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other federal and state appropriations, such as that 

 arising under the Smith-Lever Act accruing to the 

 College. 



EXTENSION WORK 



On May 8, 1914, Congress enacted the Smith- 

 Lever Law, "in order to aid in diffusing among the 

 people of the United States useful and practical in- 

 formation on subjects relating to agriculture and 

 home economics, and to encourage the application 

 of the same." It was proposed to establish in con- 

 nection with the land-grant agricultural colleges ex- 

 tension work for persons not actually in residence at 

 the colleges, which should consist "of giving of in- 

 struction in practical demonstrations in agriculture 

 and home economics," whereby information should 

 be imparted through "field demonstrations, publica- 

 tions and otherwise," the work to be carried on by 

 mutual agreement between the secretary of agricul- 

 ture and the agricultural colleges. A permanent ap- 

 propriation by the United States was carried in the 

 act, the moneys to be apportioned among the states 

 in proportion to their respective rural populations, 

 conditioned on a similar appropriation being made 

 by the states themselves. 



In accordance with this act of Congress, extension 

 work by the Michigan Agricultural College has been 

 maintained in many counties of the State — a work 

 in which the counties, as well as the State and the 

 United States cooperate for financial support. At 

 the head of this extension work is an Extension Di- 



