EDITORIAL. 705 



that the individual shall devote himself primarily and chiefly to one 

 line of work, and as the extension work increases it will be necessary 

 more and more to have men working exclusively in that department. 

 This is already true with regard to the experiment station. 



To carry out such an organization several classes of administrative 

 officers will be required. The general management of the university 

 or state college as a whole will naturally be vested in a president. 

 Under him will be a number of deans, one of whom will have charge 

 of the college of agriculture. Under this dean will be three di- 

 rectors — (1) of the experiment station, (2) teaching diAdsion, and 

 (3) extension division. Each of these directors will have adminis- 

 trative control of his division. Where the work and staffs of the 

 division overlap or cooperative action is desirable, the three directors 

 should form a general administrative committee under the chair- 

 manship of the dean. The control of the directors over the indi- 

 vidual worker will chiefly have to do with the division of his time 

 and his assignment to duties within the respective divisions. 



The general program for the work of the college should be made 

 up through the faculty, consisting of the dean, directors, heads of 

 departments and other professors whose rank entitles them to be 

 members of the faculty under the general policy of the institution. 

 One feature of this program should be conferences of the workers in 

 each department, under the chairmanship of the head of that depart- 

 ment. Through such meetings and in other ways the extension 

 workers should be brought into close touch with the work of the 

 college and the experiment station. On the other hand, the teachers 

 and experimenters may learn much from the extension workers re- 

 garding the real problems of the farmers and their families. Thus 

 the teaching and experimenting of the college may be kept in line 

 with the actual needs and conditions of the agriculture of the State. 



The extension force in a well-equipped college of agriculture will 

 include experts in a considerable number of lines, and a sufficient 

 number of clerical assistants to keep the routine business running 

 smoothly and efficiently. All this force should be under the super- 

 vision of the director of the extension division. 



Plans for the extension work should be systematically made well 

 in advance of their execution. Much will depend on the business 

 ability and energy of the extension director. The selection of sub- 

 jects, the preparation of charts, lantern slides, exhibits, circulars of 

 information, advertisements, etc.; the making of arrangements with 

 different local organizations, railroads and other cooperative agen- 

 cies ; the management of the force while in the field, and a variety of 

 other necessary duties will call for much display of executive ability. 

 There are so many lines of extension work in agriculture which un- 

 der proper conditions may be profitably undertaken that it requires 



