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Jordan has been employed almost constantly in the field conduct- 

 ing meetings. Under the arrangement of your committee with the 

 Board of Curators, Mr. Jordan will be employed for half the time 

 by the Board of Agriculture and the other half by the Agricultural 

 College. Mr. Jordan is doing splendid work, and I most heartily 

 recommend his continuance. 



THE YEAR'S HARVEST. 



A complete report of this year's harvest will be appended to 

 this report, and in this connection will call attention to only a 

 few statements : 



Our farmers grew 7,086,059 acres of corn this year, which is 

 1 per cent more than the acreage last year; but the average yield 

 per acre for the State is 7-10 of a bushel less, and the total yield 

 600,000 bushels below last year. The average farm price on De- 

 cember 1st this year was 47 cents per bushel, compared with 37 

 cents one year ago; making the total value of the crop $109,000,- 

 000, or $24,000,000 greater than the crop of 1906. 



Of wheat, we produced 28,830,000 bushels, which is nearly 

 6,000,000 less than in 1906, but the crop this year, based on the 

 average farm price, is worth $19,000,000 more than last year. 



The hay crop averaged 1.3 tons per acre as compared with 

 only 7-10 of a ton per acre last year, and while the average farm 

 price is one dollar per ton below last year, the total value is $23,- 

 000,000 greater. 



The oats crop is practically the same as last year, but the total 

 value is nearly $2,000,000 greater. 



FARM BOYS' ENCAMPMENT. 



Mr. S. M. Jordan, Institute Assistant, held on his farm in 

 Gentry county, last August, the first Encampment. The object of 

 the Encampment is set forth in Mr. Jordan's announcement, as 

 follows : 



"Now For the Boys' Encampment. 



"On Glenview Farm, otherwise known as the Geo. Morton 

 farm, two miles north of McCurry, I will hold a farm boys' en- 

 campment for one week, beginning August 19th and ending Au- 

 gust 24th. 



"Every farm boy in Gentry county who will join a county 



