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III. The Extension Work. 



The co-operative experiments in agronomy were announced in 

 Bulletin No. 242, together with those of other departments of the 

 college. Because of lack of funds, the variety tests mentioned in 

 the annual report of this department have been omitted. Professor 

 Warren is confining his attention largely to three crops : ( i ) clover, 

 especially with regard to its failure to grow on certain types of 

 soil; (2) alfalfa, especially to its soil adaptation; (3) timothy, 

 especially to its fertilizer requirements. A number of definite and 

 carefully planned experiments are under way in different parts of 

 the State. Rather extensive spraying tests for the killing of wild 

 mustard are being conducted. 



A syllabus on "Agronomy for Secondary Schools," consisting of 

 a daily set of exercises, has been prepared under the direction of 

 Dr. A. C. True and the writer by Professor Warren. This syllabus 

 has, with slight modifications, received the approval of the commit- 

 tee on Methods of Teaching of the American Association of Agri- 

 cultural Colleges and Experiment Stations. Professor Warren has 

 also prepared a syllabus on agriculture for the State Education 

 Department which has not been accepted by them, but which is 

 being used in such modified form that Professor Warren does not 

 feel that he can allow his name to appear in connection with it. 



The department, through Professor Fippin, has worked in co- 

 operation with the United States Bureau of Soils in surveying and 

 investigating the soils of Niagara county. The investigations have 

 developed a number of important points in soil and farm manage- 

 ment. The field work occupied four months, beginning June 25, 

 1906, and the results will be embodied in a report and map of the 

 soils to be published by the Bureau of Soils of the United States 

 Department of Agriculture. 



During the closing weeks of the fiscal year, Professor Fippin 

 will begin a reconnoissance survey of the soil conditions of the 

 State for the purpose of correlating the soil conditions in the var- 

 ious physiographic regions. 



In June, 1906, an agricultural survey of Tompkins county was 

 organized and placed in charge of Paul J. White, with John B. 

 Shepard, assistant. The survey occupied three months, June 25th 

 to September 25th, 1906, during which time 487 farms were sur- 

 veyed, including those of Ulysses, Enfield and part of Newfield town- 

 ships. One of the results of this survey was to call attention to 

 certain characteristic defects in Volusia silt loam, a soil type cover- 

 ing considerable area in southern New York and northern Pennsyl- 



