446 ANNUAL KEl'OKTS OF DEPAKTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



ating with the deparlinent in paying local agents to do demonstra- 

 tion work. The extiMit of this cooporatioii from all sources can be 

 best appreciated b}' stating that, inchuling the sum appropriated by 

 the General Education Board, the grand total received was almost 

 equal to the congressional appropriation. 



In most of the States the agricultural colleges cooperate in conduct- 

 ing the bo3's and girls' demonstration work. The experiment sta- 

 tions of the various States and the colleges as well have given valu- 

 able assistance to the adult work. An agreement was reached 

 whereby Clemson College cooperates Avith the department in all dem- 

 onstration work in South Carolina. The State demonstration agent 

 is also director of extension work of the college, and the demonstra- 

 tion agents in the State are all jointly enijiloyed by the college and 

 the department. The plan is very favorably regarded and may be 

 extended to other States. 



The success and popularity of the demonstration work is shown in 

 no way better than by the fact that its methods are being adopted by 

 various railroad companies that undertake similar work along their 

 lines in thorough harmony with the eiforts of the department. 



Other bureaus. — The demonstration work has proved a valuable 

 agency in assisting other offices and bureaus in obtaining knowledge 

 of field conditions and in transmitting information of value to the 

 farmers. 



In preparation for more thorough cooperation, live stock and truck- 

 crop surveys of the Southern States have been made. It is believed 

 that the mass of information acquired in these two surveys will be 

 helpful in furthering the work of the department along these Imes. 

 Boys' pig clubs are being started in Alabama and Louisiana and 

 girls' poultry clubs in Virginia in cooperation with the Bureau of 

 Animal Industiy. It is believed that the organization maintained 

 by the demonstration work in the Southern States will be increas- 

 ingly useful to the entire department. 



PLANS FOR FUTURE WORK. 



No important changes will be made in the general plan of work 

 for the coming fiscal year. Efforts will be chiefly directed to intensi- 

 fying and broadening the work in territory where it is already estab- 

 lished. The congressional appropriation will be expended in terri- 

 tory now infested and soon to be infested by the boll weevil, includ- 

 ing the entire State of Georgia. The grass demonstration work will 

 lie prosecuted with vigor in the States of North Carolina, South Car- 

 olina, Virginia, Tennessee, and Alabama. 



In cooperation with farmers in long-staple-cotton territory the 

 effort to breed early-maturing-staple and Sea Island cottons suited to 

 boll-weevil conditions will be continued. 



As an adjunct of the corn clubs, it is expected, with great promise 

 of success, that boys' pig clubs will be inaugurated in a number of 

 States. 



The plans for the fiscal year 1914 must necessarily be somewhat 

 indefinite and will depend to a great extent upon the amount of 

 cooperation received. Constant demands are being made for the 

 extension of the work. There are still some counties in every State 

 where we have been unable, for lack of funds, to place local agents. 



