ged ▁the ▁establishment ▁of ▁a ▁Royal ▁Commission ▁on ▁Agricult ure . ▁He ▁then ▁served ▁as ▁its ▁Secretary ▁and ▁spent ▁considerable ▁sums ▁of ▁his ▁own ▁money ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁improve ▁the ▁agricult ural ▁yields ▁in ▁the ▁S ologne , ▁an ▁area ▁where ▁far ml and ▁was ▁of ▁poor ▁quality . ▁The ▁hum id ity ▁of ▁the ▁region ▁often ▁led ▁to ▁a ▁bl ight ▁of ▁the ▁r ye ▁har vest , ▁causing ▁out break s ▁of ▁er got ism ▁among ▁the ▁population . ▁In ▁ 1 7 8 8 ▁Lav ois ier ▁presented ▁a ▁report ▁to ▁the ▁Commission ▁detail ing ▁ten ▁years ▁of ▁efforts ▁on ▁his ▁experimental ▁farm ▁to ▁introduce ▁new ▁cro ps ▁and ▁types ▁of ▁liv est ock . ▁His ▁conclusion ▁was ▁that ▁despite ▁the ▁possibilities ▁of ▁agricult ural ▁re forms , ▁the ▁tax ▁system ▁left ▁ten ant ▁far mers ▁with ▁so ▁little ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁un real istic ▁to ▁expect ▁them ▁to ▁change ▁their ▁traditional ▁practices . ▁ ▁Gun pow der ▁Commission ▁ ▁Lav ois ier ' s ▁research es ▁on ▁comb ust ion ▁were ▁carried ▁out ▁in ▁the ▁midst ▁of ▁a ▁very ▁busy ▁schedule ▁of ▁public ▁and ▁private ▁duties , ▁especially ▁in ▁connection ▁with ▁the ▁F erme ▁Gén éra le . ▁There ▁were ▁also ▁in numerable ▁reports ▁for ▁and ▁comm itte es ▁of ▁the ▁Academy ▁of ▁Sciences ▁to ▁investigate ▁specific ▁problems ▁on ▁order ▁of ▁the ▁royal ▁government . ▁Lav ois ier , ▁whose ▁organ izing ▁skills ▁were ▁out standing , ▁frequently ▁land ed ▁the ▁task ▁of ▁writing ▁up ▁such ▁official ▁reports .