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keeping the farm accounts has been installed which, wherever 

 they are fully carried out, makes certain daily or weekly re- 

 ports of all matters of farm business being reported to the 

 institution office. And at the office these reports can be 

 readily and speedily transferred to the special farm ledger so 

 that at any time it is possible to know the financial side of any 

 farm operation in progress, and at the end of the year to fill 

 in the excellent form for farm reports that, for a number of 

 years, has been prescribed by the Auditor. It was the study 

 of these reports early in the year that disclosed the fact that 

 frequently adequate returns were not made to the institution 

 office, and that in consequence the reports did not give an 

 accurate measure of farm operations. It is expected that a 

 study of the farm reports for 1922 will clearly picture the farm 

 operations for the year, and that from their study further sug- 

 gestions will present themselves. 



Twelve of these institution farms carry dairy herds totaling 

 about 1,000 head, and the 12 farms connected with the Mental 

 Disease institutions have herds totaling about 1,500, so that 

 at these 24 farms the State owns and carries about 2,500 head 

 of dairy stock. With the exception of one small herd these are 

 black and whites. All of the males are pure-blood, registered 

 animals, and with one exception they are registered in the 

 Holstein-Friesian Cattle Club. Some of the females are also 

 registered stock; others are known to be pure bred, but either 

 have not been or cannot now be registered. The larger number 

 of the cows are grade cattle, but many of these are so nearly 

 straight Holstein-Friesian that even an expert could not by 

 their appearance distinguish them from pure-breds. In a 

 report, among others, the following constructive suggestion 

 was made to the Commissioners of these institutions in early 

 November, 1922: — 



Another matter I want to call to your attention at this time is a much 

 larger, and, in my opinion, an important constructive, measure, and one 

 that needs careful consideration before it is adopted or rejected. 



With one exception all of the farms carry dairy animals for milk pro- 

 duction, and this is the most important farm projectj no matter from what 

 angle it be viewed. 



The State has by legislative action approved the stamping out of bovine 

 tuberculosis. Therefore it behooves every institution to have a herd free 

 of tuberculosis at the earliest possible moment. Most of the farms have 



