346 ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



ports for the information of Congress, and with the work of coordi- 

 nating and unifying the extension work conducted by the several 

 bureaus and oflices of the department. In tlie furtherance of the 

 administrative work conferences are held with State extension direc- 

 tors and members of their staffs, as well as with the many extension 

 directors and other interested workers who visit the Washington 

 office. Through these conferences many adjustments in relationships 

 are made; the various State and department workers come into a 

 better understanding of cooperative agricultural extension purposes 

 and methods and are enabled to work in more effective partnership. 

 The details of the w^ork as handled by the various administrative 

 sections of the office are set forth as follows : 



COOPERATIVE RELATIONSmPS AND PROJECTS. 



This section, in charge of L. A. Clinton, has immediate responsi- 

 bility for correlating the extension work of the department with 

 that of the State colleges of agriculture of the following-named 

 States: Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, 

 Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Michi- 

 gan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hamp- 

 shire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, 

 Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, 

 Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. 



This section also cooperates with the State extension directors in 

 the preparation of plans for work ; inspects the work in the field to 

 study methods in use and to determine their -effectiveness; makes 

 annual examinations of vouchers and accounts arising under the act 

 of Congress of May 8, 1914 ; examines the reports submitted by the 

 State extension directors to learn whether the work and expendi- 

 tures have been in accordance with approved projects; and prepares 

 reports to show the receipts and expenditures of the several States for 

 extension activities and the results of extension work. 



During the year each of the 33 Northern and Western States was 

 visited ; a financial report was received from each of them on forms 

 approved by the Secretary of Agriculture ; and, on the basis of these 

 and other reports from the State extension directors and the reports 

 of personal visits made, a report was made to the director of the 

 service, to be used in the preparation of the annual report of the 

 Secretary to Congress. 



Project agreements have been prepared concerning nearly all de- 

 partments of extension work in agriculture and home economics 

 conducted by the several State agricultural colleges. Similar agree- 

 ments have been prepared to coordinate the extension activities 

 within the department, thus bringing the several bureaus into effec- 

 tive working relations with State extension agencies. From the 33 

 States more than 300 projects, or plans for work, were submitted for 

 consideration and approval ; and from within the department itself 

 about 50 projects were submitted. 



COUNTY AGRICULTURAL AGENTS. 



The coimty-agent work was continued as last year with W. A. 

 Lloyd in immediate charge. The number of county agents coopera- 

 tively employed during the year increased from 414 on June 30, 



