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TRAINING FOR LIBRARIANSHIP

went even further and sent out travelling
libraries. Purdue University prepared a
sample library of good agricultural books,
arranging to sell sets to the farmers; the
work was most successful. In addition, the
college libraries helped to distribute the bul-
letins issued by the U. S. Department of
Agriculture, and similar bulletins prepared
by the state department of agriculture or by
the college itself. Through the farmers'
papers, on the special trains, at fairs and at
institutes the work was carried on.
All these activities have been continued and
enlarged in many directions. The agricul-
tural college library has established itself as
an information center and service bureau. It
has helped the farmer in his work, at the same
time contributing to the improvement of the
conditions of rural life. It has supplied in-
formation on domestic science, on bee-keep-
ing, on feeding and the many problems of
concern to those on the farm, and has thus
made the woman, the boy and the man on the
farm feel its presence. It has in short come
to the farmer where it knew the farmer could
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