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securing adequate and competent help for farms led to the estab- 

 lishment of the Fann Labor Bureau, which during the past fiscal 

 year has furnished to the farmers of the state 4,067 single men, 

 and 135 families. Since the bureau was established in 1905, 32,- 

 G52 single men and 775 families have been secured for the farmers 

 of this state. !Never since the establishment of the bureau has 

 there been such a demand for help, and scarcity of good help as 

 during the past year. A large proportion of the people sent out 

 have been distributed in the agricultural counties nearer Xew 

 York City and Albany. From the information received as to the 

 satisfaction given by the help sent out, it is shown that about 70 

 per cent, were perfectly satisfactory, while 15 per cent, more were 

 fairly so. 



Durino; a number of vears recommendations have been made 

 for the establishment of branch oftices in various cities through- 

 out the state. Such an office has been established in Buffalo. 

 'Since the establishment of that branch, on April 1, 1912, it has 

 furnished the farmers of central and western. Xew York with 400 

 sin<>le men and 29 families. The farmers of that section have 

 highly appreciated this assistance. The practical benefit of the 

 Farm Labor Bureau has been well demonstrated, and it would 

 seem wise to extend its work as rapidly as possible. 



COUNTY FARM BUREAUS 



A movement undertaken the past year, and which promises 

 much in placing our agriculture on a business basis, is the estab- 

 lishment of the county farm bureau in many counties of our 

 state. This is a cooperative movement under the joint auspices 

 of the Bureau of Plant Industry, U. S. Department of Agriculture, 

 the New York State Department of Agriculture, and the boards 

 of supervisors of the various counties, all of which contribute to 

 a fund for the salary of a trained farm expert, whose entire time 

 is devoted to the solution of the local farm problems. 



To quote from the prospectus of this work as sent out by the 

 oflice of farm management : " The ultimate aim of this work 

 is to secure on every farm in the country the system of farming 

 to which each farm is best adapted when all conditions have been 

 taken into consideration ; such systems as will give opportunity 



