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CIKCULAR NO. 117, BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY. 



in length. It was believed this would perhaps give a fairer view of 

 what was actually being accomplished than could be obtained by 

 confining the survey to any particular county or group of counties 

 in the various States. The results also are regarded as being more 

 accurate than could have been obtained by sending out circular let- 

 ters. The routes covered are shown on the accompanying map (fig. 1) . 



Fig. 1. — Map of the United States, showing by heavy linos the routes taken by the four 



agricultural survey agents in 1912. 



From each farmer along the way sufficient information was secured 

 for the agent to fill in the following blank used in the survey : 



Name of farmer. 



Post office, , county, , State, 



Owns 1 



Rents } acres " 



Do you receive bulletins or reports of State experiment station? 



Do you receive bulletins or reports of United States Department of Agri- 

 culture? 



Are tbe bulletins read? 



Are they saved? 



Have you put into practice anything read in tbe bulletins? , 



If so, what? 



Are farmers' institutes held in your locality? 



Do you attend tbe meetings? 



Have you put into practice anything beard at tbese meetings? . 



If so, what? 



Have you ever received any personal instruction from agricultural agents of 

 the State? Of tbe United States? 



Did you put tbese instructions into practice? 



What specific thing has been done upon their recommendntion? 



[Cir. 117] 



