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Wolff, who had charge of this demonstration, reported a good attendance, 

 and the Manchester press spoke highly of the success of the demonstration. 



The second of these at the fruit farm of Albert Freeman was very largely 

 attended by farmers around Manchester. It consisted in a talk on the spray- 

 ing of apple trees, together with a practical demonstration of the preparation 

 of Bordeaux mixture and arsenate of lead and it$ application to trees. 



The third demonstration was held at the farm of Stanley K. Lovell of Goffs- 

 town. A still larger number of people were in attendance than at the previous 

 demonstrations. The work was of practically the same character as at the 

 Freeman place. 



The fourth demonstration was less largely attended, as it was out of the 

 usual district for apple growing. 



A demonstration of considerable importance was held at the College at 

 Durham during the meeting of the Farmers' One Week Course. In this all 

 operations in the renovating of an old apple tree were performed, including 

 pruning, cultivation of the ground, fertilizing, and scraping of tree trunk. 



I am convinced that in no other way can orchard practice be so considerably 

 improved in so inexpensive a manner as by the making of these demonstrations. 

 In all the cases above referred to, the initiative was taken by the parties at 

 whose orchards the demonstrations were given and even the advertising of 

 the same was undertaken by the parties interested. These facts are an 

 indication of the favorable response that this line of extension work is certain 

 to meet with from the fruit growers of the state. 



Extension. — During the past two years the head of the department has 

 spoken at ten farmers' institute meetings, ten grange meetings and twelve 

 or more meetings of other organizations within the state. Other members 

 of the staff of the department have addressed as many more meetings of 

 granges and various other organizations. 



The department has exhibited twice during the past year at agricultural 

 exhibitions, one at Plymouth, N. H., and the other at the exhibition of the 

 New Hampshire Horticultural Society at Manchester. Neither of these 

 exhibits was large, owing to the fact that no funds are available for the gather- 

 ing together of material for such an exhibit. Considerable interest, however, 

 was evoked as a result of these exhibits, and if funds can be obtained to enlarge 

 the scope of these exhibits, a promising field of work will be opened for the 

 department. 



Correspondence. — The amount of correspondence is large and is rapidly 

 increasing. The most important, though not the most voluminous part 

 consists in replies to requests for information on various subjects connected 

 with horticulture. Many persons have become regular correspondents, 

 owing, I am convinced, to the fact that painstaking care is exercised in replying 

 to every individual inquiry. The writer estimates the inquiries received by 

 this department at 800 during the present year and at 500 for the year 1909. 

 There has been a larger correspondence carried on by the department during 

 the years 1909 and 1910 than in all the previous history of the department 

 combined. I wish to call attention to the importance of this means of popu- 

 larizing the college among the people of the state. 



