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but 2oas this ivork going to count in the increase of food f So the 

 season long, the question of expense has been subordinated to 

 the idea of food production. We have had large repair bills 

 in some cases, due sometimes to careless operators. Wages 

 were high and it was economy to get as good men as possible 

 and to pay what was necessary to keep them. 



This machinery is now stored in the different towns where 

 it was last used, and the question of what is to be done with 

 it in the future is already coming up. It has been the endeavor 

 of the Board to keep the machines in good repair so they 

 can be sold and the whole project closed up, or they can be 

 operated for the benefit of agriculture for another season. Al- 

 ready calls are coming in for work to be done in 1919, and 

 many farmers have sown grain this last fall with the direct 

 expectation of having State machines with which to harvest it. 



Farm Machinery Expenditures, 

 Appropriation, $108,000 00 



Machinery, .' . . . . . . . $57,809 76 



Operating expenses as f oUows : — 



Supplies, renewals, repairs, 

 wire, twine, .... $8,862 91 



Operators' services and ex- 

 penses, 18,685 15^ 



Superintendents' salaries and 

 expenses (general superin- 

 tendent, 4 district super- 

 intendents and 1 assistant 

 district superintendent), . 11,128 59 



Gas and oil, .... 7,472 90 



Express and freight, . . 2,391 91 



Telephone and telegraph, 

 printing, office supplies, 

 help, 1,473 48 



Miscellaneous, . . . . 175 22 



50,190 16 



107,999 92 



Balance, $0 08 . 



Unpaid bills, $3,000 00 



1 Operators' personal injuries, $441.75. 



