mate of the values of pastures, but the hay and pasture crops 

 are undoubtedly worth more 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, the State has done prac- 

 tically nothing to aid in grass production. The amount of 

 money that has been spent by the State to encourage some of 

 the minor interests would have brought much greater returns 

 if expended on our fundamental crop. There is as much 

 opportunity for improvement in grass production as there is 

 in fruit production. We should have at least one man who 

 will give his entire time to a study of the hay question. 

 He should conduct large numbers of co-operative experiments 

 and should study our great hay crop from seed sowing to mar- 

 keting. This is largely an extension enterprise but will, at the 

 same time, result in much increased knowledge. We should 

 have one man who will devote his entire time to the pasture 

 problem. He should make a study of present pasture condi- 

 tions throughout the State and should try the new kinds 

 of grasses, as brome grass, in the different regions. There 

 should be co-operative pasture experiments in which different 

 mixtures and treatments are used and in which the results are 

 measured by pasturing each area separately. Both of these 

 lines of work would soon require a larger number of persons 

 working on them, if the situation were met adequately. 



There is no point in developing meadows and pastures unless 

 we produce live stock to consume the product. In fact, the 



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