262 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTUR& 



to their needs and wishes and beneficial to the rural people in securing 

 their interest and support in a program which they take in part in formu- 

 lating and assist in carrying out. In practice this theory has been proven 

 to be sound and ten years of this kind of co-operation has given the State 

 a powerful agricultural program in which the College is taking a very 

 strong part. 



During the year many local County Farm Bureaus have conducted 

 membership campaigns. The outcome of these has a direct effect upon 

 the Ex'tension Sen'ice because the resnlting funds are used to assist in 

 the employment of County Extension Agents. The total membership 

 being secured is not as large as formerly and consequently less funds 

 are available for the support of the county extension organization. It 

 is encouraging, however, to know that the new membership includes 

 much of the intelligent, progressive element of rural people; those who 

 are capable of leadership in agricultural work and thought. This is 

 of greatest importance because of the need for active co-operation on the 

 part of the farmers through their organizations in determining the pro- 

 gram of work and in carrying it out effectively. 



The present period of economic imbalance between agriculture and 

 other industries has increased the difficulties of maintaining all lines 

 of work in some of the counties. The appropriations by Boards of 

 Supervisors have been continued, though^ diminished in some cases. 

 This, together with the fact that the funds available from the county 

 bureaus are less, may cause a decrease in the number of borne and club 

 agents but no great decrease in agricultural agents is anticipated. 



Publications : 



6,000 Extension Course Notes No. 29 — I pages — ''Food for the Baby, 

 1st year" — Home Economics. 



G,000 Extension Course Notes No. 30—2 pages— "Food for the Baby, 

 2nd year" — Home Economics. 



7,000 Extension Course Notes No. .^,1—2 pages — "Food for the Pre- 

 School Child" — Home Economics. 



6,500 Extension Course Notes No. 32 — 2 pages — "Food for the School 

 Child" — Home Economics. 



20,000 Extension Bulletin No. 23—4 pages— "More Alfalfa for Michigan" 

 — H. C. Rather. 



20,000 Extension Bulletin No. 25—4 pages— "Feeding Cull and Surplus 

 Potatoes"— J. W. Weston. 



10,000 Extension Bulletin No. 26—12 pages— "Swine Feeding- V. A. 

 Freeman. 



8,000 Extension Bulletin No. 27—8 pages— "Kitchen Sink"— O. E. Robey. 



10,000 Extension Bulletin No. 28 — 4 pages — "Feeding for Egg Produc- 

 tion" — E. C. Foreman. 



20,000 Extension Bulletin No. 29—8 pages— "The Baby Chick"— E. C. 

 Foreman. 



5,000 Extension Bulletin No. 30 — 4 pages — "The Production of Hardigan 

 Alfalfa Seed— H. C. Rather. 



10,000 Club Bulletin No. 9—62 pages— "Sewing"— Elda Robb and Bar- 

 bara VanHeulen. 



