38 Department of Farm Management. 



The study of New York pastures has been pushed as rapidly as funds 

 would allow. A first bulletin on the subject was issued during the year. 

 The supply of this bulletin was exhausted in less than a month after it 

 was issued. 



Another bulletin issued during the year was entitled " The Incomes of 

 178 New York Farms." 



Work on the study of the corn varieties that have been developed by 

 New York farmers has been continued. Cooperative tests of such 

 varieties have been conducted at six places in the State during the past 

 two years. 



Studies of the production of timothy hay were continued, and coopera- 

 tive tests of potatoes were begun. These enterprises, together with work 

 at institutions, on farm trains, and answers to farmers' letters, were the 

 chief kinds of extension work. 



A new type of correspondence has developed rapidly during the past 

 year in the answering of letters from persons who desire to locate on 

 New York farms. Many letters from farmers in other States have been 

 answered. 



Another kind of work the demand for which has been rapidly increasing 

 is farm management extension work. Many persons are seeking advice 

 on the organization and management of farms. It would be desirable if 

 one man in this department could devote his entire time to this work. 

 Such work is much more than individual help, as every successful farm 

 has an influence on the community. 



G. F. WARREN, 

 Professor of Farm Management and Farm Crops. 



