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the boys' and girls clubs, crop production was increased and foods 

 conserved. 



The administrative section of the office directly considers all mat- 

 ters relating to the administration of funds under the various proj- 

 ects, correspondence relating to finances and relationships, and the 

 adjustment of all questions arising under the memorandum of under- 

 standing. 



For the consideration of details of administration under the vari- 

 ous projects the office is organized as follows: 



(1) Cooperative relationships and projects. 



(2) County agricultural agents. 



(3) Boys' and girls" club work. 



(4) Farm-management demonstrations. 



(5) Extension work with women. 



(6) Extension specialists. 



Plans for work having been agreed upon for the year, and assign- 

 ment of funds having been made to the various projects and the 

 States, in accordance with the best interests of the work, details of 

 administration are then considered by the special section of the office 

 involved. 



COOPERATIVE RELATIONSHIPS AND PROJECTS. 



This section, in charge of L. A. Clinton, with D. W. Working in 

 immediate charge of projects, has responsibility for the consideration 

 of plans for cooperative extension work in agriculture and home eco- 

 nomics, as submitted by the following States: Arizona, California, 

 Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, 

 Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts. Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mon- 

 tana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, 

 New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode 

 Island, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, 

 Wyoming. 



Plans or projects are examined; proposed distribution of funds 

 noted ; plans for extension work contemplated by the various bureaus 

 of the department are examined and department and State extension 

 plans coordinated; conferences are arranged and reports prepared. 

 Each of the 33 States is visited annually, and the vouchers for the 

 Smith-Lever funds are examined, conferences held with the extension 

 director and the members of the extension staff. Progress of the 

 work is noted and needs for adjustment are determined. 



From the 33 States 568 projects or plans for extension work were 

 submitted for consideration and approval; and from within the 

 department itself about 150 projects were submitted for the year end- 

 ing June 30, 1918, for coordination with State plans. 



COUNTY AGENTS. 



The county-agent work was conducted as last year with W. A. Lloyd 

 in immediate charge. During the year the number of counties em- 

 ploying agents increased from 544 on June 30, 1917, to 1,103 on June 

 30, 1918. The following States have completed their quotas for 

 agents: New Hampshire. Vermont, Connecticut, Massachusetts, 

 Rhode Island, Delaware, Iowa, Minnesota, and New York. Eighty 

 per cent of the agricultural counties were reached by county or dis- 



