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States is |15.38, in Pennsylvania, |21.0fl, or |4.20 in favor of Penn- 

 sylvania. This does not give the value of the apples, grapes, pears, 

 peaches or sweet potatoes. 



Before closing this report, I would like to call the farmers' at- 

 tention to the importance of the calf meals that are being com- 

 pounded and are ui)on our markets. These are high i)rotein and fat 

 and low fibre meals, and if they are fed according to the directions, 

 you will have no trouble in raising your calves on your farms with- 

 out the use of a small amount of milk, and after they get to be 

 two months old, you can dispense with the milk and raise them on 

 the meal. These feeds will grow the calf and develop its structural 

 formation. I have had exi)erience in growing calves at home with 

 these meals. They are also splendid to feed to young pigs when 

 you have a scarcity of milk, or to mix with milk. The price of one 

 of them is high, but the other two meals sell at a fair price. I am 

 here to advertise any special brand of calf meals, but I am here 

 to try to encourage the. dairymen to raise their heifer calves and 

 by so doing, to increase the number of dairy cows in Pennsylvania. 



It is a sad sight to see so many good heifer calves taken for veal- 

 ing purposes, when they might produce some of the very best dairy 

 cows and in this way increase the supply of butter and milk in 

 our Commonwealth. 



I wish to thank the Secretary of Agriculture, Hon. N. B. Critch- 

 field, for his kindness and courtesy to me in my work as his General 

 Agent. 



I also wish to return thanks to Mr. James W. 'Kellogg for the 

 many courtesies he has extended to me during the past year and 

 for the friendly and courteous manner in which we have worked 

 as co-laborers. 



I also wish to thank Mr. John F. St. Clair and Mr. W. John 

 Stlteler, Special Agents, for the able manner in which they have 

 discharged their duties. 



I also wish to thank Mr. John Spicer for the able manner in which 

 he prepared our exhibit and the courtesies that he extended to the 

 farmers who came to examine the same. 



THE PRACTICAL SIDE OF LOCAL ORGANIZATION IN AGRI- 

 CULTURE 



By J. ALDUS HERR, Lancaster, Pa. 



This much talked of topic has received more attention the last 

 year than at any previous time, and in many instances has resulted 

 in much good to the producer as well as the consumer. 



Organizations are of early origin, but most of these pertaining 

 to the uplifting of farm life have chiefly been along the social side, 



