Excerpt from Report of the New York State Food Supply Commission: Organized April 17, 1917, Under Chapter 205, Laws of 1917
1. In response to the proclamation of Governor Whitman far Agricultural Mobilization Day on Saturday, April 21, the Commission arranged fox meetings which were held in 1089 communities with an attendance of 85,075 persons.
2. A complete census of the agricultural resources of the State was made through the cooperation of the state school system and the county farm bureaus, and was published within a month. This was made at a minimum cost and furnished a basis fox the work and recommendations of the Commission.
3. Local offices with representatives in charge were established in fifty-six counties; thirty-seven of these offices had assistant representatives.
4. These representatives held 2436 farmers' meetings with can attendance of 112,378, visited 19,361 farmers, and had 48,317 office calls.
5. The county offices received 5940 applications for farm help, of which 4452 were supplied.
6. Through the circulation of lists of seeds and live stock for sale by farmers, as shown by the agricultural census, sales amounting to hundreds of thousands of dollars were effected by direct purchase between farmers.
7. Over 1000 farm laborers were sent out from the New York City and Albany labor offices of the Commission.
8. The number of boys and girls released from school for service as farm cadets under the supervision of the State Department of Education was 18,627.
9. Fifteen farm cadet camps were established to determine the practicability of such a system of supplying farm labor. Valuable data on the organization and conduct of such camps in future were obtained.
10. Women have been placed as food conservation agents in forty-three counties and ten cities of the State; these women give demonstrations, make personal visits, and organize community effort in the preparation, preservation, and conservation of food in the home. This work is done in cooperation with the United States Department of Agriculture under a recent congressional appropriation, and is supported also by local funds and organizations.
11. Thirty teachers of home economics from high schools, normal schools, and colleges, have done similar work in their respective communities.
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