REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF STATES RELATIONS 



SERVICE. 



United States Department of Agriculture, 



States Relations Service, 

 Washington, D. C, June SO, 1916. 



Sir: I have the honor to present herewith the report of the States 

 Relations Service for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1916. 

 Respectfully, 



A. C. True, Director. 



Hon. D. F. Houston, 



Secrettwy of Agriculture. 



INTRODUCTION. 



The States Relations Service was organized July 1, 1915, in accord- 

 ance with the authority granted to the Secretary of Agriculture in 

 the agricultural appropriation act of 1915-16, and his order con- 

 tained in memorandum No. 140 of the Secretary's office, which in- 

 cluded the following provisions: 



The States Relations Service shall include the following offices: (1) The office 

 of the director of the service, which shall include those officers and employees 

 engaged in the general work and administration of the service; (2) the Office of 

 Experiment Stations, including the work of the service relating to agricultural 

 experiment stations; (3) the Office of Extension Work in the South, including 

 the farmers' cooperative demonstration work and the Smith-Lever agricultural 

 extension work in 15 Southern States; (4) the Office of Extension Work in the 

 North and West, including the farmers' cooperative demonstration work and the 

 Smith-Lever agricultural extension work in 33 Northern and Western States; 

 and (5) the Office of Home Economics, including investigations relative to foods, 

 clothing, and household equipment and management. 



The work of the service relating to agricultural instruction and to farmers' 

 institutes and similar organizations shall be under the immediate direction of 

 the director, and the work relating to farmers' institutes and similar organiza- 

 tions shall he carried on in close cooperation with the offices of extension work. 



The States Relations Service will take under consideration matters relating to 

 all the extension work carried on by the several bureaus and offices of the 

 department and those connected with the administration of the Smith-Lever 

 Extension Act. All plans for demonstration and extension work originating in 

 any bureau or in any State should first be submitted to the States Relations 

 Service, which will make recommendations regarding them to the Secretary. 

 Approved plans for demonstration and extension work by any bureau should not 

 be put into operation in any State until they have been brought to the attention 

 of the Director of the States Relations Service and an opportunity has been 

 given for arranging with the extension directors of the agricultural colleges re- 

 garding the execution of these plans in the States concerned, 



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