KXTENSTON DIVISION. 175 



REPORT OF EXTENSION WORK IN FARM CROPS. 



BY J. W. NICHOLSON. 



Absence of Extension workers who are with the over-seas forces con- 

 tinues to Hmit the scope of the work of this department. However, all 

 ])rojects started have been continued and in addition some rather detailed 

 cooperative tests have been placed in widely scattered sections of the 

 State In demonstrate the sp(>cial adaptation of improved varieties of 

 j^rain. 



The Michigaii Crop Improvement Association continues an active 

 factor in our extension work. There were organized this year thirteen 

 local associations with one hundred forty members and four hundred 

 .sixty state mend)ers making a total of six hundred members. 



During the past year cooperative tests were carried on with members 

 of the association as follows: 



19 tested a half bushel of pedigreed oats. 

 17 tested a half bushel of pedigreed spring barley. 

 33 tested a 2 qt. sample of corn. 

 23 tested a 2 qt. sample of Early Wonder l)eans. 

 13 tested a 2 qt. sample of Ro])ust beans. 

 52 tested samples of soybeans. 

 10 tested vetch. 

 2 tested 6 strains of alfalfa. 

 5 tested Grimm Alfalfa seed. 

 12 tested Hardy Michigan grown alfalfa seed. 

 The demand for high yielding good quality seed during the war made 

 heavy calls on our farmers who were growing improved varieties. This 

 demand, which had its inception largely during the war when high pro- 

 duction was especially desirable, is continuing and iii fax?t extending, 

 based on the performance of these varieties. 



The pedigreed grain project has been adopted by nearly all the couniy 

 agents and nuich cooperative work has been carried on tliiough Ihem. 



