South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-02-15
SEVENTH ANNUAL
REPORT IS GREAT
Shows Indiana Food ProduC-
ton Record Made to Help
Win World War.

The seventh annual report Of the
department OF agricultural extension
OF Purdue university. which is just
on the press. gives an excellent
resume OF Indiana's wartime food
production record The extension
forces with its county agricultural
and home demonstration agents led
the drives for increased production
in various lines, which contributed
In a big way toward the winning Of
the war.
This work could not have been
accom- lished IL we had not the
hearty cooperation and support Of
farmers throughout the state" said
t. A. Coleman, acting superintendent
OF extension work "It was the re-
Spouse OF the Hoosier farmers TO the
appeals for food that really counted.
Larger crops were not accidents.
They were obtained by hard work
and application Of sound principles
in farming, and the extra effort by
the farmers-working shorthanded
IN thousands of cases-to meet the
world call for food. Indiana farm
ers carried their load second to none
in the nation and better than those
in most states, records for the entire
country show"
The report shows that Is projects
we're taken up, the L. S. department
OF agriculture cooperating and sup
plying a large part of the funds to
make the work possible. The vari-
Gus subjects on which work was un-
dertaken follow:
Organization of cooperative agri-
cultural extension work: county
agent work: home economics work:
farm poultry and egg management;
farmers short courses; animal hus-
bandry demonstrations; soils and
crops demonstrations; dairy produc-
ton demonstrations; weed and plant
disease control demonstrations: boys
and girls club work; farm manage
ment demonstrations and rural en-
gineering.
The report points out the % per
cent increase in wheat acreage sOwn
in 1917, and the q per cent sOwn
last fall: the 20 per cent increase in
the number Of brood sOws in the fall
OF 1917. and the increased amount OF
pork last summer and this winter as
a result: the increase in dairy prod
ucts, pOaftry and eggs; great growth
In the back yard garder movement;
planting Of unusually large acreage
Of corn the last two seasons in spite
of serious seed situations, and many
other features OF a similar nature
In addition to these points. thou
oh ha
state cooperated with county agri-
cultural agents and men sent from
the extension department, in demon
strating better methods in feeding
and handling OF livestock, better
methods of handling soil so as To
increase crop production, and the
control of plant diseases which cost
farmers OF the state many millions
OF dollars annually by reducing crop
yields
Through the cooperation of the
department OF agriculture It was
possible to unity all forces, thus
eliminating duplication Of effort and
securing for the people of the state
a large and valuable service" the
report concludes.
With the report or the superin-
tendent is one from each division Of
the extension organization, includ-
ing boys and girls club work, coun-
~ agricultural agents, farmers in
stitutes. short courses and exhibits.
farm management demonstrations.
animal husbandry. botany. entOmol-
ogy. dairy husbandry. home eco
Monies HORTICULTURE DOu1trv hus-
bandry. rural engineering. soils and
crops work and veterinary science.
Copies or the report may be OBJ
tanned by writing TO the department
OF agricultural extension OF Purdue
university.