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was made to visit and aid as many of the connty agents as possible. The 

 help took the form of demonstrations for insect control or looking up re- 

 ported outbreaks of some pest. 



(3) Lecturing at Extension Schools. Sixteen lectures were given at 

 various schools with an average attendance of twenty-nine. The follow- 

 ing lectures were given: "Garden Insects and Their Gonlrol," "Fruit 

 Insects and Their Tontrol," "Farm Crop Insects and Tlieir Control," and 

 "Insects Affecting Domestic Animals and Methods of Control," The 

 farmers appeared to be very much interested in these subjects as little 

 has been given along this line heretofore. The lecture on "Garden and 

 Field Crop Insects" seemed to be the most in demand. 



(44) Lectures at granges and other meetings. A lecture was given 

 before the Fairfield Grange, Ridgeville, and one before the Farmers' Club 

 at South Riley. Also an illustrated lecture was given before the De- 

 troit Market Growers' Association. All of these were of a general nature 

 on their regular program. 



(5) Attendance at State and County Fairs. At the West Michigan 

 State Fair the Extension Specialist was in charge of the exhibits from 

 the Departments of Entomology and Botany, The Entomology exhibit 

 was composed of mounts of various insects of economic importance show- 

 ing the various stages of the insect and its work. The nature of the 

 work, time of its appearance and control measures were explained to 

 visitors. 



At the Van Buren County Fair and the Benton Harbor Fruit Festival 

 the Specialist in Entomology had charge of the entire College exhibit. 



REPORT OF EXTENSION WORK IN HOUSEHOLD 



ENGINEERING. 



BY O. E. ROBEY. 



Active work on this project was started May 1, 1915, It has been 

 the aim during the past year to determine just what is most needed in 

 the home and how these needs can be supplied. 



The object of this work is to encourage better household conveniences 

 in the farm homes of Michigan, especially water and sewage disposal 

 systems. 



An effort has been made to find out the actual conditions existing in 

 the farm homes of Michigan with regard to water supply and sewage 

 disposal conveniences. While no accurate data has been collected it 

 would seem from general observation that ninety per cent of the farm 

 homes still lack adequate conveniences, and it is jilainly evident that 

 some encouragement should be given to the installation of water supply 

 systems. We find that the majority of homes are supplied with some 

 little mechanical devices for relieving the housewife of petty cares, but 

 a convenient water supply is still the great problem. The reason for 

 this seems to be that the sale of mechanical devices has been pushed by 

 a!(ivertising and by agents, while no concerted efforts have been made 



