in an agricultural way. President Evans of that institution, especially expressed his gratification at the way that the work had been carried on and the good that had been accomplished through the medium of this branch of the Agricultural Extension Service.

Farmers' and women's schools.-This type of extension endeavor represents a much more intensive and detailed line of instruction. In these one-week schools, two instructors carry on systematic definite laboratory instruction for the week. In this way the farmer-student learns how to perform the necessary operations concerning which instruction is given.

Schools of this character must of necessity be limited in number of persons admitted. Usually it is not desirable to have more than 20 or 30 in each of the two sections that are held simultaneously. Twelve schools were held for men and women, four being given in cooperation with bankers' organizations, two with high schools, one with à county training school, two with county agricultural schools, two with normal schools, and one at the branch station at Ashland. In all, 552 farmers took this work, paying the customary registration fee of $1.00 a week. While this number is not large, the fact that this mode of instruction enables one to learn thoroughly the procedure necessary to secure definite results increases materially the effectiveness of this work.

FARMERS' INSTITUTES

Farmers' Institutes constitute an important line of agricultural activity and have been under the immediate direction of Superintendent George McKerrow for the past 20 years. In accordance with his plan to retire at the expiration of this long period of service, his resignation was made to take effect June first. Professor C. P. Norgord of the Agronomy department has been appointed as his successor.

During this last institute season 125 farmers' institutes have been held and 41 cooking schools, with a sessional attendance of 114,000. This season a normal institute for conductors and extension workers has been given for a week. Professor Norgord has also cooperated with the Live Stock Breeders' Association in connection with the live stock

train which ran for three weeks in June over the North Western and Green Bay lines. At the 34 meetings held in connection with this train, 17,000 people were in attendance.

The work of the Farmers' Institutes will be materially enlarged during the coming year. Arrangements have already been made to hold a number of summer meetings during this season. It is expected next year that the demonstration work heretofore done by Professor Norgord on the county and state farms will be transferred to the institutes, as well as some of the educational trains.

EDUCATIONAL TRAINS

As a means of inciting interest in improved agricultural methods, the educational train equipped with exhibit ma

FIG. 41.-A POTATO SCHOOL ON WHEELS Equipped with standard market varieties and an exhibit of diseases, the demonstration train makes a most excellent object lesson.

terial that can be used to demonstrate in graphic form the results of better farming methods has proved a great success. During the past year the College has cooperated with various agencies in running live stock, potato, and seed trains throughout the central and upper parts of the state. In all

cases the railroads over whose lines the trains were run have contributed by hauling all freight free of charge and aiding in the publicity work to such a campaign.

The seed special was run March 9-22, with the cooperation of the State Bankers' Association, and the Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce. Two cars were equipped and in eleven towns full-day meetings were held with an attendance of 12,500 people. This train drew very favorable comment from the daily press, the Milwaukee Journal giving full page notices of its work for several days.

FIG. 42.-LIVE EXHIBITS ALWAYS DRAW ATTENTION In cooperation with the Live Stock Breeders' Association, educational trains have awakened the keen interest of many farmers in better live stock.

As reported by the Chairman of the Agricultural Committee to the State Bankers' Association, a direct result of this seed special was noted in the numerous requests that were made for corn and grain contests. It is in this follow-up work that must be done afterwards that the real benefit of this mode of approach is found.

Two different potato specials were run this past year. These were managed by the Horticultural department and the Wisconsin Potato Growers' Association. They were equipped with exhibits of standard seed, spraying machinery,

commercial fertilizers, samples of potato soil, charts, diagrams, and specimens representing economic potato diseases. From October 25 to November 12 nineteen towns were covered on the North Western and Omaha lines, with an attendance of 2,250.

In the spring of this year another train was out April 18-25 in central Wisconsin, reaching 1,225 people in nine meetings. The "More-and-Better-Live-Stock-Special" train was

run in cooperation with the State Live Stock Breeders' Association for 21 days. This train covered 21 towns on the North Western line in the northeast part of the state and 11 towns on the Green Bay line, reaching 17,000 people in 18 counties.

On this trip two cow-testing associations were formed as a direct result of the influence of the train. Also no inconsiderable amount of live stock was purchased and brought into these sections this season.

III. INSPECTION SERVICE

Various duties of a regulatory nature have from time to time been placed upon the Experiment Station by the State Legislature. These are of the nature of inspection or control work and have been assigned to the Station to carry out, because of the adaptability of certain of our departments to the ready and economical performance of such duties. These lines are as follows:

Nursery Inspection;
Feed Inspection;
Fertilizer Inspection;
Stallion Enrollment;
Seed Inspection.

NURSERY INSPECTION

During this past season 136 nurseries, embracing 783 acres, were inspected during the regular season by the Economic Entomology department. In addition, the inspection of bonded imported material, particularly for such dangerous European pests as the gypsy moth and the brown

tail moth, was carefully done at 17 different points throughout the state.

In two nurseries San Jose scale was found on stock imported from outside. Another serious infestation of the same trouble was found in an old orchard near Milwaukee. In this case infestation had been existent for a number of years, as

FIG. 43.-ACTIVITIES OF INSPECTION SERVICE, 1913-14 These lines of regulatory service are very important in protecting the farmers of the state against fraud.

the trees and fruit were badly affected. At Kenosha, Racine, West Allis and Madison, the scale had been established in limited districts.

The imported poplar weevil which was first introduced. near Milwaukee on eastern nursery stock has now spread to such an extent that Professor Sanders states that it is practically impossible to grow young poplar and willow trees in the infested districts.