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and marketing both apples and peaches. Very largely as the result of 

 this work through so many years Pennsylvania is forging to the 

 front as a great fruit growing state. 



POULTRY INDUSTRY 



I should further state, that our Institutes early took cognizance 

 of the importance of the Poultry Industry and we have engaged a large 

 number of practical and skilled instructors, thus developing the 

 best practices in housing, feeding and handling poultry in order to 

 procure profitable results in egg production as well as for market 

 purposes. So well have these lessons been accepted and acted upon 

 by the people that Pennsylvania today stands in the front rank in 

 the value of its poultry and eggs. It can be fairly stated that our 

 fowls number 12,000,000, the value of. which is |6,G00,000. Whilst 

 we have not at hand the value of egg production for 1910, reports 

 show the number of eggs in Pennsylvania for this year was 75,400, 

 000 dozen, the value of which Avas $15,600,000. These figures we be- 

 lieve to be below the real value of poultry and eggs rather than above, 

 and show that within the last decade our })oultry and eggs has more 

 than doubled its value making a grand total of about $27,000,000. 



AGRICULTURAL FAIRS 



The Agricultural Fairs of 1910 were a marked improvement over 

 any year of which I have knowledge. Games of chance and gambling 

 was practically eliminated. Awards for strictly agricultural pro- 

 ducts were more general and liberal than heretofore. The atten- 

 dance was 1,449,000. The Associations have a membership of 12,055 

 and receive from the State a fund under the .Act of 1907 amounting 

 to $27,944.50. There was paid for premiums $125,508.65, showing 

 an increase over the previous year of $30,050.74. 



For the year 1909 the crop conditions after that we have considered 

 the extreme drouth that prevailed over all portions of the State 

 exceeded all expectations. Fairly good crops of corn, potatoes and 

 other cereals were produced by many farmers and especially by those 

 who observed and carried out the approved methods of cultivation 

 in order to develop a condition of moisture that under less practi- 

 cal methods would have brought failure, and whilst we have not yet 

 completed our Crop Report for the year 1910, I feel free to state that 

 our cereals embracing potatoes and hay will be increased from $166,- 

 178,000 to at least $170,000,000. also 'the value of our animals, in- 

 cluding Poultry is expected to be increased to $180,000,000. 



We are safe in saying that Pennsylvania amongst all her sister 

 states has but little reason to complain as to the outcome of her 

 crops and every encouragement to perservere in the adoption of ap- 

 proved methods in agriculture, bringing to bear the highest order of 

 intelligence that study and research can develop in the advancement 

 of the varied lines of farm pursuits in which we are engaged. 



PENNSYLVANIA FARMERS' INSTITUTES. 1909-1910 



The following is a complete list by counties, of dates and places 

 where institutes, movable schools and special institutes were held 

 throughout the State for the institute year ending June 1, 1910 : 



