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sLstance in marketing products — about 100 carload of potatoes were 

 sold, which yielded the farmer from 10 to 15 cents per bushel more 

 than he could have got at his local market; 100 cars of hay and straw 

 during the year bringing the farmer a net return of from .|2.00 to 

 .'i^'4.00 per ton more than he couid have realized by selling to the local 

 dealer as well as many other crops which space will not allow us to 

 itemize. 



Ghas. G. McLain, Farm Adviser on Farm Drainage and Water Sup- 

 ply, has visited almost every county in the State laying out systems 

 for over 269 farms with the following results: In some cases the 

 drainage was very great and in all cases where his recommendations 

 have been carried out the benefits has been of such character that 

 the production has been increased considerably, proving that tile 

 drainage, when properly put in, is a paying investment. The differ- 

 ent kinds of soil in Pennsylvania requires different methods of drain- 

 age. In many cases a thorough drainage is necessary and in other 

 cases a random system is enough to accomplish all that is necessary. 

 He has laid out quite a number of systems for drainage of orchards, 

 and has been called into consultation as to planting an orchard in 

 such a way as to fit them for future drainage. Also advising farmers 

 as to gravity systems, some at a small cost. 



Sheldon W. Funk, Farm Adviser on Fruits and Vegetables, has 

 worked in 4G counties of the State, making from one to 27 different 

 visits in a county, having made 550 visits to individual farms, and in 

 each case gave the farmer some practical advice that he was desirous 

 of gaining. He attended 50 agricultural meetings and demonstra- 

 tions and addressed 22,000 people at these meetings; also six county 

 fairs judging fruit and vegetables. At these meetings he would go 

 over the entire orchard, demonstrating the yiroper methods of pre- 

 paring the soil, of setting and pruning the trees or of spraying and 

 thinning the fruit. In other cases he would go over a well cared for 

 orchard and then through a neglected orchard calling attention to 

 the beneficial results of fertilizers, of tillage or of mulch, or again 

 showing the results of injury from insects and diseases. The brief- 

 ness of the report prevents us from entering more into detail upon 

 his line of work, which undoubtedlv is an asset to the farmers of the 

 State. 



W. Theo. Wittman and Frank Kline, Farm Advisers on Poultry, 

 have between them visited every county in the State, having more ap- 

 plication than they could fill, giving attention to 1,500 calls. The 

 personal calls have covered every phase of poultry keeping, from 

 showing a man how to set a hen or run an incubator or select his 

 stock to equip a large commercial plant and putting same on a pay- 

 ing basis; also lecturing before poultry organizations and other agri- 

 cultural meetings, with an attendance at these meetings of over 50,- 

 000 people, spending three weeks on demonstration car on L. V. R. T., 

 making 20 stops and covering the entire system in Pennsylvania, 

 which reached many thousands of interested persons; acting as judge 

 on poultry at 14 different fairs within the State and furnishing 

 plans and selecting sites for poultry plants, amongst the largest 

 public institutions are as follows: Masonic Home, Elizabethtown, 

 Pa. ; Odd Fellows' Orphanage. Sunbury, Pa. ; Cheyney Training 

 School of Teachers, Cheyney, Pa. 



Prof. Franklin Menges and K. P. Kester, Farm Advisers on Soils, 



