ANNUAL MEETING OHIO STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



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WHAT is AN AGRICULTURAL SURVEY? 



We have already indicated some features that should be considered in such 

 a movement, yet there are many other things that should be studied ; in fact, 

 everything should eventually be taken up for analysis that has any bearing on 

 agricultural production or on rural life. Dean Liberty H. Bailey of Cornell Uni- 

 versity, has probably given us the best definition of such a survey. On page 81 



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of "The State and the Farmer," he writes "A thorough-going study of the exact 

 agricultural status of every state should now be made. * * * * * 

 We must have the geographical facts. We are now lacking them. We 

 talk largely at random. We must discover the factors that determine the pro- 

 duction of crops and animals in the localities, and the conditions that underlie 

 and control the farm life. Consideration of these conditions involves study 

 of local climate; knowledge of the kinds, classification and distribution of the 



