256 REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



EDUCATIONAL WORK OF THE OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



The Oflice of Kxperiment Statit)ns contiiuiod (o act as the <2;cMicral 

 agency of tlie Department to deal with the various colleges, schools, 

 and extension departments in the United States, concerning matters 

 relating to the promotion of agricultural education. This educa- 

 tional work was carried on under the same general arrangement as 

 in the preceding year, one section dealing with agricultural colleges 

 and schools and the other with farmers' institutes and other forms of 

 agricultural extension work. An addition of $5,000 to the appro- 

 priation for this work permitted some new developments, but the 

 delays incident to securing additional assistants for the work made 

 it nearly the end of the year before full advantage could be taken 

 of the increased funds. 



The agricultural education service relating to colleges and schools 

 was continued under four general classes: (1) The coll,ection and 

 publication of information regarding the progress of agricultural 

 education at home and abroad; (2) studies of different grades of 

 American and foreign schools in which agriculture is taught; (3) 

 cooperation with the Association of American Agricultural Colleges 

 and I^xperiment Stations, and other important educational associ- 

 ations; and (4) aiding agricultural colleges and schools and state 

 and local school authorities along lines of agricultural education. 



In this service the specialist in agricultural education was assisted 

 during July by Mr. H. O. Sampson, who spent that month teaching 

 agriculture in the summer school for teachers at Cape May, N. J., 

 and then resigned. The vacancy thus caused was filled late in 

 February, 1909, by the appointment of Mr. F. W. Howe, of the 

 Michigan Agricultural College, as assistant in agricultural education. 

 Mr. Howe's preparation for the educational work of the Office was 

 acquired not only through the study of agriculture, but also through 

 long experience as a student of pedagogy and teacher and adminis- 

 trative officer in different types of schools and colleges. He has 

 assisted in the general work of the agricultural education service, 

 lectured at a number of summer schools and conferences, and organ- 

 ized boys' corn clubs in Michigan with a total membership of about 

 1,700 members. 



RELATION TO AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS. 



(1) The department of agricultural education in the Experiment 

 Station Record has contained numerous abstracts and notes and 

 occasional editorials relating to this subject. The i)reparation of 

 these involved the examination regularly of many educational jour- 

 nals and other publications, both American and foreign. Annual 

 statistics of agricultural colleges and exj^eriment stations in the United 



