THE PROGRESS OF THE STATE EXTEN- 

 SION WORK IN AGRICULTURE. 



[Work done U7ider Chapier 128, Laws of 1897, known as Nixo7i Bill.) 



PART I. 



Investigational Work. 



A bulletin (No. 137) was issued in May, 1897, on the Origin and 

 Progress of Agricultural Extension Work. Preliminary reports were 

 made in Bulletins no and 122. 



The present bulletin is issued for the purpose of recording as briefly 

 as possible the work done from May i, 1897, to February i, 1898. 

 The scope of the work under Chapter 437, Laws of 1896, set forth in 

 Bulletin No. 137, was somewhat restricted, since the law required that 

 the money appropriated should be expended in the Fourth Judicial 

 Department in investigations and experiments and for disseminating 

 horticultural knowledge by means of schools, lectures and bulletins. 



Chapter 128 of the Laws of 1897 provides for carrying on work 

 throughout the entire state as follows : 



" In giving instruction by means of schools, lectures and other 

 University Extension methods, or otherwise, and in conducting investi- 

 gations and experiments ; in discovering the diseases of plants and 

 remedies therefor ; in ascertaining the best methods of fertihzation of 

 fields, gardens and plantations; and best modes of tillage and farm 

 management and improvement of livestock; and in printing leaflets 

 and disseminating agricultural knowledge by means of lectures or 

 otherwise; and in preparing and printing for free distribution the 

 results of such investigations and experiments, and for republishing 

 such bulletins as may be useful in the furtherance of the work; and 

 such other information as may be deemed desirable and profitable in 

 promoting the agricultural interests of the state." 



The contemplated work was planned with care but there were many 

 unknown conditions ; therefore the scheme was pliable and provided 

 only for the work contemplated for six months, at the end of which 

 time it was adjusted to meet the actual conditions and wants which 

 were then found to exist. 



