MISCELLANEOUS. 



COOl'EKATR'E EXPERIMENTS. 



A plan of co-operative experiments, as outlined on page CXII of last 

 year's Institute bulletin, was carried out with some degree of success. 

 The following table shows the counties where the experiments w^ere tried, 

 the kind of experiments tried, and the opinion of the county secretaries 

 as to whether they w^ere valuable and should be continued. 



CO-OPERATIVE EXPERIMENTS. 



From Reports Secretaries County Institute Societies. 



County. 



Alcona. 



Calhoun. 



Chippewa. 



Crawford . 



Grand Traverse. 



Livingston . 



Mecosta. 



Monroe- 



Newaygo . 



Osceola . 



Oscoda . 



Otsego. 



Ottawa. 



Tuscola - 



Van Buren. 



Number and kind. 



1— Sugar beet- 



2— 



3— 



1— Potatoes 



2— Farm accounts. 

 3— Sugar beets. 



1— Sugar beet. 



2— 



3— 



1— Farm accounts 



1— Sugar beets 



2— Potato varieties. 

 3— Farm accounts. 



Potatoes, amount of seed. 



1— Potato .-■ : 



2— Corn. 



3— Sugar beets. 



1— Report on new varieties. 



2— 



3- 



1— Sugar beets. 



2- 



3— 



1— Seed test for potatoes 



2— Variety test for potatoes. 

 3— Farm accounts. 



1— Sugar beets. 



2— Corn 



3— 



1— Sugar beets. 

 2 



3- 



1— Sugar beets. 



2- 



3- 



1 — Sugar beets -. ... 



2— Variety potatoes. 

 3— Amount of seed. 

 Cost of corn and oats. 



1— Corn culture 



2— Variety potatoes. 

 3— 



1— Potatoes 



2— Farm accounts. 

 3- 



Valuable? 

 Helpful? 



Yes. 



Yes. 



Yes 



Yes- 



Yes. 



Yes. 

 Yes. 



Yes. 



Yes. 



Yes- 



Continue'/ 

 Yes. 

 Yes. 

 Ye.'*. 



Ycis. 

 Ye.«. 



Yes 

 Yes. 



Yes. 



Yes. 



Yes. 



Yes. 

 Yes. 



Yes. 



Cannot advise. 



