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to stimulate community interest in the schools and to teach the pupils 

 fundamental principles in aj2;riculture. 



Another line of work, which has developed from a suggestion made 

 at these teachers' meetings, is the collection of the egg rings of the tent 

 caterjoillar by rural school children. The teachers carried the suggestion 

 back to their schools with the result that in one district with forty-five 

 schools an average of 1000 egg rings per school have been collected. One 

 school has collected 3500 rings. There are approximately 500 eggs in 

 each ring. One can appreciate the value of this work by thinking for 

 a moment of the amount of damage that could be done by 45,000 nests 

 of worms. This work has been in progress for only two months, and 

 as it continues much greater results will be obtained. 



An effort has been made to advertise the agricultural opportunities 

 offered in the county. A large niimber of different farm products were 

 supplied by the manager for the New York Central car, which has been 

 sent through the Middle Western States, and which will be part of the 

 agriculttiral exhibit of New York State at the San Francisco exposition. 

 All products from Cayuga County were labeled as such. Already ten 

 applications for facts about the coimty have been received from persons 

 outside the State. 



Before the formation of the farm bureau, fanners had to pay as high 

 as $4 and $5 per ton for ground limestone. By persistent explanation 

 of the value of and the demand for limestone, a young man was influenced 

 to install a pulverizer and is ready to deliver at any date limestone as 

 high in quality as any in the State, at $3 or less per ton delivered This 

 means a saving of from $1 to $1.50 a ton, or over $4000 in one year 

 to the farmers of the county. 



At the time of the outbreak of army worms in the southern end of 

 the county, the manager obtained the very latest information regarding 

 their control, and secured the assistance of two State men. Several 

 methods of control were tried with the result that many acres of crops 

 were saved, and valuable information for successfully combating future 

 outbreaks was procured. 



After obtaining the sentiment of the farmers regarding the establishment 

 of a public market, the manager appealed to the common council of the 

 city of Auburn for the establishment of such a market, assuring the 

 council that the fanners would support a market if they were given the 

 opportunity. After considerable discussion the council voted to open 

 the market before May i, 191 5. 



Probably there is no one thing that has been of as much benefit to 

 the county as a whole as the establishinent of the labor bureau; two 

 hundred and twenty-six farmers have been assisted in securing farm 

 laborers. . J. R. Teall, 



Farm Bureau Manager oj Cayuga County. 



CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY 



When it comes to reporting actual accomplishment through the farm 

 bureau, the work done in the improvement of the apple orchards of the 

 county probably takes first rank. In cooperation with the apple growers' 

 association of Chautauqua County, which was organized through the 



