360 EEPOET OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



dents at their homes and mstruction from time to time be given by 

 the extension department through correspondence. Stated reports 

 of progress and of residts obtained are expected from all who under- 

 take the contmuation course. 



Class demonstration work. — The class shoidd be encouraged also to 

 put into operation in its neighborhood one- or more practical demon- 

 strations along the Ime of the teachings received, and thus exhibit to 

 the citizens of the locality the practical character and advantage of 

 the teaching given. The class also could contmue its organization 

 in the form of an agricidtural club to meet statedly lor fiu"ther study 

 and conference or for merely social pm'poses, and thus provide in 

 each community an organized body that coidd be depended upon by 

 the extension department for assistance in the dissemination of lit- 

 erature or for testmg the value of such new methods as may be 

 proposed. 



Excursions j or study .—T)vir\iig the period in which the class is or- 

 ganized for study it is recommended that Saturday excursions be 

 taken to visit places in the neighborhood where important features 

 of the com'se are being carried out in a practical way. 



Puhlic lectures. — An occasional lecture to which the public are 

 invited illustrated by lantern slides showing some of the features 

 that the coiu-se embraces will tend to promote interest by the com- 

 munity in the study and may prompt some of the more public- 

 spirited citizens to contribute toward the organization of additional 

 classes for stud}^ along the same or different lines. 



Annual convention. — A general round-up meeting of all of the stu- 

 dents that have been engaged m extension work might be held at the 

 central mstitution once during the year, at which tune they woidd 

 have opportunity to become acquainted with each other, and be 

 sho\\Ti the facilities for study that the institution provides. 



Independent classes. — Classes in correspondence stud}^ could be or- 

 ganized ''independently" wdth little effort and to great advantage, 

 by granges, farm clubs, young people's institute societies, the county 

 farmers' institute, high schools in vacation periods, and by county 

 fair associations. 



The leader. — There must be a class leader. In the movable school 

 courses as originally prepared by this office the leader was expected 

 to be an expert thoroughly familiar with the subject taught and able 

 to add to the mformation given in the pruited lessons by drawing 

 from liis own resources. He was expected to be able to conduct the 

 re^^cws and the periodic and final examinations witliout the aid of a 

 list of questions other than his own. Instruction by such a teacher 

 is, of coiu'se, the ideal in agricultural extension. Inability to secure a 

 sufficient nmn])er of experts of this character and the expense involved 

 have limited the utilization of the movable school to a comparatively 



