DEPARTMENT REPORTS. 



83 



WORK DONE ON SUGGESTION OF AGENT, OR UNDER HIS DIRECTIONS. 



I. In Home Improvements: 



Water supply systems installed 46 



Lighting sj'stems installed 4 



Heating systems installed 2 



Home grounds planned •. . . 32 



Sanitary conditions improved 135 



II. With Corn: 



Farmers selecting seed corn 704 



Acres planted with selected seed 3 , 375 



Acres planted with tested seed 5, 115 



Increased yield in bushels per acre 8 



III. With Wheat and Oats : 



Acres wheat grown 2 , 164 



Increased yield in bushels per aci'e 11 



Farms treating oats for smut 515 



Acres oats seeded with treated seed 6 , 970 



Increased yield of oats in bu. per acre 14 



IV. With Hay and Legumes: 



Acres of hay gi'o\vn 840 



Increased yield of hay, tons per acre h 



Acres alfalfa grown 7 , 697 



Acres sweet clover 477 



Acres soy beans 300 



Acres cow peas gi'own 33 



Acres vetch grown (estimated) 12,500 



V. . With Uve stock: 



Pure bred .sires purchased 106 



Cow-testing associations formed 6 



Cows tested 834 



Breeders' associations formed 15 



Membership in Breeders' associations 435 



VI. With live stock disea.ses: 



Animals treated for tuberculosis 557 



Hogs vaccinated for Cholera 3 , 776 



VII. In relation to soils: 



Tons of mineral fertilizers used 818 



Local sources of limestone, developed 61 



Tons of limestone used 13,687 



Acres of hay or grass land top-dressed 750 



Acres of legumes used for green manuring 5,680 



Acres of (jther crops so used 1 , 571 



Acres for which drainage was planned 1 ,905 



Crop rotations planned 285 



VIII. Farm Buildings: 



Farm buildings planned 115 



Silos constructed 657 



IX. Improving farm business: 



Farm analysis records taken 382 



Farmers' induced to keep accounts 130 



Cooperative a.ssociations organized : 17 



Business done by associations $513, 150 



Saving by a.ssociations 62,800 



No. Agts 

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