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the influenza work of the Public Health Service ; and in the organiza- 

 tion of farm loan associations by the Farm Loan Bureau, 



The employment service, the Cliiklren's Bureau, and the Labor 

 Reserve of the Department of Labor were assisted by the agents. 



For the Council of National Defense county agents made a survey 

 to determine motor transportation routes; cooperated in thrift and 

 conservation campaigns; made report of owners of thrashing out- 

 fits ; assisted in distributing machinery, establishment of fair prices, 

 and inspection of thrashing and routing of thrashing machines; and 

 secured information regarding wool prices. 



The Food Administration was assisted in taking a hog census ; in 

 determining prices of foodstuffs, dairy products, and dairy feed; in 

 securing a list of bean groAvers; in obtaining data regarding milk 

 production: in the food pledge campaigns; in the sale, sampling, and 

 inspecting of beans and stimulating their production; in listing grist 

 mills; in wheat inspection and grading; in food conservation cam- 

 paigns and use of food substitutes ; and in securing lists of stock feed 

 used by farmers. 



For the Fuel Administration the agents made surveys of materials 

 used for fuel and secured lists of fuel dealers and public buildings 

 using coal. 



The agents cooperated with the agricultural development depart- 

 ment of the Railroad Administration. 



They made a survey of the price of farm machinery for the Fed- 

 eral Trade Commission. 



The agents also assisted the Red Cross in making a survey of 

 nurses and in its relief work and campaigns for funds, and a woman's 

 organization in determining opportunities for work and organization. 



Cr.OP PRODLTCTION WORK. 



Special crop production campaigns were conducted in connection 

 with most of the crops commonly grown, special attention being paid 

 to stimulating increased acreage and locating and securing good 

 seed. Th.e table below summarizes some of this work. 



Corn.— The unfortunate seed condition for two preceding years 

 made special emphasis on seed selecting and testing necessary in the 

 fall of 1917 and the spring of 1918. In the fall of 1917 county agents 

 arranged for field selection on 326,662 farms involving sufficient seed 

 for 3.466,986 acres. As the result of campaigns in the spring of 1918, 



