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of agriculttiral science as drainage, management of special crops such as 

 fruits, beans, and potatoes, and the Hke. Some of these schools will be 

 presented in courses of less than five days. 



The schools have always appealed to the younger men — farm boys 

 who are unable to leave work on the farm for a full course at the College. 

 Many of these have been called for military service. For the duration 

 of the war, therefore, it is to be expected that the extension-school work 

 will need to be more or less restricted, both in the niimber of schools 



DISTRIBUTION OF FARM DEMONSTRATION SCHOOLS, I917-18 



held and possibly in the attendance per school also. The quality of the 

 work, however, will be raised rather than lowered. 



Community meetings. — During the year extension specialists represent- 

 ing eighteen subject-matter departments spent 2789 days in the field. 

 This does not include time spent in traveling. Meetings held are classified 

 as follows: 799 demonstrations, at which 28,028 persons attended; 999 

 lectures, attended by 93,504 persons; 1409 inspection trips and farm 

 visits; 44 conferences, with 2491 persons in attendance. In addition, 248 

 days were spent at exhibits and conventions. A total of 125,432 persons 

 were reached by the extension specialists during the year, and every 

 county received extension service. 



Fairs and exhibits. — The College of Agriculture was called upon to 

 send exhibits to the State Fair, to the Rochester Industrial Exposition, 



