EXTENSION DIVISION. 177 



There is now a very extensive correspondence connected with this work. 

 Besides about the same number of letters sent out by the head of the Farm 

 Crops Department to farmers the following number have been sent out 

 by the Crops Extension sta£f during the last six months: 



JANUARY 1, 1919 TO JULY 1, 1919. 



Number of first class letters 2672 



Number of second class letters 7155 



The calls for field work is much greater than the present force can care 

 for. 



SUMMARY OF FIELD WORK PERFORMED. 



Farms visited 193 



Demonstrations held 22 



Attendance at Demonstration meetings .....' 265 



Lecture meetings 43 



Attendance at Lectures 1376 



Extension schools conducted 13 



Attendance at extension schools 1853 



REPORT OF EXTENSION WORK IN SHEEP HUSBANDRY. 



BY V. A. FREEMAN. 



The extension work in Sheep Husbandry was carried on cooperatively 

 between the Animal Husbandry Division of the United States Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture and the Michigan Agricultural College, on the same 

 basis as was established during the previous year. 



The same lines of procedure were followed, which were carried on 

 mainly, cooperatively with the County Agricultural Agents and the County 

 Farm Bureaus. The main work was educational along the lines of selection 

 of types, culling, management, and care of the farm flock, although much 

 practical work in assisting flock owners to locate desirable pure-bred sires, 

 and in assisting breeders of pure-bred stock to find a market, was accom- 

 plished. Work with the larger sheep farms on ranches in northern Michi- 

 gan, was on a more individual basis, but most of the work was accomplished 

 through lectures and demonstrations to groups of sheep owners, rather 

 than to individuals. 



A study of the development of the sheep ranches was made toward the 

 close of the pasture season, through ranch visits. Winter feeding cost 

 records were also kept as a demonstration, on three large sheep ranches 

 where the entire feed was purchased for wintering large flocks of sheep. 



The distribution of work is shown by the following table : 



Lectures 70 



Demonstrations 30 



Farm visits ' 205 



Letters written 773 



Miles, traveled 739 



Days in ofiice 853^ 



Days'in'field 2063^ 



Attendance 4,041 



Attendance 289 



