REPORT OF ASSISTANT DAIRY INSTRUCTOR. 



To Hon. J. A. Roberts, Commissioner of Agriculture: 



I take pleasure in presenting this report of the work done by 

 me since taking up the duties of assistant to Dairy Instructor 

 F. S. Adams, on the 12th day of April, 19 13. 



The "Improved Seed Interests" and the "Better Dairy Inter- 

 ests" are so closely allied that both for the past year have been 

 m charge of the dairy division and I have been especially 

 interested in the better seed movement. 



Mr. Jones, who was with your Department during the first 

 three months of the year, had already formulated some plans 

 for seed improvement work and had issued letters outlining 

 the season's plans to many of the seed growers of the state. 

 To Mr. Jones, also, should be credited the excellent bulletin 

 upon "Good Seeds" which was published by the Department 

 in March. 



As the official under Mr. Adams, who has had charge of the 

 seed interests, I have carried out as fully as possible the plans 

 outlined at the beginning of the year by Mr. Jones. About 35 

 men in different sections of the state entered their names as 

 intending seed growers for 1913. These men were not confined 

 to members of the Seed Association. Mr. Adams and myself 

 have held ourselves ready to assist all who have asked for help 

 in improving their crops and we believe some good has come 

 from our efforts. We believe the slogan, "Better Seeds for 

 Maine," is producing results and that the coming year will 

 better prove that the time we have spent in educational cam- 

 paigns and in field inspections of growing crops has not been 

 wasted. 



We have visited and inspected the crops upon more than 

 50 farms. Many of these we have visited twice and a few three 

 times. Upon these inspection trips we have tried to carry to 

 the grower some point which would help him to produce a crop 

 more satisfactory than he would otherwise secure. 



