604 EXPERIMENT STATION KECORD. 



communities, and imparting to such persons information on said sub- 

 jects through field demonstrations, publications, and otherwise." 



For the maintenance of the work there is permanently appropriated 

 $480,000 per annum, or $10,000 for each State which accepts the pro- 

 visions of the Act. In addition, there is appropriated $600,000 for the 

 second fiscal year of its operation, and for each year thereafter for 

 seven years $500,000 additional, until a total of $4,100,000 is reached, 

 which with the $480,000 makes a total of $4,580,000, and continues as 

 a permanent annual appropriation. Unlike the initial appropriation 

 of $480,000, these additional appropriations are to be allotted annu- 

 ally to each State by the Secretary of Agriculture in the proportion 

 which its rural population bears to the total rural population. They 

 are also conditional upon the provision by the States of an equal sum 

 for maintenance of the work, supplied either by direct appropria- 

 tion, or contributions from the county, college, or local authorities, or 

 from individuals within the State. 



The Act further provides that the extension work authorized is 

 to be carried on in such manner as may be mutually agreed upon 

 by the Secretary of Agriculture and the colleges. Before the funds 

 appropriated become available, plans for the work must be submit- 

 ted to the Secretary and receive his approval. 



In its provisions as to care of funds, etc., the Act follows in a 

 general way the language of previous legislation for the agricultural 

 colleges and ex^^eriment stations. It is specified that in States where 

 there are two or more colleges receiving the benefits of the Morrill 

 acts, the legislatures shall designate the institutions to receive the 

 appropriations. No part of the appropriation can be used in the 

 purchase, erection, or repair of buildings, the purchase or rental of 

 land, college course teaching, promoting agricultural trains, or other 

 purposes not specifically authorized, and not more than five per cent 

 for the printing and distribution of publications. PaymentvS from 

 the federal Treasury are to be made semiannually on January 1 

 and July 1, and a financial report thereon must be submitted prior 

 to September 1. A full report of operations under the Act is also 

 required prior to January 1 from the several colleges, while the Sec- 

 retary of Agriculture in turn must make an annual report to Con- 

 gress. 



In one respect the measure is unusually broad as compared with 

 the legislation which preceded it. In addition to the assistance 

 given specifically to agriculture, it recognizes the home and home 

 maker, and the general conditions of country living. It is probably 

 the first federal legislation to be adopted in which the term " home 

 economics " formally appears. It is, therefore, a recognition not 

 only of the American farmer hut of the American home maker and 

 of the worth and dignity of the vocations which they represent. 



