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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



The following plan was developed which has for its purpose the uniting of 

 the commodity exchanges with the Farm Bureau, allowing each exchange to 

 participate in the management of the Farm Bureau by electing or nominat- 

 ing a director and by providing that these exchange directors should con- 

 stitute a majority of the Board, thus assiiring a imified pohcy. 



The economic arrangement pro^"ides that each commodity exchange should 

 have complete control of its own business acti\'ities. such as pertain exclus- 

 ively to the commodity and that the exchanges should turn over to the Farm 

 Bureau all functions that are state-wide in character or are common to all 

 farm interests, such as legislation, traflfic. general supphes, including feed, 

 fertilizer, etc., and minor agricultural products. 



The plan was adopted at the last annual meeting of the Farm Biu-eau and 

 representation on its government body was anticipated by electing com- 

 mitteemen from the commodity exchanges. It is conceded that it will require 

 another year before this plan can be thoroughly worked out. Further 

 acti^^ties of the Farm Bureau pro\'ide for reciprocal relationship between 

 conunodity exchanges. 



During the year increasingly less attention has been devoted to the organi- 

 zation of local associations by the Agent in Marketing and correspondingly 

 more attention to problems of the commodity exchanges and the Michigan 

 State Farm Bureau. 



POrXTRT HUSBAXDRT. 



The state-wide interest and enthusiasm manifested in economic poultry 

 production has resulted largely from poultn.- culling work inaugurated in 1917, 

 and maintained as the major extension project until the present time. 



Poultn.- culling demonstrations and demonstration farms have repeatedly 

 shown that inteUigent culling is a big factor in economic egg production, 

 thirty per cent of the hens maintained on our ^lichigan farms are unprofit- 

 able. This stupendous wastage can easily be avoided or reduced by elimin- 

 ating according to physical tests as outlined in Extension bulletin No. 21. 



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