RELATION OF EXTENSION AGENCIES TO FARM PRACTICE. 15 



Do you belong to any agricultural organization? 



If so, what is the name of the club or organization? 



What is its purpose? 



Do you take any farm papers? 



If so, what ones? 



Any daily papers? 



Do you have any agricultural books? 



If so, approximately how many? 



Which ones have you found most useful? 



What factor has been the most helpful in your farming — the agricultural 

 bulletins, the farmers' institutes, the agricultural papers, the farm hooks road. 

 or the personal work of farm demonstration agents? 



Have you ever written to your State institutions or the United Stales Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture for advice on farm matters? 



Were the results satisfactory? 



What schools have you attended? 



How long have you been a farmer? 



Name of agent making report. Date, 



In the North Atlantic States the work was begun at Norwood, 

 N. Y. The route taken was directly south through central New 

 York and eastern Pennsylvania to Wilmington, Del., then west 

 through central Maryland to Washington, T>. C. In all, 1,285 farm- 

 ers were interviewed in this section. The survey in the South began 

 at Macon, Miss., and was carried on through central Alabama 

 and southern Georgia. In this section records from 1,001 farms were 

 obtained. The agent in the North-Central States began work at 

 Toledo, Ohio, and passed south and west through northern Indiana 

 and Illinois, then north to Mount Pleasant, Iowa. Beports from 707 

 farmers were received from this section. In the West-Central States 

 the route w T as directly across northern Kansas and Missouri from 

 Brewster, Kans., to Palmyra, Mo. In this section 705 farmers were 

 visited. 



INFLUENCE OF AGRICULTURAL BULLETINS. 1 



In studying the effects of the different agricultural agencies the 

 influence exerted by the bulletins will first be considered. The mat- 

 ters to be noted in this respect are the number of farmers who 

 received the bulletins and reports and so came in contact with them, 

 and the percentages of those receiving the bulletins who read them 

 and carried out in practice some of the ideas presented. In the fol- 

 lowing table the data obtained are first grouped by sections and 

 then the totals and general averages are given. The percentage of 

 those receiving bulletins is computed on the whole number of farmers 

 visited, but percentages of those reading and practicing are com- 

 puted on the number receiving such bulletins. 



1 As iisod here the term bulletin includes bulletins, agricultural reports, circulars, etc., 

 issued by experiment stations or the National or State departments of agriculture. 



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