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about 4.000 persons employed in cooperation with the State agricul- 

 tural colleges. Agricultural agents are employed in about 2,100 

 counties, home-demonstration agents in 800 counties, and club agents 

 in 200 counties. In addition, there are 750 district agents and spe- 

 cialists in the preparation of subject matter who cooperate with the 

 county extension workers. It is estimated that through the extension 

 personnel the department comes in contact with about 2,500,000 farm 

 homes. The 491,000 boys and girls enrolled in club work report 

 products valued at more than $7,000,000. Of the field agents, 272 

 are colored and work to aid negro farmers. About $7,000,000 of 

 Federal money was spent for extension work during the past year, 

 to which was added about $9,700,000 of State money. 



PUBLICATIONS. 



Other agencies used in diffusing information to the people are 

 bulletins, pamphlets, and periodicals, motion pictures, exhibits at 

 State and district fairs, and mimeographed material distributed to 

 the press. As indicated in my report for 1921, careful consideration 

 has been given to our publications. A committee of editors was 

 called in last year and asked to make a thorough study of the various 

 publications of the department and suggest such changes as they 

 thought desirable to make such publications more helpful to the re- 

 cipients. Most of the suggestions made by this committee have been 

 acted upon favorably. The demand for the publications of the de- 

 partment is indicated by requests voluntarily made for them. During 

 the past year not less than 650,000 requests for publications have been 

 received in addition to the 33,500 received from Members of Congress. 

 Fifty-eight new Farmers' Bulletins were printed, aggregating 

 1,738,379 copies; 108 new Department Bulletins were produced, in the 

 total number of 577,800 copies, while 525,000 copies of 43 new de- 

 partment circulars were printed. When to these new publications 

 is added the number of old publications reprinted on demand, we 

 find that during the fiscal year the printing of publications of the 

 department reached a grand total of 36,026,334 copies. 



The distribution is more efficient than for some time past. At our 

 request, representatives of the Bureau of Efficiency have aided in a 

 revision of the mailing lists, which has resulted in a considerable 

 saving in mailing work. No names are kept on our distribution 

 lists except upon special request, and there is no automatic distribu- 



