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and a few demonstration farms of the kind first referred to in 

 the early part of this article were also a part of the work. As 

 already stated, the Office of Farm Management of the United 

 States Department of Agriculture began actual work in the 

 North in 1912. This work of putting county agents into north- 

 ern counties grew rapidly and appropriations were increased to 

 meet the expense. 



It is not the purpose here to trace the history of the passage 

 of the Smith-Lever Act. The Act was finally approved by the 

 President May 8, 1914. It provides for the establishment of co- 

 operative extension work in agriculture and home economics. 

 Each state was to establish a division for such work at its land 

 grant college, that is, the college which had received the benefits 

 of the Morrill, the Nelson, the Hatch and the Adams Acts. 



The act provides that the work shall consist of instruction and practical 

 demonstrations in agriculture and home economics to persons not attending 

 or resident in said colleges in the several communities, and imparting to 

 such persons information on said subjects through ' field demonstrations, 

 publications and otherwise; and this work shall be carried on in such 

 manner as may be mutually agreed upon by the Secretary of Agriculture 

 and the State Agricultural College or colleges receiving the benefits of 

 this Act. 



The appropriations from the federal treasury, under this act, 

 began with $480,000 for the year ending June 30, 1915, which 

 was divided equally, $10,000 to each of the forty-eight states. 

 For the next year an additional appropriation of $600,000 was 

 made and then the amount increases by $500,000 per annum 

 until the amount reaches $4,100,000 in addition to the original 

 $480,000, or a total of $4,580,000. As to all the additional ap- 

 propriation above the $480,000, it is provided that it shall be 

 divided between the states in the proportion that the rural pop- 

 ulation of each state bears to the total rural population, on con- 

 dition that "no payment out of the additional appropriation 

 herein provided shall be made in any year to any state until 

 an equal sum has been appropriated for that year by the Legis- 

 lature of the State, or provided by state, county, college, local 

 authority, or individual contribution from within the state for 

 the maintenance of the cooperative agricultural extension work 

 provided for in this act." This means that -at the end of the 



