302 COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE

RURAL CHURCH SUMMER ScHOooL. A course of lectures, discussions
and demonstrations is held during the first two weeks of the University
Summer Session. It is especially designed to be of service to town and
open-country ministers and includes the entire field of rural social and
economic work. For information and circular write Prof. J. H. Kolb,
College of Agriculture, Madison, Wis.

AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION

As the Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station is organically as-
sociated with the College of Agriculture, members of the college faculty
constitute the staff of the Station. The purpose of the Station is the pro-
motion of agricultural science by research and experimentation, and funds
for the work come from both state and federal appropriations. Each of
the several departments has research continually in progress, some mem-
bers of the staff devoting the major portion of their time to investigations
dealing with the problems of the farmer. As far as facilities permit, the
subjects selected for research are those of greatest practical importance to
Wisconsin farmers.

The publications of the Experiment Station include an annual report
and a series of popular bulletins, research bulletins, and poster bullet'ns.
Popular bulletins, including helpful discussions on results of experiments,
are issued in editions of 20,000 to 50,000 copies and are distributed free to
residents of the state upon application; the research bulletins contain
technical data and discussions not designed for wide distribution and are
sent to libraries, investigators, ete. Apply for the popular bulletins to
H. L. Russell, Director, Madison, Wis.

AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE

The extension work of the College of Agriculture is organized to co-
ordinate and extend departmental service among Wisconsin farmers, and
farm women, spreading and disseminating information gathered in labora-
tory and field plot. Under this service three lines of work are carried on:

1. Field demonstration work of the several departments.

2. The county agricultural or home demonstration agent system in
which a resident instructor is located in a county.

3. Collective extension instruction given in connection with the farm-
ers’ weeks and women’s schools, demonstration trains, etc.

Through such instruction and practical demonstrations many thousands
of rural people who are unable to come to Madison for resident instruction
are aided directly by the College. Many of the extension activities are
organized on the project basis, and are partly supported by federal funds.
This work is in home economics as well as in the field of agriculture. For
printed matter and other information regarding this work, apply to K. L.
Hatch, Assistant Director.