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Table. — Shozmng number and kinds of demonstrations in each 

 county. 



Kinds of Demonstrations. 



Number by Counties 



Jumber- 

 laud 



Kenne- 

 bec. 



Oxford 



Wash- 

 ington 



Totals. 



Flint corn. . 

 Sweet corn . 



Oats 



Buckwheat . 

 Potatoes . . . 



Beets 



Cabbages. . . 



Squash 



Tomatoes . . 

 Orcharding . 

 Strawberries 

 Dairying . . . 

 Grass 



1 



12 



11 

 1 



19 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 



34 

 3 

 4 

 1 



90 



The demonstrations were successful to a remarkable degree 

 and already their influence is spreading to other farms. Early 

 in the summer the financial assistance given by the General Ed- 

 ucation Board was increased, and it was 'decided to establish 

 demonstrations in Penobscot County. Mr. Maurice D. Jones of 

 Orono was secured as director and in August he began an agri- 

 cultural survey of the county, preparatory to the next season's 

 work. 



During the summer successful field meetings were held in 

 all demonstration towns in Kennebec and Washington Counties. 

 Several meetings were also held in Cumberland and Oxford 

 Counties. The meetings were all largely attended and served to 

 acquaint the people of these counties more intimately with the 

 purpose, the scope, and the results of farm demonstrations. In 

 1914, at least two hundred farms in the five counties will be 

 carrying demons'trations in farming in cooperation with the 

 Ex'tension Service. 



It is hoped eventually to establish "farm demonstration work" 

 in every county in Maine, since it appears to be one of the 

 most practical arid resultful plans thus far found, to spread 

 and actually set at work fundamental truths in successful farm- 

 ing. 



