316 ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



suiting in bringing into the territory, 1,776 pure-bred horses and 

 mares; 8,639 pure-bred and high-grade dairy cattle; 12,560 pure-bred, 

 high-grade beef cattle; 17,739 pure-bred hogs; 9,568 head of pure- 

 bred, high-grade sheep and goats. Demonstrations were conducted 

 with 109,208 head of poultry. The agents secured the treatment of 

 1,729,177 head of live stock for various animal diseases and pests. 

 Agents made 612,225 visits to farms; they traveled 3,046,577 miles. 

 They were called upon 203,617 times at their office or homes for in- 

 formation; they held 16,010 field meetings and addressed 16,667 

 meetings, with a total attendance of 1,217,113. They held 5,811 field 

 meetings at demonstrations, with an attendance of 112,668. They 

 distributed 1,283,230 bulletins of the department, the agricultural 

 colleges, and the experiment stations. Four hundred and seventy- 

 three extension schools or short courses were held in their counties, 

 with an attendance of 75,331. There was a total of 62,922 boys en- 

 rolled in boys' clubs. In the corn clubs there was an average pro- 

 duction of 51.37 bushels per acre, shown by the records of those 

 who reported. 



In the other clubs for boys, such as poultry, pig, peanut, etc., 

 equally good showings were made. 



WOMEN AND GIRLS' WORK. 



The success of the bo}'s' club work led to the organization of clubs 

 for girls in the growing and canning of vegetables and fruits and 

 similar lines of work. Women county agents were emploj-ed to 

 organize and supervise the clubs for girls, and after that work had 

 become firmly established the home demonstration work for women 

 was organized and was made a part of the regular work of the woman 

 county agent. The plan of organization of the cooperative agricul- 

 tural extensicu work in the 15 Southern States contemplates that each 

 county agent will be at the head of all the extension activities of the 

 United States Department of Agriculture and the State agricultural 

 colleges for men and boys in his county, and the woman county agent 

 will be at the head of all work for women and girls. 



Results. — Demonstration work for girls and women began with 

 the canning clubs in 1910, when four counties in two States were 

 organized. In 1915 there were 368 counties with women county 

 agents. They gave direct instruction to 32,613 girls and to 6,871 

 women. Each of the girls produced a one-tenth acre home garden of 

 tomatoes, or tomatoes and other vegetables. They put up 2,166,515 

 cans of fruits and vegetables, estimated to be worth $300,000. The 

 average profit per member was $21. 



Instruction was given in the raising of poultry, marketing of 

 eggs, making of butter, keeping of milk, preparation of food for the 

 table, baking of bread, etc. In the girls' work the women county 

 agents held 10.784 public meetings, attended by 409,283 persons. In 

 the poultry clubs there were enrolled 9,854 members, and 3,062 mem- 

 bers in bread clubs. In the work for adult women special attention 

 has been given to labor-saving devices, such as simple home water- 

 works, screening of houses, making of tireless cookers and iceless 

 refrigerators, construction of wheel trays, flytraps, etc. There were 

 6,871 women demonstrators who did some line of work in their own 



