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sibility for the teachings of the extension movement, separate organization 

 and housing of the extension service, advisability of the extension people 

 teaching college classes, who shall conduct demonstration work and make and 

 judge exhibits at the fairs, and county agents. 



Things the colleg'es should undertake to accomplish through its extension 

 division, J. H. Wobst (Proc. Assoc. Amer. Agr. Cols, and Expt. Stas., 27 

 (1913), pp. 161-165). — In this discussion the author holds that needless 

 drudgery may be avoided, waste eliminated, the premises beautified at trifling 

 expense of money and labor, the business of farming modernized, systems of 

 cooperation in labor as well as in buying and selling established, amusements 

 provided for old and young alike, roads and schools improved, and a com- 

 ttiunity spirit developed on a basis that will endear the social life to all its 

 members if the extension workers will work to make every farm a laboratory 

 and every home a nursery for inculcating the principles of better farming, 

 better business, and better living. 



Organization in a county or community for extension, G. I. Christie 

 (Proc. Assoc. Amer. Agr. Cols, and Expt. Stas., 21 (1913), pp. 260-26-'f) .—The 

 author believes that whenever possible the policy of grouping the various lines 

 of work in charge of a few organizations is to be preferred to dividing it 

 among several bodies. It is seldom wise to disregard or disband established 

 organizations in favor of new and untried forms, and usually better policy to 

 attempt to bring all of these forces into one large federation for county-wide 

 extension work. His idea of county organization and of the relations such 

 organizations should bear to the extension service is given in tabular form 

 and briefly discussed. 



Problems confronting the agricultural colleges in their extension work 

 and suggestions for meeting them, K. L. Butterfield (Proc. Assoc. Amer. 

 Agr. Cols, and Expt. Stas., 21 (1913), pp. 154-158). — In this paper the author 

 expresses his views as to the relationships of the extension service to the 

 experiment station, the agricultural survey work, college teaching, other public 

 supported agencies like the boards of agriculture, education, and public health, 

 voluntary associations in agriculture, the U. S. Department of Agriculture, 

 and privately supported agencies. In his opinion the fundamental principle 

 that must ultimately be accepted, namely, that the agricultural college through 

 its extension service is the main agricultural agency of the State, will solve 

 most of the difficulties in these relationships. 



Cooperation with other agencies in agricultural extension, M. S. McDowell 

 (Proc. Assoc. Amer. Agr. Cols, and Expt. Stas., 21 (1913), pp. 252-255).— The 

 author discusses briefly cooperation in agricultural extension with govern- 

 mental or ofHcial agencies, including national and state activities, and unoffi- 

 cial agencies which may be divided into two groups — those which are directly 

 agricultural in character and aim and those which are commercial but may 

 have an indirect relation to agriculture. 



The preparation of extension workers, K. L. Hatch et al. (Proc. Assoc. 

 Amer. Agr. Cols, and Expt. Stas., 21 (1913), pp. 272-219) .—This, the first 

 report of the committee, discusses the results of an inquiry based on replies 

 received from 43 of the 48 state agricultural colleges as to the professional 

 and technical preparation and the practical experience that an extension 

 worker should have before entering the service, the need for further special 

 preparation of those engaged in distinct lines of extension activity, such as 

 boys' and girls' club work, county agent work, and various other special lines 

 of service, the course of study best adapted to the preparation of extension work- 

 ers, the administration of the extension service by the agricultural colleges, and 

 the various lines of work offered. 



