AfMiK ri/riMAL Ai'rr.oritiATio.N iui.l, I'.a. 25 



tlt-M. I am (|(iit(' siiri' thiit siiniliir iliwirtNl nf<iiltK will follow tli«* r«'«>rKHniKii- 

 tloii of tlu' »»xf«'iisi<>ii w«»rk. 



This riHiruMni/.jitloii Ims liinl ilir nin-fiil Htii(|> of lli»» AHMiHtaiit S<*<n*liiry 

 for II year itnst aiitl tlif lliuil pliiii siil>.iiltl*<<l is )|i«> n'siiit of tlint Htiiily. When 

 put Into (>rri'(-t, IIS w«' !iop«' it may Ih-, it will rosiilt in roiiHldt'niMf Hiivini; of 

 iiioiH'V. hut, what i«< far inon- iiMporiiini, will anally Iiuti'.ihi' tlu' »»frf<tiv»«iH«>«s 

 of th'- «'Xti>nsioii workers an ! tin- <pialily nf tin* oxti'iisloii work. 



rO.NNOt.lllATION OK AlillKKHhlMI AKll IIITI irATINU W«»«K. 



On tlip .siilijfct of fcxinMiin's which havo lH»t*n luiult' hy jrivin/ 

 attention to f(M»r;^'aiiizatioii «hiiiii;r the past yvnv. the S'l'n-tary 

 jtoiiits out in this i'(>|)oi-t that in the cotiihination and consoli'Iation 

 of tin- adtliTssin^j aiul thiplicatin;: woik tlu'ic was rcK'ascil ^l'O.ikk) 

 worth i»f nnichinciv to tlu- (lent'i'al Supply Coinniittpe for assijrniflcnt 

 to other (lepaitinents. and, in ad<Iiti(»n, th«> force of peopU' eniph>y('d 

 t<i operate lho>e machines was consi«h'ral>Iy ledtiicd. Fiirtherniori', 

 the centrali/.ation of diiplieatin;.' ;;i\rs a check on the nniUijrraph 

 and niini«'o<:raj)h work of tlie department which can not U' ohtaineil 

 unless it is centralized. 



CONS«U.inATH»N OK STATISTICAL HCRE-M'S. 



lie also |)oints (»iit that in the consolidation of the liiireau f»f 

 .Markets. Biirean of Crop Kstiinates. and the Oflice of Farm Manajre- 

 ment there was a .savinjr of $.S0.0()0 merely in the ovcrliead in the 

 operation of what were formerly three onreaus. 



KKoIii.XM/ \ I ION OK STVTKS ISKI.ATIONS SKRVICK AND DIVISION OK PUBLICATIONS. 



Hy i()nM)lidatin^'^ two exleiisioii offices in the States "Relation Serv- 

 ice into one oliice for the [)iiri)ose of administerinjr the Smith-Lever 

 * and other cooperative extension fnnds. there was a savinjr of ap- 

 proximately $20,000 in the overhead. 



CONSOLIDATION OK KXtKNSION WOKK. 



As a matter of interest. I thoii^dit yon mi«rht like to he informed 

 concernin<r the tyj)e of or<iani/ation tliat existed in the offices of 

 extension in the States Relation Service before the consolidation 

 was made. This chart represents the or^'-anization of the otKce 

 of extension work in the South [ indicatin<r |. where !."» States were 

 administered, and this [indicating] the office of extension work in 

 the Xorth and West, w here the rest of the States of the Union were 

 administered. You will note that there are (piite a larjre numher of 

 snbdivisions in each one. Confusion was i)rouirht about by that 

 sort of an or<ianization. It was impossible to <ret a united and cor- 

 related extension j)ro«rram. T'nder the new jjlan there are but two 

 divisions, aside from the clerical division, with but two heads, who 

 act as coun.'^el with the chief of the extension office. 'Hiat is whers 

 we saved overhead and at the same time increased efficiency. 



In addition, yoti have a logical type of administraticm of the co- 

 operative extension work of the department, wheri' it is considered 

 from the standpoitit of the two problems of administration. I'ntler 

 the division of proLrrains wjiat is to be taujiht is ccmsidered : under 

 the division of meth(»ls how it is to be tau«:ht is considered. And, 

 after all, those are the only two thinj^s that you have to deal with — 



