56 THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



insiituiions and workers. Thus, in the eradication of plant 

 and animal diseases,^^ in the investigation of dairying and 

 milk sanitation," in the development of marketing and 

 marketing facilities," in the promotion of boy's and girl's 

 olubs,^* and in the study of problems of forestry," exten- 

 sive use is made of the work that has been done by local 

 agencies and of the facilities afforded by them. Because 

 of the special interest of Wisconsin in the study of forestry, 

 and the exceptional equipment that has been provided there, 

 very much of the work of the department in this field is 

 done in closest cooperation with the agricultural college and 

 experiment station of that State. 



In the relationships of the Department of Agriculture 

 with state institutions, as in those with other federal serv- 

 ices, the particular form of agreement or working program 

 is determined by the nature of each case. Generally, if a 

 specific object is to be accomplished, if a definite sum is to 

 be expended by each party, or if all or a certain portion of 

 the time of workers is to be utilized in a joint undertaking, 

 the project is reduced to the form of a written agreement. 

 A copy of such an agreement is shown in Appendix II. 

 Similar project arrangements are also made for much of 

 the purely research work. 



Most of the cooperative relationships between the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture and state institutions to which attention 

 has been directed, except the general supervision of experi- 

 ment stations, are such as have naturally grown out of the 

 circumstances ; and are not enjoined upon either party by 

 specific legislation. In recent years, however, a number of 

 laws have been enacted by Congress which have as their 

 basic principle direct cooperation with state institutions. 

 Besides the laws providing for the establishment and aid of 



^1 Program of Work, pp. 33-40, 96, 104, 107. 

 " Ibid., p. 41 flF. 

 18 Ibid., p. 459. 

 1* Ibid., pp. 65-70. 

 i** Ibid., pp. 248-249. 



