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Recent Apple Faihires of Western iVew York '• ( Xo. 84). Probably 

 no publications of the College ever have been more in demand, and 

 practically all these bulletins are now out of print. 



At present, however, the .^-reatest need is for a detailed survey of 

 the condition of an industry in some special geographical region. 

 Two publications have recently been made of such pieces of work ; 

 Bulletin 226, "An Apple Orchard Survey of Wayne County;" Bul- 

 letin 229, "An Apple Orchard Survey of Orleans County." A similar 

 survey of Niagara County is in progress. We are now undertaking 

 a general survey of the agricultural status of Tompkins County. 

 This county is representative of a large area of hill country in the 

 State, and the recommendations that result from the study are likely 

 to have wide application. For this year, the in(|uiry will i)robably be 

 confined to certain townships representing important soil types. A 

 survey is also projected of the condition of certain stock interests in 

 the central part of the State. The entire State needs detailed study 

 in this spirit, tiie in(|uiries being closely correlated with studies of 

 surface geology, climate, soil types, and with economic and social 

 conditions. 



9. Inquiries in Economic and Social Questions. — A natural 

 corolhry of an ac^.demic department of rural economy is the method- 

 ical study of the actual economic status of agriculture in the State and 

 the social status of the agriculturist. A mailing-list should be more 

 than a lot cjt names to which ])nblications arc to be sent. Every 

 person who is the recipient of the publications of the College of 

 Agriculture should give pers(jnal information that the College may 

 use in studies of the agricultural status. A mailing-list, in other 

 words, should carry certain specific information. It is necessary 

 that we completel\- reorganize not only our mailing-lists themselves 

 but the methods of making and handling them; with this reorgani- 

 zation it is intended that the cards contain facts that will be of 

 service to the College. I expect to emi)loy at least one person whose 

 entire time shall be given to the mailing department and the collect- 

 ing of data b}' means of it. 



Th.e mailing-list is only one of the agencies for the collecting of 

 data bearing on economic and social ffuestions. In time, colleges 

 will make surveys expressly for the purpose of studying these 

 phases. 



10. Co-opcrat'oii icitli Ori^^aincafiotis. — Every organized agri- 

 cultural interest should contribute to the general welfare in an edu- 



