Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 293, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 December 1913 — INDIANA STILL PROGRESSING [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STILL PROGRESSING

Supt. G. I. Christie Proud of Advancement Made Along Rural Educational Lines by Hoosiers.

In an address before the state conservation commission at Indianapolis, October 25, Prof. G. I. Christie, superintendent of the Purdue university agricultural extension uepartment, expressed his satisfaction yrifh the present status of agricultural education in Indiana, declaring that it prophesied only further progress for the rural community of the state. "The county agent work, the club work among the boys and girls and the teaching of agriculture in the rural and town schools clearly shows the trend of the times—insistence upon die spreading of the gospel of better agriculture to old and young alike, so that Its benefits may be lasting and personal," he said. “Farmers appreciate the value of the principles being taught by Pun due’s extension workers, and realize that the experiments at the Purdue experiment station will show methods by which their own crops can be increased. In a recent contest in Randolph county, in which 38 farmers participated, each growing five acres of corn, a yield of 110 bushels per acre was reached. The six farmers who received premiums each grew more than 100 bushels per acre—and this in a state where the average yield is less than 40 bushels per acre."