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KESUI.TS. 



Of the repoi'tcMJ (Miiolhiu'iit of ;UO,lir> memluM's in 1G.;305 clubs in 

 1919. a lar<2:er number (100,992) completed the reciuired work and 

 made reports than in any previous year. The estimated value of 

 the products of the club members reporting was §4,758,062. A large 

 amount of Avork Avas done hy clul) membei's who did not make final 

 reports and is therefore not included in tlie above estimate. There 

 were during the year 3.794 garden clubs, Avith 1?j5,0S4 members; 2,158 

 canning clubs, Avith 32,656 members: 2,329 clothing clubs, Avith 31,419 

 members; 1,951 pig clubs, Avith 23,623 members; 1,645 poultry clubs, 

 with 25,418 members: 710 potato clubs, with 10,790 members; 683 

 bread clubs, Avith 8,789 members; 564 corn clubs, Avith 7,345 members; 

 561 cooking clubs, Avith 11,540 members; 298 sheep clubs, Avith 2,988 

 members; 210 rabbit clubs, Avith 3,041 members: 187 baby-beef clubs, 

 Avith 2,213 members; 56 farm and home liandicraft clubs, Avith 961 

 members; 42 bean clubs, Avith 525 members: 40 sugar-beet clubs, Avith 

 332 members; 29 sorghum clubs, with 301 members; and 513 mis- 

 cellaneous clubs, Avith 8,829 members. 



OUTLOOK. 



In reA'icAving the work of tlie year, the outstanding feature of boys' 

 and girls' club Avork is its closer coordination Avith the farm bureau 

 as a distinct extension organization for the improA'ement of farm 

 and liome life. Farmei's and business men are incieasingly looking 

 to boys' and girls' club Avork as the medium through Avhich better 

 practices in farming and home making may be secured and rural 

 leadership dcA'eloped. Appreciation of the work on this basis is evi- 

 denced by the employment of more full-time county club agents dur- 

 ing the year than in any previous year. The indications are that more 

 than 10() county club agents could be placed in as many new counties 

 during the present year if the usual small financial encouragement 

 from the colleges and the department can be giA'en. This indicates a 

 vigorous groAA'th witli an insistent demand from tlie people rej^ne- 

 sented in tlie county extension organizations that aim to function to 

 the fullest and to build permanently. 



EXTENSION SPECIALISTS. 



During the year there was not only an enlarging of the Avork of 

 the extension specialists connected Avith the State agricultural col- 

 leges but a clarifying of their methods of procedure. In counties 

 where certain agricultural enterprises are dominant, the agents have 

 been employed Avith a view to meeting the outstanding needs of such 

 enterprises. In addition to the particular lines of work Avhich might 

 be undertaken by the county agent there were many others, such as 

 fruit growing, poultry raising, plant pathology, insect control, 

 marketing, and some of the more recent successful practices in the 

 improvement of crops, soils, Vive stock, and fruit Avhich required the 

 assistance of the specialists from the extension division of the col- 

 lege. In fact, a comprehensive plan of work covering the various 

 agi'icultural enterprises of a county has been in a large measure 

 Avorked out by the assistance of the extension specialists from the 



