THE TRAINING OF FARMERS 



than all the animals and animal products 

 sold, and are worth more than all the other 

 plants or plant products. They constitute 

 considerably over one-third of the total 

 products of New York farms. The value 

 of hay has increased 66 per cent, since 

 these figures were taken by the last census. 

 In spite of these facts, New York and other 

 states have done comparatively little to aid 

 in grass production. There is as much op- 

 portunity for improvement in grass pro- 

 duction as there is in fruit production. 

 There should be at least one man to give 

 his entire time to a study of the hay ques- 

 tion. He should conduct large numbers of 

 cooperative experiments and should study 

 the great hay crop from seed-sowing to 

 marketing. This is largely an extension 

 enterprise but will, at the same time, result 

 in much increased knowledge. One man 

 should devote his entire time to the pasture 

 problem. He should make a study of pres- 

 ent pasture conditions throughout the 

 state and should try the new kinds of 

 grasses, as brome grass, in the different 

 regions. There should be cooperative 

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