STATES RELATIONS SERVICE. 575 



The preparation of 23 other series and revisions of outlines of two 

 series previously issued were undertaken. A total of 858 sets of slides 

 were distributed for the various offices of the service. 



Over 6,600 lantern slides, 277 bromide enlargements, and 68 

 posters were colored, and 327 charts, drawings, and designs were 

 made in the section. In addition the photographic laboratory of 

 the Division of Publications prepared for the use of the service 

 3,124 negatives, 14,048 prints, 6,622 slides, and 1,207 miscellaneous 

 items, inclusive of blue prints. 



In cooperation with the office of extension work outlines for four 

 motion pictures were prepared and submitted to the office of motion 

 pictures as follows: (1) Birds of a feather, (2) A letter to dad, (3> 

 Bill Jones — champion, and (4) Seeing Washington; and a program 

 for producing motion pictures especially adapted to extension use 

 was developed, including 39 subjects, 11 of which, now in various 

 stages of production, are as follows: (1) Improved potato produc- 

 tion through seed selection and certification; (2) Efficient farm 

 home management, including budgeting of funds and the selection 

 of food, clothing, and equipment; (3) The farm garden as a source 

 of a better diet for the farm family; (4) Cooperative marketing of 

 livestock (beef cattle and hogs) ; (5) Production and distribution 

 of improved cereal seeds; (6) Liming soils with special reference 

 to the use of ground limestone; (7) Tobacco marketing; (8) Com- 

 munity cotton standardization; (9) Cooperative cotton marketing 

 associations; (10) Improved management of range sheep; and (11) 

 Improvement of conditions in farm homes through installation of 

 conveniences and imj^rovement of surroundings. 



In addition to giving field employees of the service information 

 and assistance in the preparation of exhibit material, the section 

 is cooperating with the office of exhibits in the preparation of ma- 

 terial for two interstate boys' and girls' club work exhibits (Spring- 

 field, Mass., and Sioux City, Iowa) under the supervision of the 

 office of extension work, similar to those held last year. It also 

 cooperated in the preparation of exhibits for the National Dairy 

 Show and for the International Livestock Show. With the coopera- 

 tion of the office of extension work and the office of exhibits, a pro- 

 gram for the preparation of exhibits supplementing the coopera- 

 tive extension program and bringing extension workers in the 

 Washington office in closer contact with exhibit activities was de- 

 veloped. 



At the request of State extension services and State departments 

 of education, short talks and demonstrations were given in methods 

 of extension photography and the preparation and use of illus- 

 trative material by a representative of the section at conferences in 

 eight States (North Carolina, Virginia, South Dakota, Iowa, Minne- 

 sota, Indiana, West Virginia, and New Jersey). 



INVESTIGATIONS ON AGRICULTURAL INSTRUCTION IN SCHOOLS. 



E. H. Shinn, Cliief Specialist in Agricultural Education. 



The work of the service relating to agricultural instruction in 

 schools continued during the year along practically the same lines 

 as heretofore. There are distinct evidences of progress in the devel- 

 opment of vocational agricultural education. New schools have been 



