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stances tlie papers of the counties have cooperated in every way possible 

 in the Farm Bureau work. Tlie extent of this cooperation is seen in the 

 fact that 1405 different articles were written this year; as some of these 

 articles appeared in as many as nine papers in some of the counties the 

 circulation was mucli more extensive than is represented by these 

 figures. 



In field work there was a total of 13,9G5 farm visits averaging 612 for 

 each agent. However, to reach tlie largest number of farmers it is neces- 

 sary to work through gi'oups and by commmiities and for this purpose 

 the demonslialions conducted on some of tlie farms of the community 

 and planned to benefit the group, constitute one of the best methods of 

 field work. A study of the tables relating to demonstrations will give 

 an idea of the magnitude of this kind of work. The demonstration has 

 its greatest value Avhen visited by a large number of farmers and this is 

 made possible now on a county-wide basis or even an inter-county basis 

 by the automobile tour. There Avere 470 meetings held this year at dem- 

 onstrations, with a total attendance of lo,14G. .The term "other meet- 

 ings" refers to all assemblies of farmers in relation to the work except the 

 demonstration meetings, and includes meetings for planning work in the 

 county or the communities, meetings of the various organizations and 

 associations for forwarding specific agricultural enterprises, such as the 

 crop associations, live stock organizations, farm loan associations, in- 

 stitutes and extension schools. There were 2,952 of these with an at- 

 tendance of 168,673. 



