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INDEX 



Extension Service: agreement with 

 farm and home bureaus, 90 ; 

 finances, 201-204: history, 196: 

 present status, 208; program of 

 work, 205; selection and super- 

 vision of county agents, 207; 

 specialists, 10, 61, 91 



Fairs : exhibits at county and com- 

 munity, 44. 



Farm Bureaus : agreements with col- 

 leges, 90 ; annual meetings, 224 ; 

 California program, 24 ; commun- 

 ity programs and results, 28 ; co- 

 operative financing, 216 ; cob'pera- 

 tive management, 214 ; county 

 "News," 58, 222; creed, 265; 

 definition of, 213; extent, 214; 

 first farm bureau, 161, 170; fu- 

 ture, 264 ; headquarters for agri- 

 culture, 190; how they function, 

 218; legislation, 185; member- 

 ship fees, 217, 226, 235, 263; 

 membership campaigns, 225 ; mid 

 dleman's attitude toward, 96; 

 New York program, 15 ; objec- 

 tives, 103 ; reasons for, 210 ; re- 

 lation to : county agent, 210, 

 259 ; marketing organizations, 85 ; 

 public agencies, 257, 260; spread 

 of movement, 162; what's in a 

 name, 212. 



Farm Bureau Federation, Ameri- 

 can : dangers of commercialism, 

 252 ; departments, 247 ; evolu- 

 tion and causes of organization, 

 233, 244; future, 252, 264; his- 

 tory, 245 ; influence on county 

 agent, 250 ; local cooperative re- 

 lationships, 257 ; membership, 

 235 ; officers and organization, 

 245 ; program, 248 ; relation to 

 cooperatives, 109; relation to 

 local programs, 31. 



Farm Bureau Federation, State : 

 evolution and causes, 233 ; extent, 

 234 : finances, 235 ; future, 264 ; 

 history, 233 ; influence on county 

 agent, 250 ; local cooperative re- 

 lationships, 257 ; management, 

 236 ; membership, 235 ; purposes, 

 237; relation to cooperatives, 

 238 ; relation to local programs, 

 31. 



Farm Visits : means of teaching, 54 ; 

 contacts on, 118. 



Farmers : as readers, 55 ; changes 

 in American agriculture, 146 ; in- 

 creased efficiency of, 147 ; interest 

 in cooperation, 94 ; obligations of, 

 144 ; social contacts with county 

 agent, 112; support of county 

 agents, 170 ; what they expect of 

 county agents, 35. 



Farmers' Institutes : oldest form of 

 extension, 51. 



Grange : As a social organization, 

 151 ; history, 253 ; relation to or- 

 ganization of farmers, 79; 

 women's place in, 243. 



Home Bureaus (See farm bureaus 

 also) : creed, 264 ; future, 231 ; 

 functions, 218 ; importance of, 

 228 ; in Illinois, 229 ; in New 

 York, 230; New York program, 

 17 ; relation to American Farm 

 Bureau Federation, 242 ; relation 

 to State Federations, 241. 



Home Demonstration Agent Work : 

 beginnings in South, 176 ; begin- 

 nings in North and West, 178; 

 programs of work, 180 ; strong 

 and weak points, 179. 



Howard, Jas. R., election as Federa- 

 tion President, 245 ; leadership, 

 74 ; relation of county agent to 

 federation, 237. 



Knapp, Seaman A. : author of dem- 

 onstration work in South, 33 ; be- 

 ginning of work in Texas, 153 ; 

 on functions of boys' and girls' 

 clubs, 172 ; on functions of home 

 demonstration agents, 176. 



Lantern Slides : use in teaching, 



53. 

 Lectures : teaching by, 46 ; what 



makes good, 47. 

 Lever, Hon. A F. : conception of 



purpose of extension, 34 ; intent 



of Lever Act, 98. 



Marketing (See also Cooperative 

 Organization) : demonstrations, 

 42 ; importance of, 37 ; program 

 of state federations in, 237, 238. 



Moving Pictures : use in teaching, 

 53. 



Newspapers: farm bureau "News", 

 58 ; local community, 59 ; report- 

 Ing, 60 ; relation to "News," 222, 



Office Calls: contacts in, 112; im- 

 portance of, 115 ; means of teach- 

 ing, 54. 



Organization of Farmers: Confer- 

 ence Board of Farm Organiza- 

 tions, 256; county agents and, 

 78 ; development of, 151 ; for col- 

 lege extension teaching, 89 ; for 

 cooperative buying, 87; import- 

 ance of, 66 ; into marketing asso- 

 ciations, 84 ; Into production 



