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with splendid results. This demonstration showed an 

 increase in the crop, and a saving on the cost of fer- 

 tilizer as compared with the use of a ready-mixed to- 

 bacco fertilizer used Jast year on the same type of soil. 

 Six new silos have been constructed in the county, two 

 at least through the influence of demonstration work. 

 I have two good demonstrations in dairying. Both dem- 

 onstrators have filled their silos for winter, and are 

 feeding alfalfa and soy bean hay for roughage, and 

 use balanced rations for grain feeding. 



In the work of my demonstrators in com I have 

 urged the deep breaking of the land, good .preparation 

 of seed 'beds, and frequent shallow cultivation, which 

 instructions have been followed as nearly as possible, 

 with good results. On account of an extremely wet sea- 

 son there has been some difficulty in keeping the com 

 crop cleaned from weeds and grass, and the number of 

 times of cultivating the crops has been lessened, but the 

 season has been such that we have the greatest com 

 crop in the county that we have seen for several years. 



I have three demonstrations in hog feeding, one 

 of which is the diy lot plan, and two the forage plan. 

 These demonstrations are doing fine. In the dry lot 

 demonstration a balanced ration of grain is used with 

 soiling from green alfalfa and clover. In the forage 

 demonstration we are using rape, oats and cow peas, 

 and feeding do^vn corn in the field. I have made one 

 demonstration in Sudan grass, which has shown that it 

 can be grown here with very little expense, and will make 

 a good hay crop. Our demonstration plat consisted of 

 three-fourths of an acre, planted May 11th ; two crops of 

 two tons each were harvested and found to make excel- 

 lent hay, especially for horses. 



One demonstration in millet shows a yield of three 

 tons of hay per acre at a cost of about three dollars per 

 ton for production. A demonstration in sorghum, for 

 feeding dairy cows shows excellent results. 



A brief summary of the work done in the county up 

 to October is about as follows : I have twenty-six dem- 

 onstrators, some making demonstrations in two or more 

 crops, and twenty-six co-operators. Have organized a 

 Com Club of' one hundred members, and a Pig Club of 

 thirty-one members. Of the Com Club members about 



