418 TwENTY-FlEST BlENNIAL RePOET 



Vaccinated 125 hogs for cholera. 



Built 9 concrete silos. 



Organized 16 farmers' clubs, 13 of wMch. bought 

 317.95 tons of fertilizer, effecting a saving of $1,144.62. 



Saved farmers buying spray pumps co-operatively, 

 $30.38. 



Saved farmers by co-operatively buying spray ma- 

 terial, $126.53. 



Organized one Boys' Com Club with 6 active mem- 

 bers. 



Organized, with State leader, 14 boys' and girls' 

 poultry clubs. 



Have held 24 boys ' and girls ' club meetings. 



Have held 166 farmers' meetings. 



Have made 986 visits. 



Traveled 8,208 miles. 



The most striking and successful results accom- 

 plished in the demonstration work were results obtained 

 by pruning and spraying. There was not a spray pump 

 in use on a farm in the county when the demonstration 

 work started. First year I secured a pump and used it on 

 5 orchards ; the results were so apparent that eight new 

 pumps were bought this year ; as many as four farmers 

 bought a pump in partnership. 



Before the demonstration work began only two farm- 

 ers were growing alfalfa successfully. Now twenty-two 

 farmers are growing it with success. 



Pure-bred poultry is not raised extensively in this 

 county. We are helping 118 boys and girls to grow 

 pure-bred poultry. 



We were told by public-spirited men, and by many 

 influential farmers, that it was impossible to try to or- 

 ganize the farmers' clubs for co-operative selling and 

 buying. In two years we have been able to organize 

 sixteen farmers ' clubs, thirteen of which pooled their fer- 

 tilizer ordered this fall, and saved $1,144.62. In addi- 

 tion to this saving from co-operative buying, the farmers 

 derive much benefit from the regular club meetings, 

 where they discuss their difficult farm problems. It. is 

 just a matter of a few more months ' work with the clubs 

 until we can have them marketing their crops co-oper- 

 atively. 



