ee~1‘1’ieS the truth and Station through the Extension Service have play- q   i
is  H, information to men and women. h0YS and gitls on ed a great part in guiding a safe and sane develop- j;   
t'  i the farm. Thus, the College of Agriculture. ment of dairying in the state in the last few   if 
th1`0ugh its various divisions. touches the life of years. Farmers have been furnished information   , 
~ j the state in eVe1‘y county f1`0m many engiee and and guidance that have helped them become real —   ` 
j I in many services. dairy farmers. A vast amount of work has been _1    Q
 , The College is well equipped for resident teach- done to promote dairying in Kentucky. Several    
 ii ing, of both agriculture and home economics. A milk condensaries have been established, and   1 
_ faculty of highly trained men and women is en- thousands of head of good dairy cows have been .   ] 
it gaged in this service. The enrollment has grown brought into the state. Milk and cream now are    
 ° steadily, the total this semester being 245, of furnishing a steady income to farmers in scores    
 ; which 142 are men and 103 women. Practically of counties who a few years ago put their de-   »
i every county in the state and several other states pendence in tobacco.   ’ 
are represented in the enrollment. Forty-seven The College has made its influence felt in pre-   Q
  men and women will be in the graduating class venting an overproduction of tobacco. It has gg =• 
 [ this year. Graduates in agriculture and in home actively cooperated with the Federal Farm Board    
` economics are filling many positions of prominence in presenting the facts to farmers regarding the xi v _
 P and trust, results of continued expansion in acreages. Farm-    ’·
M The Experiment Station and Extension Service ers have been urged to- grow fewer acres and give   i
  are conducting research and demonstrations in m01`e attention to tlutthtY· _ ‘ _ i  
  every Section Of the St;-,,t€_ The main pwgrk in A notable development of the Experiment Sta- V »   gp
-—-·  - research is done on the 5s5-aei·e farm at Lexing- tion has been root rot resistant tobaccos, _or L pj;  ;..__   i
W i  i ton, on the 15,000-aere forest tract at the Robin- varieties which show resistance to diseases which i   , A
 it Son Experiment Snbstgtjnn at Qujgksgnd and on have cost Kentucky farmers millions of dollars. n  · _