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The relation of the specialist to the county agent, then, 

 is that of furnishing vital and a necessary source of supply 

 for up-to-date teaching material and methods. He should 

 also hold himself ready to be called upon to give expert and 

 technical advice when needed, and actually to be available 

 to teach in meetings and schools in the county. Unfortu- 

 nately, there are too few specialists for this purpose. 



RELATION OP COUNTY AGENT TEACHING TO TEACHING IN 

 THE SCHOOLS 



Since teaching is thought by some to be exclusively the 

 function of the schools, the question arises as to what the 

 relation of the county agent's teaching function is or should 

 be to the schools. 



These relations differ widely in the different states. 

 Where the local high schools have not developed courses 

 in agriculture and home making at all or fully as yet, the 

 question of relationships is not usually felt to be important 

 and these subjects are mainly left to the county agents to 

 teach. Where these courses are well developed and the 

 departments of agriculture and home making education in 

 the schools are strong, the functions, obligations and re- 

 sponsibilities of the county agent and of the teaching of 

 agriculture and home making in the schools, as defined 

 by law, which will be found to overlap somewhat, are 

 usually (1) the junior project work of the schools and the 

 junior extension or boys' and girls' club work of the county 

 agents or club leaders, and (2) the short, unit courses in 

 agriculture and home economics in the public schools, and 

 the extension schools conducted by college specialists at the 

 request of the county agents. 



In considering the problems which arise out of this situa- 

 tion when it exists it should be remembered that it is the 



