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taking the county work. Steps were at once taken to put the latter 

 on a more permanent basis. An adequate expression of desire for a 

 continuation of the work on the part of county women was first obtained, 

 after which a representative, responsible, executive committee was elected, 

 and community committees were appointed through which the agent 

 could perfect and prosecute plans. The officers of the community com- 

 mittees form an advisory council which meets at least once a year to 

 report and devise plans for the coming year. 



Detailed reports of departments 



A more detailed report of the activities of the departments of the College, 

 as presented by the heads of those departments, follows. 



FARM MANAGEMENT 



G. F. Wan-en, Professor of Farm Management 



The Department of Farm Management tabulated the state census of 

 agriculture taken by the New York State Food Commission in 191 7 

 and again in 19 18. Many other States are this year taking a more or 

 less complete census of agriculture by similar methods. 



Much time has been devoted in the past year to work for the United 

 States Food Administration, in collecting and tabulating data on the 

 cost of producing milk. 



The various agricultural and food authorities of the State and the 

 Nation have called for much information on costs of production and other 

 agricultural statistics. 



Investigation. — The demands for preliminary data from the investigation 

 work of the Department have been so numerous that the work has been 

 seriously interfered with. Studies are being made of successful farms, 

 and types of farming, costs of production, and farm layout are among the 

 problems being investigated. 



FARM CROPS 



E. G. Montgomery, Professor of Farm Crops 



In the fall of 191 7 the Department of Vegetable Gardening was united 

 with the Department of Farm Crops. It was deemed advisable, how- 

 ever, to continue work until the end of the fiscal year under separate 

 budgets. 



Due to the overcrowded condition of the Agronomy Building, the 

 Department has been compelled to seek quarters elsewhere. Offices and 

 laboratories are being prepared in the Potdtry Building for the combined 

 Departments of Farm Crops and Vegetable Gardening. 



