FIELD AGENT. 



The writer, formerly a resident member of the Extension Office^ 

 is now engaged as field agent for the College of Agriculture in 

 Chautauqua county. His time is employed in addressing farmers' 

 institutes, meetings of Granges and other farmers" organizations, 

 rural schools and miscellaneous gatherings of persons living on 

 farms. In connection with this work, there has developed a con- 

 siderable correspondence on general and special farm problems. 

 Personal visitation and consultation are an important part of the 

 position and demand a great deal of time. One of the most signifi- 

 cant events in the work of the past year was the organization of a 

 series of four conferences of grape growers of Chautauqua county 

 to inquire into the reasons for the constant decrease in production 

 of grapes in the last ten years. The conferences were very success- 

 ful in point of interest as well as in numbers. The calls that 

 have come to the field agent, covering a wide range of interests, 

 would seem to indicate the importance of this type of extension 

 work. 



JOHN W. SPENCER, 

 ' Field Agent. 



