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Georgia, and Dean Price, of the College of Agriculture of Ohio State 

 University. It was thus made apparent that the extension work of 

 the agricultural colleges falls under two general heads: (1) The giv- 

 ing of information to adult farmers and their families which can be 

 immediately applied to practice on their farms and in their honie^-. 

 and (2) a campaign for the improvement of rural schools, including 

 information and training of teachers in elementary and secondary 

 schools along agricultural lines. 



The fourth conference was devoted to some of the problems of agri- 

 cultural extension work, as presented by President Butterfield and 

 Professor Miller, superintendent of extension work in the Kansas 

 College. Finally, attention was given at the fifth conference to (1) 

 organization. b,y Dean Burnett, of the College of Agriculture of the 

 University of Nebraska; (2) equipment and methods, by Professor 

 Christie, superintendent of agricultural extension work at Purdue 

 University; and (3) the qualifications of extension teachers, by Dean 

 Hunt, of the Pennsylvania State College. 



Meanwhile, under the direction of Professor Holden, superintendent 

 of agricultural extension work of the Iowa State College, several 

 meetings of extension workers and others had taken place in which 

 the methods of equipment used by that college were quite fully dis- 

 played and discussed. The large amounts of charts, apparatus, and 

 illustrative material assembled by the Iowa College for this work 

 was a revelation to many. Afterwards a round table of extension 

 workers helped to bring together some of the valuable results of the 

 conferences. A meeting of extension directors and workers was also 

 held for the discussion of administrative questions. 



This was by far the largest and most important assemblage of per- 

 sons directly connected with the extension work of our agricultural 

 colleges. The vital relation of the proper development of this branch 

 of agricultural education to the general success of the colleges was 

 clearly brought out. There was also a much more definite realization 

 of the tremendous extent and importance of the extension movement 

 in its relations to the permanent success of American agriculture 

 and the Avelfare of our rural people. It is believed that all who 

 attended these meetings will return to their Avork with a deeper sense 

 of their responsibility for the use of their best endeavors to promote 

 this cause. It is very gratifying to know that a number of our agri- 

 cultural colleges are already making strong and serious efforts to 

 organize and maintain extension work in a substantial way. The 

 progress recently made in this direction is very encouraging. 



Secondary education in agriculture occupied a new and important 

 place in this session of the graduate school. There was a relatively 

 large attendance of men engaged in agricultural instruction in the 

 special agricultural schools, public high schools, and normal schools 



