424 TWENTY-FlEST BiBNNIAl, RePOET 



ers of the county. Little lias been accomplislied so far, 

 more than negotiations with seedsmen. Arrangements 

 have been made finally whereby much can be accomp- 

 lished if the farmers will work together. 



Two drainage plots have been mapped out and 

 specifications submitted by the government engineer. 

 Work has not yet been finished. 



Nine farmers' clubs have been organized and four- 

 teen others are in prospect. I expect to have at least 

 16. May have more ; interest in these has far surpassed 

 expectations. 



One Unit Tuber potato improvement plot has been 

 conducted this season using potatoes grown from fall 

 planted Irish cobblers by a farmer in the county. Re- 

 sults varied between 1%# to 8%# from single tubers. 

 Potatoes saved from hills produced over 5#. A few 

 low-producing seed saved for comparative test next year. 



A dozen or more orchards have had more or less 

 pruning and spraying done in them. Results good, but 

 blight has partly spoiled the effect of this work. Several 

 spraying outfits will be bought this fall and winter. I 

 grafted some trees myself this spring for the experience. 

 Will hold a grafting school of one or two days this win- 

 ter so that farmers may learn to graft their own stock. 



There have been 15 demonstrations of the use of 

 ground rock phosphate on com (used with manure). Re- 

 sults have been uniformly the best. One man says his 

 com is improved 400% by its use. Wants two tons this 

 fall to use again. In some cases the com fired, due to 

 being planted too thickly on land short in humus, but 

 even in those cases the owners say that their com is 

 improving every day. 



The canning club agent has not been able to reach 

 all parts of the county, and in response to requests for 

 bulletins on canning, I have sent out 125 bulletins on 

 canning vegetables. Good results have been accomp- 

 lished in many cases by these bulletins. The canning 

 club agent has held two school fairs in connection with 

 her club shows. The attendance has been 1,000 or more 

 at these fairs. Four thousand cans were put up last 

 year; 13,000 this year. The interest in this work is 

 growing remarkably. 



