126 COMMISSION ON COUNTRY LIFE 



The arousing of the people must be accom- 

 plished in terms of their daily lives, or of their 

 welfare. For the country people this means that 

 it must be largely in terms of agriculture. Some 

 of the colleges of agriculture are now doing this 

 kind of work effectively, although on a pitiably 

 small scale as compared with the needs. This is 

 extension work, by which is meant all kinds of 

 educational effort directly with the people, both 

 old and young, at their homes and on their farms; 

 it comprises all educational work that is con- 

 ducted away from the institution and for those 

 who cannot go to schools and colleges. The best 

 extension work now proceeding in this country 

 if measured by the effort to reach the people in 

 their homes and on their own ground is that 

 coming from some of the colleges of agriculture 

 and the United States Department of Agricul- 

 ture. Within the last five or ten years, the col- 

 leges of agriculture have been able to attack the 

 problem of rural life in a new way. This exten- 

 sion work includes such efforts as local agricul- 

 tural surveys, demonstrations on farms, nature- 

 study and other work in schools, boys' and girls' 

 clubs of many kinds, crop organizations, redirec- 



