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of these activities, but is 

 not a preparation for the 

 remainder. 



(3) Extension Woi?k of 

 THE University — 

 Public Welfare. 



Besides the resident 

 instruction to under- 

 graduates, the College of 

 Agriculture carries out a 

 large amount of extension 

 work. 



Indeed, the extension 

 work is growing so rapidly 

 in response to public 

 demand that it will 

 probably become the most 

 important phase of Uni- 

 versity activity. 



This extension work 

 may be classed as — 



(a) Coriespondence 



courses.. 



(b) Farmers ' insti- 



tutes. 



(c) County farm 



bureaux. 



(d) Boys' high school 



clubs. 



ie) 



Boys' public 

 school clubs. 



Correspondence Courses. 



Twenty-two separate 

 correspondence courses in 

 agriculture were given at 

 Berkeley. 



Twenty-three thousand 

 three hundred and seventy- 

 four students were taking 

 correspondence course 



during 1915. In the 

 Correspondence School, 

 183,784 pieces of mail 

 matter were distributed. 



