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cational way. Without in the least interfering with any organized 

 effort (but rather aiding it), the College of Agriculture can be useful 

 in co-operation. The College should have relation with every agri- 

 cultural society and club, that it may study the educational features 

 and spread them. This College now has such relation with the 

 granges of the state (the membership of the State Grange is above 

 70,000 and is growing rapidly) and many other organizations; but 

 lack of men and means seriously limits the work. The State Grange 

 now provides six scholarships in the College of Agriculture. Staf- 

 ford Grange (Genesee county) provides one scholarship. The fairs 

 are, or should be, educational institutions. At some of the county 

 and local fairs, as well as at the State fair, we are now interested in 

 securing exhibits of children's work, and otherwise. The rural 

 churches and the colleges of agriculture also should co-operate in 

 many ways. A^illage improvement societies, women's clubs in vil- 

 lages and the open country, experiment clubs, and other organized 

 bodies are all within the field of a college extension department. 



II. Organisation of Extension Interests. — A natural consequence 

 of extension work will be some kind of an organization of the par- 

 ticipants to concrete and forward it. In several states and in the 

 province of Ontario, organizations have already been perfected, but 

 so far they devote themselves to experiment work. 



At Cornell, the Experimenters' League is a similar institution. 

 The Agricultural Experimenters' League of New York was organ- 

 ized March 3, 1903, by students in the College of Agriculture. The 

 constitution states that "The object of this League shall be: for 

 the promotion of co-operative experiments in the various depart- 

 ments of farm husbandry ; for the promotion of intercourse among 

 those studying farm problems ; for the advancement of agricultural 

 education ; for the collection and dissemination of data relating to 

 country life ; and for the purpose of supporting legislation favorable 

 to the promotion of these objects." There are two classes of mem- 

 bers, active and associate. Active membership (for which the fee is 

 one dollar) is open to those who are residents of New York State 

 who have been enrolled as students in Cornell University, or in any 

 college or school of agriculture, or those professionally engaged in 

 agricultural science. Associate membership (for which the annual 

 fee is fifty cents) is open to others who desire to co-operate in the 

 work of the League. Associate members have all the privileges of 

 active members except holding office and voting for officers. 



