2i8o Farm Bureau Circular No. 6 



that the farmers finance a fellowship in the State College of Agricul- 

 tvire for the purpose of establishing a laboratory to study bean diseases 

 in the county. Acting on this suggestion the matter has been arranged 

 with the College, and $500 has been raised toward a fund for this 

 purpose. Another popular meeting was a picnic held on the county 

 farm. 



Two hundred and twenty-four individual farms have been visited on 

 request, and a great deal of advice and infonnation on agrictdtural subjects 

 has been given. Four hundred and seventy-two farm visits have been made. 

 It is the opinion of the manager that this work has been too miscellaneous 

 in character. Drainage, orchard management, use of lime, alfalfa culture, 

 and dairy work have been mainly emphasized in these farm visits. 



Thirty-six circular letters, numbering 2329 copies, were sent out from 

 the farm bureau office, and 540 letters were written to f aimers. 



In order more fully to extend information on seasonable topics and in 

 order to bring the farmers into close affiliation, the farm bureau publishes 

 a monthly paper edited by the manager. This paper, known as the Farm 

 Bureau Herald, is sent to all members of the bureau. The expense of 

 publishing, about $25 per month, is paid partly by advertisements of 

 pure-bred stock and partly by membership fees. This paper is greatly 

 appreciated by the members. 



The extension work for the coming winter in this county consists of 

 four farm demonstration schools and one farm home demonstration 

 school. These schools aggregate over 200 members. In addition to these 

 there are a considerable niimber of farmers' meetings arranged for in 

 localities inaccessible to demonstration schools and institutes. These 

 meetings are uniformly well attended and restdt in the general develop- 

 ment of interest. 



There is a steady development in the county toward cooperation be- 

 tween the farmers and agricultural agencies, especially toward cooperative 

 marketing. It is very probable that this movement wall take definite 

 form as soon as some workable plans are drawn up. 



The manager is pleased to report the most hearty and encoiu-aging 

 cooperation and support from the officers of the bureau and the farmers 

 of the county, as well as a very large measure of helpfulness from the 

 United States Department of Agriculture, the State College of Agriculture, 

 and the experiment stations. He believes that it is the coordination of 

 all these forces that will tend to future success in the greatest measure. 



H. M. BowEN, 

 Farm Bureau Manager of Wyoming County. 



REPORT OF NEW YORK FARM MANAGEMENT EXTENSION AGENT FOR 

 SEPTEMBER TO DECEMBER, INCLUSIVE 



The farm management extension agent's work is to assist the farm 

 bureau managers in studying the profits or the losses on a large number of 

 farms and to find out, as far as possible, the reasons for successes and fail- 

 ures. In as much as the manager's endeavor is primarily to increase 

 farm profits, he will do well to acquaint himself with what the famiers 

 in his county are making and how they do it. The purpose of this work, 



