EXTENSION DIVISION. 



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program and select certain definite and timely projects upon which to 

 concentrate attention for the year or for such periods of time as may be 

 necessary to solve community and county problems, or to secure valuable 

 data or results. In the formulation of such a program and in the solu- 

 tion of their agricultural problems the people of the county cooperate 

 through their Agricultural Agent with the College and the United States 

 Department of Agriculture. This cooperative relationship recognizes 

 the local, state and national aspects of agriculture, and greatly increases 

 the possibilities of agricultural advancement. The County Agent be- 

 comes a specialist on local and count}^ conditions and neecls, and this, 

 with his acquaintance with the people and their organizations, makes it 

 possible for him to direct the extension work of the county, effectively. 

 Leadership and cooperation are being developed within the counties, and 

 College and department specialists are being brought to the counties to 

 assist. Such assistance is used where most needed, and with the great- 

 est advantage and economy of time, both to the people of the county and 

 to the College and department. 



The increase in the number of Extension specialists has made possible 

 a still larger amount of cooperative work this year and the n amber of re- 

 quests for this help continues to grow. The following table gives the 

 number of visits made by the specialists to the counties having agents; 

 the total for the vear was 716 : 



eounty. 



Allegan . . . 

 Alpena. . . . 

 Berrien. . . . 

 Branch . . . . 

 Cheboygan 



Chippewa . 



Delta 



Dickinson . 

 Gogebic . . . 

 Houghton . 



Iron 



Kalamazoo 



Kent 



Lenawee . . 

 Manistee . . 



Months 

 report e(i. 



12 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 12 



2 



2 



12 



12 



12 



11 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 12 



No. of 



visits. 



26 



7 

 48 

 18 

 13 



1 

 2 



7 

 o 

 8 



13 

 44 

 14.5 

 29 

 20 



County. 



Marquette. . 



Mason 



Menominee. 

 Muskegon . . 

 Newaygo. . . 



Ontonagon . 



Ottawa 



Presque Isle 

 Saginaw. . . . 

 St. Clair . . . 



St. Joseph. . 

 Schoolcraft . 

 Van Buren . 



Wayne 



Wexford 



Months 

 reported. 



12 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 12 



12 



12 



1 



ri2 



[ 12 



12 

 12 

 12 

 1 

 12 



No. of 



visits. 



19 



27 



8 



31 



27 



4 

 28 



2 

 42 

 38 



36 

 7 



46 

 6 

 9 



STATISTICAL SUMMARY OF OFFICE AND FIELD WORK. 



The tal)ular statement included in this section gives a summary of 

 some of the important phases of ofilice and field work. The office work 

 requires an average of about o5%' of the agent's time. This time is 

 needed for planning the work, answering per.soiial and telephone calls, 

 for labnlalion of data, i>rej»arali(>ii of reports iind lor correspondence. 

 A total o\' \{j,'MH larniers called on the agents at their olfices for infor- 

 mation on various subjects relating to the farm; in the 20 counties hav- 

 ing the Avork for the full year the average for each county was 522 calls. 



Press articles foi-ni one of the best means of forwarding the work, by 

 keei»ing before^ the i)eoi)le the activities of the Farm lUireau each week, 

 calling attention to the more urgent or timely community and county 

 needs, or giving warning of the appearance of transmissible animal dis- 

 eases or of the presence of insect and fungous troubles. In almost all in- 



