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weeks duration, for the training of operators. The first of these had 

 an enrollment of 40, the second 37. In addition twenty tractor schools 

 were held in nineteen counties in cooperation with the State Food Com- 

 mission. These had a total enrollment of 11 76, or an average of 58.8 

 per school. 



A partial summary of single-day meetings arranged by the Extension 

 Servace during the first half of the year show an aggregate attendance 

 of more than 14,000 persons at about 450 meetings. 



Exhibits were sent to the State Fair, to the Rochester Industrial 

 Exposition, to six county fairs, to the meeting of the New York State 

 Fruit Growers' Association, and to the meeting of the Westen 1 New York 

 Horticultural Society. 



The eleventh annual Farmers' Week had a registered attendance of 

 3095 for the week. Special prominence was given on the program to 

 subjects relating to food production and conser\^ation. 



A demonstration car for instruction in the grading and storage of 

 potatoes was run over the lines of the Lehigh Valley Railroad in seven 

 counties, making 28 stops with an attendance of about 400. 



The available reading-course lessons have been classified, and bound 

 sets have been prepared for the use of coiinty farm bureau offices, granges, 

 and other institutions and individuals. An effort has been made to 

 increase the use of the reading course through closer cooperation with 

 the county agents. Since July i, 191 7, 10,000 new names have been added 

 to the mailing list. At the close of the year the total number of readers 

 exceeds 31,000. 



vShortly after the United States entered the war and renewed emphasis 

 began to be placed on increased food production, there came a great 

 demand from school authorities for assistance in the development of school 

 and home gardening. Fortunately, Congress made funds available 

 through an emergency appropriation, which has made possible a marked 

 development of the junior extension activities under Professor F. L. 

 Griffin, State Leader of Junior Extension Work. 



Office of Publication 



The issuing of publications has been better systematized in the j)ast 

 year. The war has made new and unprecedented demands for emeirgency 

 publications bearing on the problems of food production and food con- 

 servation. A great number of these, mainly of the " how-to-do-it " type, 

 have been published on short notice. 



The information service connected with the Office of Publication has 

 kept the people of the State informed, through the cooperation of the 

 press, of helpful and timely facts connected with the problems of food 



