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American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations, and also 

 as secretary-treasurer of the American Association of Farmers' Insti- 

 tute Workers. He has collected annually for the Association of Col- 

 leges and Stations data respecting agricultural extension and has pre- 

 pared the programs and selected lecturers for the annual meeting of 

 the Association of Farmers' Institute Workers. A large amount of 

 travel has been performed by the institute specialist and his assistant 

 in promoting extension work, and a great number of lectures have 

 been delivered before meetings of agricultural people in both State 

 and National conventions. Numerous addresses and papers have been 

 prepared by the office for publication, and a large correspondence has 

 been conducted. Over 20,000 names of prominent agriculturists in 

 the United States have been listed, representing all forms of extension 

 activity. 



PUBLICATIONS. 



There have been prepared and published as original matter by the 

 Farmers' Institute Office 6 bulletins consisting of 392 pages, 15 cir- 

 culars of 335 pages, 9 annual reports of 420 pages, 2 separates of 29 

 pages, and 1 illustrated lecture of 25 pages ; a total of 1,201 pages. 



There have also been edited in the office 13 bulletins, 1,909 pages; 

 13 illustrated lectures, 278 pages; a total of 1,368 pages. There have 

 been prepared in the office and are now ready for publication 3 bul- 

 letins of 370 pages of manuscript, and there has been edited and sent 

 into the editorial division 1 bulletin, 76 pages. 



There have been added to extension literature by the institute office 

 contributions along the following lines: The origin and history of 

 farmers' institutes in the several States; the laws under which the 

 institutes operate; information respecting agricultural education for 

 adults in 25 foreign countries; forms of extension work for agricul- 

 tural colleges and experiment stations; the names and addresses of 

 farmers' institute directors and lecturers in the United States; form 

 of organization and courses of study for movable schools of agricul- 

 ture; forms of organization for institutes for women and for young 

 people; reports upon transportation companies of the country as 

 factors in agricultural education; annual report upon the farmers' 

 institute work in the several States with suggestions for its improve- 

 ment ; a series of lectures upon agricultural subjects illustrated by 641 

 lantern slides ; also reports of the proceedings of the American Associ- 

 ation of Farmers' Institute Workers, comprising 651 pages, and con- 

 taining discussions of institute problems by the leading institute 

 directors, lecturers, and educators of the United States and Canada; 

 a translation of the results of agricultural extension work in Belgium, 

 together with papers, discussions, and addresses before meetings of 

 agricultural people in both State and National conventions. 



The effort has been to develop forms of extension already in 

 operation, and to introduce new methods for use by State officials 



