Farm Extension Booklets : How Readable are They?

A study was conducted to assess the readability standards of farm extension booklets published by the scientists of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University. Oliver's readability index and Flesch's human-interest formula were employed on sample booklets and it was found that their average sentence length was around 10. The syllables per 100 words were found to be more than 300. With regard to 'human-interest', most of these farm publications belonged to the 'dull' category.The 'Seed science and technology publications' were found to have more 'reading ease' and higher 'human-interest' compared to the publications of 'Farm school on AIR' and Horticulture