FIFTY MILLION STRONG 



in the United States. If a good agent is secured first, the 

 farm will surely follow. 



The annual report of the county agent of Jewell County, 

 Kansas, will be of interest, since it shows what the average 

 county agent accomplishes during the year : 



Farmers visited on their farms 281 



Total number of visits made 552 



Total number of miles traveled by agent 7>507 



Business calls on agent at his office 359 



Telephone calls 450 



Meetings addressed US 



Attendance at meetings 8,854 



Average attendance at meetings 77 



Total attendance at judging contests 540 



Stock judging contests 13 



Boys' and girls' clubs organized 9 



Number enrolled in boys' and girls' contest work 183 



Circulars, club letters and bulletins written 34 



Copies of above circulars distributed 8,329 



Copies of state and U. S. bulletins distributed. . 4,369 



Letters written 1,079 



Total of all publications distributed *3>777 



Men enrolled in five-acre contest 23 



Bushels of grain listed for sale 2,390 



Number of head of live stock listed for sale.. 99 

 Number of farmers cooperating in demonstrations 64 



Types of demonstrations 24 



Total number of demonstrations 117 



E. Boys' and Girls' Club Work 



Boys' and girls' club work furnishes one of the best oppor- 

 tunities for teaching by example. Boys' corn and other 

 agricultural clubs have been in existence for some years. 

 The department, in cooperation with various agricultural 

 colleges, did a great deal to popularize this demonstration 

 work and make it effective through acre contests in corn 

 growing. Boys and girls between the ages of 10 and 18 are 

 admitted to these clubs, the work being conducted very largely 



