both a county agricultural agent and a home demon- 

 stration agent. 



On June 30, 1918, over 600,000 boys and girls on 

 the farm were enrolled in corn, calf, pig, poultry, 

 home-garden and other clubs. It is estimated that 

 the total enrollment for the year 1918 will reach well 

 over one million. In the southern states, in 1917, the 

 40,000 boys enrolled in corn clubs raised on the aver- 

 age nearly 50 bushels of corn to the acre, or about 

 twice the amount raised by their fathers. The same 

 is also true in other sections. County agents generally 

 report that next year the father " raises corn the corn 

 club way." This is typical of the results in farm clubs 

 in other lines. County agents generally report that 

 the boy is the avenue through which in a very large 

 number of instances the father is most effectively 

 reached and influenced. 



Education on the farm is improving. The one- 

 room country school is slowly passing away. Its 

 place is taken by the consolidated school, with a larger 

 enrollment, better teachers and a more interesting 

 school. In this school agriculture, domestic science 

 and manual training are taught. That is, the school 

 curriculum is more closely connected with the inter- 

 ests of the boys and girls on the farm. About 3,000 

 schools are now teaching agriculture. 



Farm Journals 



Farm journals were the first great educational 

 agencies in American agriculture. They have been a 

 potent factor in promoting the fundamentals of better 

 farming, more efficient production, better marketing, 

 better rural education, farm home improvements and 

 the encouragement of agriculture by governmental 

 action. The better methods in agriculture worked out 

 by agricultural colleges have been taken to great 



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