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wheat, smut on wheat and barley, potato late blight, mosaic and 

 Rhizoctonia, sweet potato stem rot, watermelon stem-end rot, an- 

 thracnose, downy mildew, and black rot of the grape. 



The State specialists in pathology are devoting more and more of 

 their time to carrying on cleiinite projects with field demonstrations. 

 Many of these pi"ojects are handled in cooperation with the research 

 workers of the Bureau of Plant Industry. There is also a tendency 

 to decrease the number of projects being carried by the various 

 specialists in this line of work and to emphasize the really important 

 disease-control measures. 



FARM MANAGEMENT. 



Among the principal lines of farm-management work were the 

 conducting of 800 farm-management schools, attended by more than 

 20,000 people; the keeping of farm account books on 18,448 farms; 

 and the assisting of 8,454 farmers to summarize their year's work. 

 Reports indicate that as a result of this work 2.972 farmers made 

 changes in their farming operations; 6,590 farmers were assisted in 

 planning a rearrangement of their -farm buildings and equipment 

 to economize time and labor; and 10,964 farmers adopted new crop- 

 ping and live-stock systems upon the recommendation of the farm- 

 management specialists. Twenty-five landlord-tenant meetings were 

 attended by approximately 2,400 people. As a result, 2,003 farmers 

 were assisted in drawing or modifying farm-lease contracts. TAvelve 

 farm-management tours were conducted, the object being to teach 

 the fundamental principles of good farm organization through visits 

 to successful farms. Sixty-three farm-management exhibits were 

 prepared for State and county fairs. 



FOOD AND NUTRITION. 



The development of extension work in this subject was along lines 

 of proper food selection for the family, with special stress upon child 

 feeding and many demonstrations in cooperation with the local 

 organizations working with groups of underweight children. Dem- 

 onstrations in the homes have been very popular and have shown 

 the relationship between proper food habits and body conditions 

 for both children and adults. In this connection, proper food gar- 

 dens were stressed in a number of States, especially in the farm com- 

 munities. 



HEALTH. 



A number of States have employed home-health specialists, whose 

 time was given to various phases of personal hygiene and sanitation, 

 in cooperation with the State and county health boards, and dental 

 clinics were held. Fly control, clean-up campaigns, and safe water 

 supplies were also given attention. In boys' and girls' club encamp- 

 ments instruction was given in health standards and in food and 

 health habits. 



CLOTHING AND HAT MAKING. 



The principal features of this work were the making of dress 

 forms, alteration of i)atterns, and making of fitted-to-measure foun- 

 dation patterns, clothing construction, use of machine attachments, 



