XII STORRS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION, 
EXTENSION WORK 
The time has arrived when extension work throughout 
the state should be conducted by the experiment station. 
From our funds which are now available we can only con- 
duct experiments at the station, publish the results of such 
experiments in bulletin form and by means of these bul- 
letins and through correspondence and lectures at farmers’ 
institutes, give the results of our work to the people of the 
state. This is not enough, and the time has arrived when 
we should conduct demonstration experiments in spraying, 
in orchard and farm management and we should give direct 
and personal aid to the dairymen and poultrymen, fruit 
growers and to any farmer in the state who is in trouble. 
The demand for us to do this work is becoming more 
insistent every year. If this work is to be taken up it can 
only be done through state aid. 
DAIRY CONDITIONS 
Never have the dairymen of the state faced more serious 
problems than now confront them. ‘The price of grains has 
rapidly increased until it is now from 25 to 50 per cent 
higher than it was one year ago. The price of milk has 
not increased accordingly, and it is doubtful if it can be 
generally increased in the same proportion as the price of 
dairy feeds. In order to meet the present conditions it is 
necessary for the dairymen to keep individual records of 
the performance of their cows, that they may know which 
are the profitable ones and which ones are not paying for 
their feed. By a persistent and systematic weeding out in 
the herds, there will come a general improvement in the herds 
in the state. It is the purpose of our dairy department to 
give information and assistance to all who wish to improve 
the quality of their herds. 
DEPARTMENT REPORTS 
The reports from the heads of the various departments 
follow. Brief outlines are given of the work which is be- 
ing conducted by the departments and a careful reading of 
