378 an:&^ual eeports of depahtmext of agriculture. 



taiiti, Kansas, and other States; placed farm help; and promoted 

 campaign for standard width of farm vehicles. For the Bureau of 

 Markets they made a survey to determine the amount of Avheat and 

 other cereals thrashed; assisted in securing reports from thrasher- 

 men, in wool marketing, and in collecting data regarding the price 

 of Vv^ool and hides; made a survey of the retail markets; secured 

 samples of spring wheat and lists of cheese factories; made a sur- 

 vey of the needs of farmers for nitrate of soda and distributed 

 nitrate; collected data regarding the marketing of sweet potatoes 

 and food supplies in homes; collected feed-supply reports; made a 

 lime survey; redistributed sheep and cattle; facilitated wheat mar- 

 keting; distributed information and gave assistance in connection 

 with the shipping of potatoes ; promoted storage of vegetables ; and 

 assisted in the movement of cattle from drought-stricken regions of 

 Texas to Northern States. For the Bureau of Plant Industry the 

 agents made surveys to determine the extent and damage of cereal 

 and potato diseases, condition of the clover seed crop, number of 

 farmers raising vetch, distribution of sweet-clover acreage, and 

 acreage of war gardens; located^ secured, and distributed seed corn; 

 distributed and introduced new plants and disease-resistant seed; 

 and assisted in control of white pine blister rust and barberry 

 eradication. 



The Bareau of Animal Industry was assisted by the agents in the 

 control of animal parasites and hog cholera, in surveys of contagious 

 diseases in cattle, in locating available supplies of alfalfa and clover 

 hay, in the cottage-cheese campaign, in securing a list of sheep 

 feeders, and in moving cattle from drought-stricken areas. The 

 Bureau of Entomology was assisted in surveys to determine damage 

 done by the Hessian fly, bean weevil, codling moth, and by insect 

 pests of cereals, truck crops, and fruits; the presence of nematodes 

 in grain; and the number of farmicrs keeping bees. The Bureau of 

 Crop Estimates was assisted in securing crop reports, in the de- 

 termination of winter and spring wheat acreage, m securing lists of 

 buyers of farm products, and in making surveys of live stock and 

 the pecan crop ; the Bureau of Chemistry in carrying on potato flour 

 experiments; the Bureau of Soils in making soil erosion and local 

 price of fertilizer surveys, and in determining the need of farmers 

 for potash; the Forest Service in encouraging the use of national 

 forests for grazing, and in making surveys of land adjacent to na- 

 tional forests to cletermine the dependence of ranchers on forests; 

 the Biological Survey in campaigns for control and eradication of 

 gophers, jack rabbits, ground squirrels,, moles, rats, and other preda- 

 tory animals; and the Office of Farm Management in attending to 

 many details in connection with the farm-labor survey. 



The county agents assisted the War Department in securing castor- 

 bean contracts, labor for construction of camps, and spruce for air- 

 craft production; locating walnut timber; purchasing horses, mules, 

 hay, and straw for the Army; collecting fruit pits for gas masks; 

 considering deferred classification for farmers and soldiers' fur- 

 loughs; placing conscientious objectors on farms; determining the 

 number of farmers disabled b}^ loss of limbs in operating farms ; and 

 securing list of shoe dealers. 



They assisted the Treasur}^ Department in miscellaneous activities 

 connected with Liberty loan and war savings stamp campaigns; in 



