466 ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



the administrative staff for county a<;ents and cooperative extension 

 ■work in the States, and one in the .uhninistration staff for vsomen 

 and }x\vW work (hirin»i; the fiscal year. 



In a(hlition there were two nefjjro fiehl agents, with offices in the 

 fiehl, but under the direct supervision of the Washington office. 



At tlie close of the year ended June 30, 1920, there were in the 

 Southern States 15 directors of extension, 15 State agents or assistant 

 directors, Gl assistant State and district agents, 834 county agents, 35 

 assistant county agents, 158 negro agents, 77 boys' club agents, 15 

 State home-demonstration agents, 77 assistant State home-demonstra- 

 tion agents and district agents, 564 county home-demonstration 

 agents, 74 negro women agents; total, 1,925. This is 335 fewer men 

 and 438 fewer women than w^ere employed in all capacities in the 

 southern extension work at the close of the fiscal year 1919. 



There were also during the year 10 representatives of sul)ject- 

 matter bureaus of the department cooperating wath the Office of Ex- 

 tension Work in the South in taking technical information from the 

 department to the States. 



FINANCES. 



The total amount available for extension work in the 15 Southern 

 States in 1919-20 was $5,352,300. Of this amount the Federal Gov- 

 ernment contributed $2,682,119, including $495,000 from direct ap- 

 propriations to the States Eelations Service for farm demonstration 

 work, $168,600 from appropriations to other bureaus of the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, $1,343,880 under the provisions of the Smith- 

 Lever Act, and $674,600 from funds appropriated to supplement the 

 regular Smith-Lever funds. The States contributed $1,868,519 to 

 offset the latter two amounts. In addition, there was available from 

 State and college funds, $52,400; from county funds, $718,900; and 

 from other miscellaneous sources, $30,425. These funds were used as 

 follows: For administration, $339,600; county-agent work, $2,541,- 

 800: home-demonstration work, $1,422,600; boys' agricultural club 

 work, $159,500; specialists, $796,800; publications, $92,100. 



COUNTY AGENTS. 



ORGANIZATION. 



During the vear the number of definite organizations within the 

 counties cooperating with the county agent and the State extension 

 service has been greatly increased. In a number of the States these 

 organizations have taken the form of farm bureaus with paid mem- 

 bership, and in other States the county organization is known as the 

 county farm council or county council of agriculture. In the ma- 

 jority of the Southern States these organizations still consist of vol- 

 untary community organizations of farmers and their families on a 

 nonfee basis. In all cases these county and community organizations 

 cooperate with the county agents in outlining community and county 

 plans of work and participate actively in carrying out the programs 

 thus outlined. The main features of work usually undertaken 

 through these organizations comprise field demonstrations conducted 

 by the farmer, and marketing activities through the local and county 



