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Alfalfa.— AMalisi seed from the Bureau of Plant Industry, 

 United States Department of Agriculture, was furnished ten 

 farmers. In most instances the crop developed satisfactorily 

 and went into the winter in good condition. Previous years' 

 tests, however, have not given very promising results. 



Potatoes. — ^Potato seed, Lowell Green Mountain variety, 

 was distributed in limited quantities to several farmers in Wash- 

 ington County, the object being to furnish the farmer with seed 

 of known quality to use in a comparative test with the ordinary 

 seed grown on the farm. The results of the tests were satis- 

 factory to all concerned. 



Oats. — Oat seed, grown at "Highmoor," the State Experi- 

 mental farm, of the Banner and Kherson varieties, was supplied 

 thirty farmers in Washington County. Quite generally, the co- 

 operators report that the results were satisfactory and that the 

 seed will be used again in 1914. 



BOYS'' AND girls' AGRICULTURAL CLUBS. 



The organization of boys' and girls' agricultural clubs was 

 begun as a definite line of Exension Service in August of the 

 present year, and a State Leader appointed to superintend the 

 movement. Profiting from the experience of other states, it 

 was planned to organize the boys and girls into different clubs, 

 the boys' clubs to be known as Boys' Potato Clubs and the 

 girls' clubs as Girls' Canning Clubs. The project of potato 

 growing was assigned to the boys, since it was desirable for the 

 first year at least that, — ist, they should engage in growing a 

 uniform product; 2d, that the product should be one that 

 could be grown successfully in all parts of the state; 3d, that 

 it should have a universal market. 



The project of growing string beans was selected for the 

 girls, since this crop may be marketed, not only in cans, but 

 also as green beans for table use. 



The clubs are all organized under local leadership, arid 

 since the most effective work appears to exist where clubs are 

 connected more or less intimately with the schools or other 

 organizations, local leaders were sought among school super- 

 intendents, teachers and persons engaged in community service 

 of some kind. State-wide interest is being manifested in the 



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