Commissioner of Agriculture 355 



FRIDAY 



ATTENDANCE 



Jan. 15 — " The Outlook of the City Man to Farming," 0. S. Morgan, 



Professor of Agriculture, Columbia University 110 



Jan. 22 — " Essential Factors in Poultry Management," Robert P. 

 Trask, Poultry Specialist, New York State Farmers' 



Institute 130 



Jan. 29 — " Soil Composition and Crop Requirements," 0. S. Morgan. 105 

 Feb. 5 — " Drainage, Importance and Methods," Jared Van Wagenen, 



Jr., Lecturer, New York State Farmers' Institute 95 



Feb. 12 — "Manures and Fertilizers," O. S. Morgan '. . 110 



Feb. 19 — " Humus and Lime," Prof. Alva Agee, N. J. Agricultural Ex- 

 periment Station 110 



Feb. 26— "Corn: Seed, Culture and the Silo," O. S. Morgan 105 



March 5 — " Timothy Hay— A Profitable Crop on Some Eastern New 



York Farms," Jared Van Wagenen, Jr 100 



March 12— " Clover, Alfalfa and other Legumes," O. S. Morgan 110 



March 19 — " Essentials of Vegetable Gardening," Director R. L. Watts, 

 Pennsylvania State College of Agriculture and Agricul- 

 tural Experiment Station 120 



March 26 — " Potato Growing in the East," Prof. Alva Agee 105 



WEDNESDAY 



March 31—" Tree Fruits," Dr. U. P. Hedrick, Horticulturist, New York 



Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, N. Y 80 



FRIDAY 



April 9 — " Small Fruits," O. M. Taylor, Foreman in Horticulture, 

 New York Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, 

 N. Y 92 



April 16 — " Swine on New York Farms," F. C. Minkler, Animal Hus- 

 bandman, State College of Agriculture, New Brunswick, 

 N. J 70 



April 23 — " Dairy Farming in New York State," Jared Van Wagenen, 



Jr 70 



Total 1,512 



" FOLLOW-UP " WORK 



This work, also, was greatly handicapped owing to lack of funds. 

 Two hundred and three farms were visited, 161 less than in 1913- 

 14. Had the means been available to meet the requests for work 

 of this kind, more rather than less of it would have resulted — 

 this in spite of the fact that such work is done only in counties 

 having no farm bureaus. Aside from the value to individuals 



