State than all the money which has been invested in the Plant Pathol- 

 ogy investigations. The application of this practice will make possible 

 a reduction of one-third the cost of spraying as given at present for 

 this disease. It has been found, furthermore, that the lime-sulphur 

 solution is a fairly effective treatment for peach leaf curl, which is also 

 a serious disease in the State. 



What is the value of agricultural surveys? The Agricultural Sur- 

 veys accomplish three important results: 



1. They show in detail what are the agricultural resources of each 

 township, and enable the College to supply local knowledge in such 

 matters as soil adaptation, best rotations and most successful systems of 

 management. 



Frequently certain profitable practices that prevail in one section 

 might be introduced to great advantage in another section which has the 

 same natural conditions but where these practices have not been tried. 

 The drainage of muck lands and the growing of truck crops on them is 

 very profitable system of farming. It is practiced in only a few iso- 

 lated sections of the State. There are many other localities in which 

 muck lands just as favorably situated may be found. A considerable 

 area of the State, including some of what is known as the " abandoned 

 farm" land in the southern part, is just as well adapted and located so 

 far as soil, climate and railroads are concerned, for the production of 

 apples as are Niagara, Orleans, Monroe or Wayne Counties. The fact 

 that the soils of the cheap hill lands are well adapted to potatoes has 

 been brought out by a survey. As a result of detailed knowledge of 

 this sort gained in the surveys, the College is recommending and en- 

 couraging the adoption of these and other systems of farming wherever 

 conditions are favorable and where they will pay better than the sys- 

 tems previously in vogue. 



2. They supply material for studies of farm management. They 

 enable the College to determine what are the factors conditioning suc- 

 cess or failure. 



The surveys have shown a striking relationship between the size of 

 farms and profits. Contrary to the old impression that a "little farm 

 well tilled" yielded the greatest profits, the surveys have proved con- 

 clusively that for general farming in the regions surveyed the largest 

 farms are paying best. They have also shown that in spite of the high 

 wages demanded for labor, the most successful farmers hire the most 

 help. A study of the most successful farms upsets the old teaching that 

 dairy farmers should raise their own grain and that they cannot afford 



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