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all of the farm cooperative activities, and as the tendency of the state 

 seems to be in the direction of eliminating unnecessary duplication of 

 farm organizations, especially in the same community, it has been neces- 

 sary to give special attention to forms for organization of this type. 



The following is a list of the organizations which Mr. Raviler has 

 been wholl,y or partly instrumental in completing since his appointment: 



Stockbridge Producers' Association. 



Milan Live Stock Shipping Association. 



New Haven Agricultural Association. 



Dexter Agricultural Association. 



Munith Live Stock Shipping Association. 



Brooklyn Cooperative Association. 



Dryden Producers' Association. 



Metamora-Hadley Farmers' Association. 



Imlay City Farmers' Association. 



Gregory Agricultural Association. 



Highland Agricultural Association. 



Cohoctah Agricultural Association. 



Fowler Live Stock Shipping Association. 



Colling Farmers' Elevator Association. 



Homer Farmers' Elevator Association. 



Scotts Agricultural Association. 



Williamston Farmers' Elevator Co. 



Detroit Market Gardners' Association. 



Belleville Agricultural Association. 



REPORT OF EXTENSION WORK IN POULTRY 



HUSBANDRY. 



BY E. C. FOREMAN. 



The state wide enthusiasm and interest manifested in poultry production 

 by farmer and breeder, has developed largely as a result of the poultry 

 culling campaign introduced by the present extension specialist, ably as- 

 sisted by the county agricultural agents of the State, whose keen approval 

 and endorsement has greatly augmented the spreading of the gospel of 

 economic production by disposing of all unprofitable hens. 



A conservative estimate of the number of hens culled, during the fiscal 

 year closing June 30, 1919, as a result of this branch of extension work, 

 can be safely placed at the million mark. In adopting a new method of 

 culling or in remodeling old ones, the acid test must be applied in order 

 to demonstrate conclusively the certainty of the work and its practical 

 application. By means of demonstration farms, egg lajdng contests, and 

 retention of all hens pronounced unprofitable, the true value of this^work 

 has been established and the accuracy of this system of culling* hasbeen 

 verified. 



POULTRY CULLING DEMONSTRATIONS. 



This work was conducted almost entirely in cooperation with the 

 county agricultural agents, who arranged the meetings and made it pos- 



