FIFTY MILLION STRONG 



his family in their own communities. Most of this addi- 

 tional money is used in connection with county agencies, 

 boys' and girls' clubs, demonstration work, home economics, 

 extension work, extension work through specialists, and 

 movable schools. 



That an idea may be had of the exact character of the work 

 that will be done in each of the forty-eight states under the 

 provisions of the Smith-Lever Act, a condensed statement of 

 the last annual report of the state of Ohio will be given. Of 

 course it must be remembered in considering this report 

 that the work is only in its incipiency, and that there will be 

 annual enlargements with increased appropriations. Hence, 

 by leaps and bounds the nation is sure to go forward in rural 

 development. 



Ohio 



Staff workers came into direct contact with 40,000 persons 

 last year and an additional 34,000 inspected exhibits. There 

 was participation in 48 one-week extension schools, 39 popular 

 evening meetings, 60 spraying and pruning demonstrations, 24 

 boys' live stock judging contests in 23 counties, 82 fertilizer 

 meetings in 44 counties, 13 community and church meetings, 

 12 women's club meetings, 6 corn shows, n domestic science 

 contests and exhibits, 20 farm and orchard demonstrations, 

 18 miscellaneous meetings, 16 high school programs, 6 pupils' 

 and parents' meetings, 8 cow testing association organizations, 

 8 township surveys relative to wheat culture, 10 fruit thinning 

 demonstrations, etc. In addition, a Farmers' Week was held 

 in February and a Country Life Week in August, and fifteen 

 county normal schools in agriculture and thirty-four normal 

 schools in domestic science were conducted. 



Furthermore, 50,000 bulletins were issued periodically, and 

 the number distributed during the year almost reached a half 

 million. Also, 5,500 poultry sheets, representing eleven differ- 

 ent issues, were published. Then bi-weekly news letters were 

 mailed to 800 newspapers in the state, each of which made 

 approximately two newspaper columns and consisted of items 



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