98 



STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



has become very heavy. Special provision must be made to take care of 

 this part of the work. 



SUMMARY. 



Attend- 

 ance. 



Meetings attended during the year. 

 Personal visits and inspections 



3.326 



REPORT OF THE WORK OF EXTENSION SPECIALISTS IN THE 



UPPER PENINSULA. 



BY W. F. RAVEN, 



Ldv6 Stock: The following live stock breeders' associations were or- 

 ganized during the year 1915-16 and were given assistance in securing 

 desirable sires: 



Member- 

 ship. 



Number 

 sires. 



Daggett Holstein Association 



Stephenson Holstein Association . . . . 

 Lake Superior Guernsey Association. 



Republic Guernsey Association 



Metropolitan Guernsey Association. . 



14 

 4 

 5 

 3 

 3 



Total (5) . 



135 



29 



Number pure bred sires placed outside of association . 



Total pure bred sires placed during year 



Demonstrations In cattle judging at various county and township fairs. 



42 



71 

 12 



Demonstrations in crops were held at Rexford, Shingleton, Rumley, 

 Marquette and Sidnaw. 



During the time from March 27 to April 25th our Extension Specialists 

 conducted a Pure Seed Demonstration Train over the Duluth South 

 Shore & Atlantic, Munising, Marquette & Southeastern, Chicago & 

 Northwestern, and Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railways, 

 with an attendance of over 8,000, two-thirds of whom were farmers. The 

 object of this form of extension work was to get the farmers to sow well 

 cleaned seed. 



This is the second time that such a train has been run for the purpose 

 mentioned. Reports from the demonstration train run in the spring of 

 1915 were that the clean seed produced from ten to twenty-six more 

 bushels per acre than seed that was not cleaned. This effort will be fol- 



