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of such addresses given. Many of the departments did all of the out- 

 side lecturing that they could possibly do' during the past year. These 

 lectures were given at county and subordinate fairs on request, 

 agricultural and horticultural clubs, farmers' and teachers' institutes, 

 dairymen's and poultrymen's associations, farm trains, and during 

 Farmers' Week. For the first time, two educational trains were 

 conducted in the past year by the college in co-operation with the 

 Erie and New York Central railroads. In each instance a stafiE 

 composed of the older professors as advisers, and young assistants 

 as helpers, remained on the road for three or four days, giving 

 short talks on the railroad at different points previously scheduled 

 for stops. Some 25,000 persons were directly reached in this way, 

 and indirectly many thousands more it is hoped. 



During the past year, representatives of the following railroads 

 have sent officials to the college to arrange for educational work of 

 a co-operative nature, as seemed best to the College of Agriculture, 

 New York Central, Lehigh Valley, Lackawanna, Erie, Bufifalo, 

 Rochester & Pittsburg, Delaware & Hudson, Mohawk & Oneonta. 



Last year the second annual Farmers' Week was held. Nearly 

 2,000 persons were in attendance, many of whom traveled from 

 far-away points in the State, many coming privately, and many 

 as representatives of organizations. A number of organizations 

 met here during that week and set the policy for other organizations 

 to hold an annual meeting during Farmers' Week each year. The 

 difficult question of sufficient accommodations was settled by the 

 cordial co-operation of the Ithaca Business Men's Association. 



During the past year, the demand for educational exhibits at the 

 fairs has greatly increased. This year sixteen departments were 

 represented at the State Fair, and a staff of 20 to 25 men was in 

 constant attendance, giving advice to the hundreds of inquirers. 

 Educational exhibits went to twenty county or town fairs. For 

 the first time and marking a novel departure exhibits were placed 

 with the Master Bakers' and Confectioners of New York City in 

 their Madison Square Garden Show, and the American Association 

 of Jewish Farmers, 



(2) The written presentation of ideas. — This has to do with the, 

 different Experiment Station, Nature-Study and Reading-Course 

 publications with which we have come in contact. A committee of 

 the faculty is now endeavoring to reorganize our mailing lists so 

 that our bulletins may not be wasted and particular bulletins be sent 

 only to persons interested in the subject of the bulletin. The com- 

 mittee is also considering the advisability of reorganizing our series 



