60 THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



agencies, was formed in each of the state colleges. These 

 organizations resemble and are coordinate with the agri- 

 cultural experiment stations. They have at their head 

 directors of extension work corresponding to the directors 

 of experiment stations. 



Through the extension divisions of the colleges a large 

 number of projects for cooperative extension work in a 

 great variety of lines have been formulated and agreed upon 

 under the general memorandum of agreement.^^ 



In the reorganization of the department in 191 5, a new 

 administrative unit was created, in which has been brought 

 together practically all of the administrative and advisory 

 work of the department in its relations with state agricul- 

 tural institutions. This bureau is called the States Rela- 

 tions Service. Under a regulation issued by the Secretary, 

 all business of the department with these state institutions 

 must be transacted through the States Relations Service. 



The supervision of the work of the experiment stations 

 is conducted by a subdivision of this bureau called the Ofifice 

 of Experiment Stations. This has already been described. 

 Administration of the cooperative work is accomplished 

 through two other subdivisions called, respectively. The 

 Ofifice of Extension Work in the South, and The Ofifice of 

 Extension Work in the North and West. As the names 

 indicate, the division of work is territorial. This arrange- 

 ment is due in part to the existence of very dissimilar prob- 

 lems and conditions in the respective fields, and in part to the 

 previous existence of similar administrative units. There 

 is, of course, the closest relationships between these sub- 

 divisions and the extension divisions of the various colleges; 

 1)ut always following the general procedure previously 

 indicated. 



Perhaps the most distinctive feature or development under 

 the Smith-Lever Act is the oflficial generally called the county 

 agent. The field of these workers, as the designation im- 

 plies, is usually limited to one county. Although they work 



'^ Reports of the Department of Agriculture, 1915, p. 299. 



