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which found a market at about fifty cents a bushel higher than the market 

 price of commercial potatoes. 



The Long Island Corn Growers' Association is located in vSuffolk County. 

 There were about sixty members in 191 7. Professor Barron, of this 

 Department, inspected their fields last fall and assisted in making the 

 germination tests in December. The Association grew about 20,000 

 bushels of com, about 12,000 bushels of which was considered as satis- 

 factory seed. 



For a number of }'ears Acting Professor Paul Work has been Secretary 

 of the New York State Vegetable Growers' Association. Since his 

 departure for military service, it has been arranged that hereafter the 

 secretary will be some one outside of the College, as most of the problems 

 of the Association appear to be commercial problems of a type which 

 the College cannot handle. There are, however, a number of educational 

 problems, and the Department should keep in cooperation with the 

 Association along educational lines. It has now been arranged to take 

 up the work with local vegetable associations in cooperation with 

 the farm bureaus in the State. It is probable that a large part of the 

 extension work of the Department will be in cooperation with these local 

 associations. 



The Bean Growers' Association is an outgrowth of a meeting called 

 by the Department in Farmers' Week in February, 191 7. Another meeting 

 was held in Farmers' Week in 19 18, and steps were taken to form an 

 organization. The final organization has recently been established. The 

 lines of work to be carried out are not definitely decided upon, but the 

 Association plans at least to keep in close touch with the bean laboratory 

 of the College at Perry, New York. The first meeting of the Association 

 was held at Perry on June 25, 19 18. 



Extension in vegetable crops. — During the past year A. E. Wilkinson 

 has given his time largely to extension schools and public meetings in the 

 interest of commercial and home gardening work. He also carried on 

 considerable detail work with county agents in the use of fertilizer on 

 cabbage and on muck land. 



Robert Bier has given practically all of his time to home gardening 

 activities since the first of January, working only with organizations 

 since there was not time to give attention to special groups or individuals. 

 The Department of Floriculture contributed the services of Professor White 

 in this work. To reach the organizations in the most economical way a 

 series of timely leaflets have been prepared, and these have been sent out 

 every two or three weeks to a list of 600 persons. 



In the cities and towns, Mr. Bier has given most of his time to following 

 up the work and holding conferences with the leaders. The following 



