EDUCATIONAL ENTERPRISES 3G5 



ing; $5,200 to farm management; $14,800 to mark- 

 eting; and $1,820 to miscellaneous specialists.^ 



The work under the Smith-Lever Law is carried 

 on by the State in cooperation with such counties as 

 determine, through the action of their board of su- 

 pervisors, to adopt the scheme as applied to the en- 

 gagement of a county agent, a home demonstration 

 agent, or a leader of boys' and girls' club work, or 

 some combination of these activities. While in many 

 counties the supervisors have not seen fit to appro- 

 priate county funds for such undertakings, — nor 

 would federal and state funds sufficient for such 

 work in all the counties be available, — in a consid- 

 erable number there has been a positive demonstra- 

 tion of their benefits, and it undoubtedly is a very 

 important cause of rural advancement. 



It was demonstrated that the printing and dis- 

 tribution of bulletins by the Agricultural College 

 would not make a very strong impression on a great 

 number of farmers, who suspected, and sometimes 

 derided, the practical agricultural knowledge that 

 emanated from such sources. Personal contact 

 would, it might be presumed, partially remove this 

 attitude of aloofness, and there are indications that 

 the county agricultural agents have, where they 

 have been sufficiently active and tactful, effectively 

 improved agricultural practice. Where this activity 

 has taken the form of directly aiding in the purchase 

 and sale of commodities, it has been resented on the 



'U. S. Dept. Agr. : "Statistics of Co-operative Extension 

 Work," 1920-1921, 10. 



