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order to make Frankfort tlie city it should be. In tMs 

 way I have been to a great degree successful. 



During the summer I devoted my time and attention 

 to impressing upon the farmers the necessity of return- 

 ing plant food to the soil in the various ways, and of 

 sowing winter cover crops, instead of allowing the land 

 to lay bare in the winter, as many have previously done. 

 I found that many were attempting to grow alfalfa, and 

 that some were successfully growing it. In the majority 

 of cases either absolute failure or a poor crop had re- 

 sulted from seeding land not in the proper condition, 

 where lime was needed, and from not inoculating the soil ; 

 but in some cases the farmers had been successful be- 

 cause care had been taken in preparing for the crop, and 

 because lime was present in the soil, mainly where hill- 

 sides were seeded after great quantities of rock had been 

 removed. At the present time more alfalfa is growing 

 in the county than ever before, and more men have cover 

 crops, crimson clover, rye or some other crop growing 

 on their fields than at any previous time. 



In June an outbreak of hog cholera was reported 

 on one farm, but not until nearly a week after the hogs 

 were noticed to be off feed, and about four days after 

 the first animal died. When the herd was seen it was 

 evident that most of the hogs were affected, but all were 

 given the serum alone treatment, and about one-third 

 of them were saved. I immediately notified the men on 

 the surrounding farms of the outbreak and advised that 

 their hogs be given the treatment. This was immediately 

 done by the county agent, and not an animal on any ex- 

 cept the farm where the outbreak occurred ever showed 

 the least signs of the disease. Prompt measures and the 

 co-operation of the farmers prevented its spread, and 

 saved the people of the county thousands of dollars. 



At the present time attention is being devoted to 

 urging upon the farmer the necessity of careful selection 

 of seed from the field for next year's corn crop, and to 

 the organization of Boys' Com and Pig Clubs for 1916. 



It is planned to have a meeting of the retail men 

 of the city about the 18th or 20th of this month, at which 

 State Agent Geoffrey Morgan will be present, and out- 



