Show CALLOUSED HANDS DO NOT NECESSARILY MAKE THE BEST FARMER Farm and Fireside publ'shes in Its current issuo un editorial in which tho point is made that many farmers aro cynical about the farm experts sent out by tho department of agrl-cuiluro agrl-cuiluro and by the agricultural colleges. col-leges. In tho course of tho editorial tho following warning is given: "Is it right for us to reject tho ad-vlco ad-vlco of men simply becauso they aro not hard working farmers? Farming Is a sclenco and an art on which wo want all tho light wo can get. Most of theso men who aro going about telling us how to farm know what they aaro talking about. Thoy had tho chance to study tho things wo only work at. They haven't had to mako every mlnuto count in tho Held and thoy havo tried experiments. Thcso experiments are worth millions of dollars to tho farmers who will pay attention to them. I know actual html working farmers who havo imwlo themselves rich by putting Into of feet on their forms tho principles discovered dis-covered by tho experiment stations Tho farmor who looks askanco at intra int-ra rm adviser because his hands are not calloused is not wiso." |