MISC. PUBLICATION 8, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 



CROP PROGRAM 



1. ALFALFA ASA FORAGE CROP. 



2. CORN AND BARLEY AS SUPPLEMENTARY FEED. 



3. WHEAT AND POTATOES AS CASH CROPS. 



4. VEGETABLES AND FRUIT CROPS FOR HOME USE. 



5. DIVERSIFICATION. 



6. STANDARDIZATION OF VARIETIES. 



7. CONTROL OF DISEASES AND INSECT PESTS. 



8. WEED CONTROL 



9. ECONOMIC USE OF WATER. 



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 Stalt'8 crop prugiuiu 



At one tiiiH' the >t:in(linu: iT<ii()Tiiil cxlcii^ioii lommittccs lioix'*! 

 that tlioy ini<;Iit hroadcii their personnel hy achlitions from the 

 expeiinient stations, jn'odiu'ers, and other, alhed a«;en(ies and thns 

 make tlie re^'ional enteiiirise confi-rences more representative. The 

 need for such or<iani/,at ion is apparent. It is still a possihle devel- 

 <)l)ment of the future. Tlw chairmen of the re^nonal committees are 

 functionin;: as liaison officeis hetween the extension services of the 

 several Stales and the F«'deral (Jovermnent. 



In the held of home economics the work of the stan<lin;j: nutrition 

 and home-manairement committees has heen even more fruitful than 

 the work of the standin<; conimittees in agriculture. A lemarkahle 

 toordinaticm and standardization of jjrojects has taken place, and 



