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474 ANNUAL EEPOETS OF DEPAETMENT OF AGEICULTUEE. 



records. They have been a very fruitful source of information in 

 connection with many problems that have arisen in this emergency. 



During the past year enterprise records were obtained in the 

 Greeley, Fort Morgan, and Roclcyford districts of Colorado. Rec- 

 ords were taken also in the Provo and Garland districts of Utah. 

 Some 36 farm estimates were obtained in the Idaho Falls district of 

 Idaho. Studies of this character were begun in southern California, 

 and 88 records were obtained last year. In several of these areas 

 records were obtained for two seasons in succession. An effort has 

 been made to conduct these studies in typical areas. 



During the summer of 1916 some studies were made on methods 

 of making hay and the value of the sweep rake. Enterprise records 

 were obtained in Georgia during the month of June. These included 

 a study of methods of producing Johnson grass hay in the South. 



Enterprise records pertaining to cotton production have been taken 

 in practically all of the cotton-producing States, and the figures for 

 these farms have been tabulated in part. Within the past year De- 

 partment Bulletin No. 492, An Economic Study of Farming in 

 Sumter County, Georgia, was issued. 



During the summer of 1916 some attention was given to the study 

 of orchard management in western New York and also in Virginin. 

 The tabulation work of the New York survey has been practically 

 completed and a report will be submitted in the near future. Three 

 bulletins were published during the year. 



Substantial progress has been made on the investigations dealing 

 with the farm practice in production of corn silage, equipment re- 

 quired, use-cost of silos, shrinkage of silage, etc. Careful tests and 

 weighings of silage have been made in cooperation with nearly 50 i 

 farmers, in addition to the complete results for 20 silos. These I 

 data furnish more information on capacity of silos and density of , 

 silage. Owing to the complexity of the problem, at least another j 

 year of field work is thought advisable to complete satisfactorily the | 

 shrinkage phase of this project. i 



The field studies on the economics of the farm wood lot were con- 

 tinued throughout a part of the year, and sufficient records were ' 

 obtained to enable us to complete the office tabulations. 



FARM BOOKKEEPING AND COST ACCOUNTING. 



The studies of the various systems of bookkeeping as worked out 

 by farmers and other individuals interested in this line of research 

 have been continued. Additional information regarding the practi- 

 cability of certain of these systems and methods has been compiled 

 and several manuscripts are in course of preparation. Cooperative 

 relations have been continued with several farmers, and as a result 

 there has been a further accumulation of complete detailed sets of 

 cost accounts. Cooperative relations also have been continued with ] 

 the New York, Minnesota, and Wisconsin Experiment Stations and 

 Colleges of Agriculture in obtaming complete sets of cost records • 

 from farmers. Substantial progress has been made in further tab- j 

 ulating for publication data obtained by cost accounts during previ- 

 ous years. A manuscript has been prepared dealing with the results 

 of a five-year cost study on a tenant farm in western New York. 

 Cost records for a series of years on other farms are available for 

 similar manuscripts. Farmers' Bulletins 511, 572, 661, and 782 have 



