36 Report of the Director. 



The membership of the League has been as follows: 



Active Associate 



1903 ._ 54 21 



1904 44 10 



1905 44 5 



1906 S3 24 



This membership includes all those who have paid their dues 

 each year. There have been 134 different men connected with the 

 organization as active members and 50 as associate members. Several 

 meetings were held in the winter of 1903 for the purpose of organi- 

 zation. Since that time three annual meetings have been held at the 

 College. In addition to business, reports of experiments and ad- 

 dresses by agricultural workers have been given at these annual 

 meetings. In time this League will no doubt find itself taking a field 

 broader than its name. In fact, it should develop into an agricultural 

 organization of the first magnitude and importance, meeting once 

 each year at the College of Agriculture; and it should be a part of 

 the extension work of the College. 



12. Lectures and liinerant Schools. — From the extension depart- 

 ment of a college of agriculture should proceed lectures, institutes, 

 conventions, and travelling schools that carry the educational impulse 

 and the latest knowledge to the people, all in charge of persons who 

 are specially trained for the work. The demand on teachers and ex- 

 perimenters for such work as this consumes much of their energy, 

 makes serious inroads on time that is supposed to be devoted to other 

 purposes, and often sacrifices the interests of students. On the other 

 hand, a college of agriculture can not withdraw from the people and 

 still be able to serve them. The travelling lecture work belongs to 

 the extension department rather than to the academic department. 

 When specially trained men are provided, the demand on other 

 teachers and experimenters will not be felt seriously. 



13. Correspoudciice. — As a result of all this effort in many fields, 

 the correspondence assumes great proportions and becomes of un- 

 usual importance. The College of Agriculture now sends out about 

 60,000 letters a year. The College has ten type-writing machines, 

 and as many operators ; and extra help is employed when corre- 

 spondence is very heavy. 



14. Publicatioii. — The publications of the New York State Col- 

 lege of Agriculture in the extension department are of five kinds : 



