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tions as soon as the herd owners arc convinced that increasing the income 

 per cow at current prices for milk is a wiser and more successful move 

 than any attempt at price regulation without a knowledge of the cost 

 of milk production. 



Southern New York llolstein Breeders' Association 



There has been a healthy interest in pure bred cattle, especially 

 holstein-friesian. The breeders had no organization and needed one. 

 We found a breeder who was willing to act as a leader in organizing them, 

 and the association was started on October i with thirteen members 

 and prospects for at least forty members before the year is out. This 

 association plans to hold an annual sale of stock. 



Agricultural extension school 



For three years the New York State College of Agriculture has 

 endeavored to reach the farmers through the medium of traveling ex- 

 tension schools. Broome County has never enjoyed the benefit of one 

 of these week-long schools of agriculture and home economics. With 

 the aid of ofificers in three granges located in the towns of Lisle and 

 Triangle, we have enrolled over fifty students for a school. 



Institutes 



Six farmers' institutes have been held under the direction of the State 

 Department of Agriculture in this county. The farm bureau has co- 

 operated with the director of farmers' institutes by locating these meet- 

 ings and taking part in the programs. It has also cooperated with 

 the Binghamton Young Men's Christian Association in holding a poultry 

 institute for an entire week. At the close of this institute the farm l^ureau 

 manager was authorized to name a committee of five poultry producers 

 to consider what steps should be taken to organize a ]:)Oultry producers' 

 association in the vicinity of Binghamton. This committee has held two 

 meetings and is securing the necessary information with which to attack 

 the problem intelligently. 



CONCLUSION 



The Broome County Farm Bureau has had a successful year. Some 

 comparisons of this year's work with that of the previous one show that 

 service through farm visits has increased 85 per cent and through meetings 

 100 per cent. Cooperation from the farmers of the county has been 

 much more effective, so that demonstration work is a very important 

 part of the service. From a begimiing in organization work a year ago 

 we have progressed to no less than five different projects in addition 

 to the parent association, which has recently been incorporated with 

 a board of nine directors and has assumed the direction and the financial 

 support of the Broome County Fann Bureau for the future. We feel 

 assured that agriculture in Broome County is more prosperous than 

 ever and that the farmers have more confidence and interest in the farm 

 bvireau than ever before. 



E. R. Minns, 

 Farm Bureau Manager of Broome County, 



