BuKBAu OP Agbicultuee. 413 



onstration,' using four hundred; *pounds of 16% acid 

 phosphate per acre at seeding time, and a top dressing of 

 nitrate of soda in the spring. 



' ' Oeghaed Demonstrations. ' ' 



Five orchards were pruned and sprayed under my 

 supervision, and one of these under the joint supervision 

 of State Horticulturist J. H. Carinody and myself. 



"SXJMMAEY OF OFFICE AND FlELD ACTIVITIES TO DaTE. " 



Made talk on * ' County Agent Work ' ' at annual pic- 

 nic of ' ' Smithfield Farmers ' Club, ' ' Henry county, and a 

 talk before the Sunday school convention at Brownsboro, 

 Oldham county. 



Total number of miles traveled by rail 1,224 



Total number of miles traveled by team 2,370.5 



Number of visits to demonstrators 277 



Number of visits to co-operators 120 



Number of personal interviews 235 



Number of 'phone interviews 178 



Number of letters written 320 



Number of post cards written 47 



Number of circular letters written 149 



Number of newspaper articles written 6 



Number of farmers and Club meetings 43 



Total attendance at these meetings 934 



Bulletins and circulars mailed to farmers 442 



Bulletins given at visits, perhaps 200 



Complete analysis of soils at Experiment Station 6 



Analysis of limestone rock at Experiment Station 51 



Number of acid soils tested by Truog System ; 23 



Trusting this partial report is sufficient, and that it 

 will meet with your approval, I beg to remain, 



J. T. Tayloe, 

 County Agent. 



OHIO COUNTY. 



Arriving in the county on Monday, May 3, 1915, too 

 late to get acquainted with the people and their condi- 

 tions, and then get in any spring and summer demonstra- 

 tions, I proceeded at once to get acquainted and find out 

 the conditions of the country, and get the county mapped 

 out, which was a big undertaking, as this is the third 

 largest county in the State. I went to the principal 

 places in the county that were calling for me first, in 



