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educative in character. In 24 counties one or more exhibits of the re- 

 sults of demonstrations, or of tlie county's products, have been made, a 

 total of 84 in all. Farm Bureaus have taken advantage of the opportun- 

 ity to reach large numbers of people through local fairs. Exhibits have 

 been arranged and the County Agents and assistants have been present 

 to explain the work, to answer questions and to distribute bulletins and 

 circulars. Some of the results that have thus been brought to the atten- 

 tion of a larger number of people have been those of soil testing, seed 

 testing and treatment, the work of the crop improvement association, 

 tuberculin testing, testing of milk for butter fat; while some of the crop 

 exhibits made have included grains from demonstration jDlots; grasses 

 and clovers ; and vegetables. Exhibits of live stock and stock judging by 

 teams from boys' and girls' clubs were featured at a number of local 

 fairs. Six counties held exhibits of club work. (See Boys' and Girls' 

 clubs also.) County and local jiotato exhibits were held in five coun- 

 ties; Dickinson, Kent, Newaygo, Schoolcraft and Wexford; Ontonagon 

 sent an exhibit to the Chicago Land Show. Exhibits of fruit were made 

 by Berrien county at the State Fair at Detroit and at the Benton Har- 

 bor Fruit Festival; by Kent county at the State Horticultural meeting 

 at Grand Kapids; by Mason county at the West Michigan State Fair 

 and the West Michigan Apple Show at Ludington ; by Menominee county 

 at both the Stephenson Fair and the Horticultural Show at East Lan- 

 sing; by Muskegon county at the Fruitland Township Community Fair 

 and the West Michigan Ap])le Show ; by Newaygo county at the Fremont 

 and Grant Community Fairs, and at Ludington; and by Ontonagon 

 county at East Lansing, 



MARKETING. 



Twenty-one counties, cooperating with the Office of Markets, report 

 work on marketing, including either buying or selling or both. In this 

 the agents have assisted by issuing exchange lists for their own counties 

 and b}' putting farmers in touch Avith Farm Bureaus in Michigan and 

 other states and with federal sources of information as to supply, de- 

 mand and prices; by securing the interest of groups in forming associa- 

 tions and arranging meetings through which the methods and details of 

 such organizations were discussed by specialists in marketing from the 

 College or the department. 



The following associations for cooperative marketing have been formed : 

 Two associations for the marketing of hay in St. Clair county, now under 

 one management; eight milk producers' associations, two in Berrien 

 county, one in Branch, one in Kent, one in Muskegon, one in Saginaw, 

 and two in St. Clair; four fruit growers' associations, one in Allegan 

 county and three in Berrien; celery growers' associations in Muskegon 

 and Ottawa counties, now cooperating in the marketing of their prod- 

 uct; one sugar beet growers' association in Saginaw county and two in 

 St. Clair; a cabbage growers' association in Branch county and a truck 

 growers' association in Ottawa ; egg selling associations in Marquette 

 and Menominee counties ; five live stock shipping associations ; six fruit 

 associations were reorganized, three in Van Buren and three in Berrien. 

 A cooperative association was organized in Alpena county to enable 

 farmers to sell their products in carlots and to buy supplies such as 

 spraying materials, binder twine and coal. In Ottawa county a coopera- 

 tive elevator company was organized. Community breeders' associa- 



