EXPERIMENT STATION REPORTS. 317 



and has proven qnite snccessfnl. A series of nieetinf::s were held during 

 February and March to brin<;- before the peoj)le the value of drainage, 

 as a result 22 farmers asked to have drainage plots of various sizes 

 ranging from 7 to 25 acres put in on their farms. Also 08 farmers asked 

 to have their farms surveyed for fntui'e di-ainage systems. Five dem- 

 onstration meetings have been hehl in the tields which were attended 

 by about 240 people. Publicity articles were run in the County papers 

 regarding the work. 



Surveys have been made on 28 farms comprising 2,240 acres and 

 visits made to 25 other farms where sugestions have been made. Nine 

 demonstration ])lots comprising 147 acres were drained. These plots 

 required 6,000 rods of ditch and practically twenty carloads of 100,000 

 tile. The work was delayed owing to our inability to secure the services 

 of a tiling machine when desired, also the coal shortage delaj'ed delivery 

 of tile. Much more work could have been done as there were several 

 other applicants. 



While the work was not as successful as it might have been, under 

 more favorable economic conditions, yet when it is remembered that 

 this county in previous years put in scarcely a carload of tile in intensive 

 farm drainage, a start at least has been made in this much needed farm 

 practice. 



Thirteen days were spent in testing the tile of the various manu- 

 facturers of the state. Many interesting points were brought out by 

 this test which will serve as a basis for future study. 



Summanj 



No. of days spent in office 90 



No. of days spent on tile testing 13 



No. Demonstration meetings held 19 



No. attendance 457 



No. Lecture meetings held 39 



No, attendance 2572 



No. of farms visited 213 



KEPORT OF MARKETS AND RURAL ORGANIZATION 



EXTENSION SERVICE 



Hale Tennant — Director. 



Gilford Patch, Willard Cribbs — Assistants. 



Rural organization and Marketing extension work in Michigan, during 

 the year ending December 31, 1922, was of tlie same type and character 

 as the four years preceding and was based entirely on the theory that 

 permanent assistance to farmers, in organizing their industry, can only 

 be brought about by the establishment of substantial, self-supporting farm 

 organizations, in which the farmers carry all the responsibility. 



