xl Department of Farm Management. 



have been secured for five townships in Livingston county. It is 

 hoped that all of these results will be ready for publication in a 

 few months. As a result of this work we will be able to give some 

 very definite information as to the systems of farming that pay best 

 under different conditions. 



Over one-third of the improved farm land in New York State is 

 in pastures, but little attention has been given to the pasture ques- 

 tion until the last few years. These pastures are one of our most 

 important farm resources. This year, one six-acre pasture experi- 

 ment and a considerable number of small experiments have been 

 started. Professor White has also spent considerable time studying 

 pastures in dififerent parts of the State. 



A corn show was held during Farmers' Week in co-operation 

 with the Extension Dq:)artment. At this show, there were 475 

 exhibits. This was probably the best exhibition of corn ever held 

 in an Eastern State and was said to compare very favorably with 

 those held in the West. Many local varieties that have been grown 

 for years in different sections of the State were exhibited. Fifty- 

 six of the most promising were selected for a variety test. This 

 test is being conducted on the College farm, on the school farms 

 at Canton and Alfred, on the County farm at Delhi, the State In- 

 dustrial School farm at Industry and on the farm at the Willard 

 Asylum. These tests will make it possible to find the best varieties 

 for each condition. Next year we hope to test a few of the best 

 varieties more extensively. 



The follow'ing co-operative experiments were started this year : 



Alfalfa 29 



Hairy vetch 3 



Red clover on soils where it fails 4 



Pasture experiments 21 



Fertilizer trials on timothy hay 17 



Extermination of orange hawkweed 4 



Farm accounts 13 



Total 91 



Several hundred letters were written on alfalfa, but only those 

 who took up definite experiments are here listed. 



For three years we have been doing co-operative work on farm 

 accounts. We believe that we now have the method sufficiently 

 worked out so that this work should be greatly extended. 



