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of team work both within and without the Department. The plan 

 of reorganization has since been briefly outlined in the Report of the 

 Secretary of Agriculture, and the authority of Congress asked in car- 

 rying it into effect. 



The intelligent planning of the work of the Department and the sta- 

 tions so as to avoid overlapping and duplication of effort will involve 

 a mutual understanding of the purposes and plans of each. As Sec- 

 retary Houston said, the Department plans its work in advance on 

 the project basis, and secures its appropriations therefor from Con- 

 gress. One of the difficulties of planning in the past has been that 

 the Department has not known what the States were doing or had in 

 mind, and vice versa. 



The proposal in the case of the extension work is that definite proj- 

 ects shall be thought out, coordinated, and mutually agreed upon 

 before the money is expended. In the case of the station work under 

 the Adams fund this procedure is now followed. The belief was ex- 

 pressed that the careful devising of projects to cover all of the activi- 

 ties and making them known through some sort of clearing house will 

 eliminate unnecessary duplication, waste, and friction. The advan- 

 tages of the project system in securing well-considered plans, adjust- 

 ing relations, and facilitating cooperation and continuation of work, 

 as well as for administrative purposes, are generally admitted. The 

 proposal of the Secretary of Agriculture for an exchange of proj- 

 ects betwen the Department and the stations, through the agency 

 of a joint committee on projects, has received the unqualified ap- 

 proval of the executive committee of the association. 



In addition to a project committee, Dr. Galloway enumerated two 

 others, one on relations of the Department and the college and sta- 

 tions, in accordance with suggestions at a previous conference, and 

 another on the publication of research. Each would be a joint com- 

 mittee, composed of representatives from the colleges and stations 

 and the Department. 



The committee on relations would meet several times a year with 

 the Secretary of Agriculture and discuss the broader questions of 

 relationship. It would be empowered to arrange for meetings of 

 related workers in the respective institutions to discuss their lines 

 of work and arrange questions of cooperation through mutual un- 

 derstanding. Such meetings were cordially endorsed by the execu- 

 tive commitee of the association. 



The committee on projects would function in an advisory way in 

 the development of a plan for unity of action in project statements, 

 so far as these relate to research and extension service, and would be 

 charged with bringing together the projects of all the institutions 

 involved and arranging for a system of exchanging projects. It 



