EXTENSION DIVISION. 239 



SUMMARY OF FARM VISITS AND MEETINGS OF EXTENSION SPECIALISTS. 



Farms visited 181 



Demoustrations held 20 attendance 461 



Lecture meetings 40 attendance 1,652 



Extension schools conducted 20 



East Lansing, Mich., June 30, 1917. 



REPORT OF EXTENSION WORK IN LIVE STOCK. 



BY W. F. RAVEN. 



The following associations were organized during the fiscal j^ear 1916- 

 1917: 



BREEDERS' ASSOCIATIONS. 



Berrien Countj' Holstein Breeders' Association. 

 Lenawee County, Jersey Breeders' Association. 

 Berrien County Guernsey Breeders' Association. 

 St. Clair County Jersey Breeders' Association. 

 Mason County Shorthorn Breeders' Association. 



COMMUNITY BREEDERS' ASSOCIATIONS. 



Ashland Shorthorn Association, 29 members, 3 sires. 

 Schoolcraft Guernsey Association, 22 members, 3 sires. 

 Cheboygan Holstein Association, 28 members, 3 sires. 

 Skandia Holstein Association, 12 members, 3 sires. 

 Yalmer Holstein Association, 18 members, 3 sires. 

 Empire Shorthorn Association, 19 members, 3 sires. 

 Richmond Guernsey Association. 



LIVE STOCK ASSOCIATIONS. 



Cloverland, Sheep Growers' Association. 

 Doster, Duroc-Jersey Swine Association. 

 Cadillac, Cow Purchasing Association. 



Through the activities of the County Agents of Wexford county, Messrs. 

 Zimmer and Piper, and the generosity of Wm. L. Saunders of Cadillac, 

 Wexford county is rid, or nearly so, of grade and scrub bulls in service in 

 that county. We believe this is the only county of like population in the 

 United States that can show as good a record. 



Many of the Community Breeders' Associations organized have ceased 

 their activities as associations and do not hold association meetings. The 

 members of these associations are using pure bred sires of the breed 

 adopted by the association of which they were a member, with one ex- 

 ception. — Barryton, Mecosta county. 



