238 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



*Cost of conducting club work, IDIG |G,700.00 



*Funcls raised by local communities for conducting 



clubs, 1917 19,000.00 



*Funds supplied by U. S. Department of Agriculture 



and Michigan Agricultural College, 1917 |12,000.00 



State, district and count}^ training schools held.... 12 



Projects being conducted 13 



East Lansing, Mich., June 30, 1917. 



REPORT OF EXTENSION WORK IN FARM CROPS. 



BY J. W. NICOLSON. 



The greater part of the Extension work in Farm Crops has been de- 

 voted to the pedigreed grain project. Three mouths in the winter were 

 given over largely to extension school Avork where this project was taken 

 up, together with outlines of best cultural methods, crop rotations, etc. 

 The remainder of the year was spent in giving lectures and conducting 

 demonstrations, supplemented by some farm visitation work. Consider- 

 able office work has also been necessary to handle the correspondence con- 

 nected with the inauguration of the pedigreed grain project as now out- 

 lined. 



The Michigan Experiment Association was reorganized January 15, 

 1916, and the name "The Michigan Crop Improvement Association" was 

 adopted. There are now thirty-seven local associations with a member- 

 ship of five hundred seventy-one, and there are three hundred thirty-one 

 state members, making a total of nine hundred two. 



During the past year, cooperative tests were carried on with members 

 of the association as follows: 



744 tested a peck of Red Rock Wheat. 



146 tested a peck of Rosen Rye. 



180 tested a peck of Winter Barle}''! 



135 tested a half bushel of Pedigreed Oats. 



62 tested a half bushel of Spring Barley. 

 184 tested 2 qt. samples of Corn. 



35 tested 2 qt. samples of Soy Beans. 

 4 tested 2 qt, samples of Cow Peas. 



25 tested 1 pound of Grimm Alfalfa. 



During the fall of 1916, there was not enough Red Rock wheat to sup- 

 ply the demand. Due to natural increase and the information given 

 farmers on how to care for these grains, there will be enough seed of 

 these valuable varieties to sow a great part of the acreage of the state 

 this fall. 



*Flgures are approximate. 



