56 AGRICULTURAL APPROPRLVTION BILL, 1924. 



St!ite-\vi(le .subjwt-matter agents: 

 Agriculture — 



Full time ."47 



Part time 1<|"' 



Total 'r,-2 



Homo economics — 



Full time 120 



Part time 8 



Total V2S 



Grand total 4, ri(i4 



Doctor True. County Avorkers inchide both ir.en and women. 



Mr. Anderson. TIk^v are divided into home and chib and other 

 Avorkers ? 



Doctor True. Yes. 



Mr. Anderson. This statement for which $1,014,509 is appropri- 

 ated for administration shows what? That inchides. I take it, 

 only the Federal end of the administration of it ? 



Doctor True. That is the State end. All those figures you have 

 represent the moneys that are spent in the States. They do not 

 include the amounts spent in maintenance of our Washington office. 



Mr. Anderson. Of what does this administration in the States 

 consists? 



Doctor True. That includes the expenditures for what is known 

 as the extension director's office, his own salary and that of his 

 clerical assistants, accountants, people who are preparing charts 

 and illustrative material, or who are en<rafred in hnndlin<jf the manu- 

 scrij^t work. etc. Of course a o^reat many publications are issue* 1 and 

 it involves a lar^re amount of prei)aration done by routine workers 

 ofettin<i: the manuscripts in shape and seeino^ them throujrh the press. 



DUPLICATION IN PUBLICATIONS. 



Mr. Anderson. What is the distinction between the publications 

 issued under this fund here and the ordinary, rejjular publications 

 o.f the de])artment? 



Doctor True. The publications issued under the Smith-Lever Act 

 by the collefjes are distinct from the department publications. 

 There is a special provision for puljlications in the Lever Act up to 

 an amount not to exceed five per cent of the ai>pr()i)riati()n. 



Mr. Anderson. I understand the financial distinction but what I 

 want to know is the distinction in the character of the i)ublicati()ns 

 if there is any. 



Doctor True. The States «j:et out a laro;er number of special sub- 

 ject nuitter ])ublicati()ns for use in extension work. 



Mr. Anderson. Is there any ell'oit made in this publication matter 

 to avoid duplication of publications as between those isvsued by tlie 

 State and tliose issued ])y the Federal (iroverumeut ? 



Doctor- TiiiE. I do not tiiink tbere is any duplication. 



Mr. Anderson. 1 thiid< tlicre is <|uite a lot. 



Doctor TitiE. The dei)aitment issJies only a few publications 

 especially desij^ncMl I'oi- use in extension work. 



