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bados at the invitation of the Danish colonial government. Active 

 work was begun in July, 1911, when the present director assumed 

 office. A tract of 23 acres 2^ miles from Christiansted was purchased, 

 on which an office and a laboratory building of concrete were erected. 

 This area was added to in 1914, the station tract now embracing 215 

 acres, 170 of which is in cultivation. The area under cultivation has 

 been laid out into permanent plats and fields, and systems of crop- 

 ping and methods of using fertilizers are being studied. The princi- 

 pal crops under investigation are sugar cane and cotton, with consid- 

 erable attention to forage and green-manure crops. In connection 

 with the sugar-cane and cotton investigations, plant-breeding work 

 is in progress, and some valuable seedling canes and hybrid cottons 

 have been produced. In addition to the field work described above, 

 considerable attention is being given to plant diseases, insect pests, 

 chemical investigations, etc. 



OFFICE OF EXTENSION WORK IN THE SOUTH. 



Bradford Knapp, Chief. 

 J. A. Evans, Assistant Chief. 



The cooperative agricultural extension work as now organized in 

 the 15 Southern States is conducted along the following lines: 



(1) Administrative work in carrying out the provisions of tlie cooperative 

 agricultural extension act of May 8, 1914. 



(2) Extension demonstration work through county agents. 



(3) Extension home demonstration and girls' club work through women 

 county agents. 



(4) Extension demonstration work through boys' 'clubs. 



(5) Extension demonstration work of specialists through county and women 

 agents. 



(6) Extension demonstration work for negroes, including boys' and girls' 

 clubs for negroes. 



(7) Extension work through special agricultural campaigns. 



This work is carried on in cooperation with other bureaus of the 

 department, the State agricultural colleges, the counties, and the 

 State and local organizations. 



ADMINISTRAIION. 



The administration of the Office of Extension Work in the South is 

 in charge of a chief and 1 assistant chief. They are assisted by 4 

 field agents in the administration of county agent and all cooperative 

 extension work in the State; 4 men and 4 women in the administra- 

 tion of home demonstration and boys' and girls' club work ; and the 

 necessary office assistants and clerical force. There are also 10 joint 

 representatives of the Office of Extension Work in the South and 

 other offices or bureaus of the department who assist in the super- 

 vision of the work of the cooperative specialists in the various States. 



Visits were made to each of the State agricultural colleges to in- 

 quire into the work under the approved Smith-Lever project agree- 

 ments. Full reports on the condition of the work and the results 

 obtained in each of the 15 States were prepared. 



Representatives of the office attended and assisted in conducting 

 annual and semiannual meetings of county agents, home-demonstra- 

 tion agents, and other extension workers in each State. The office 



