THE USE OP LAND IN TEACHING AGRICULTURE. 



EXTENSION WORK OF AGRICULTURAL INSTRUCTOR. 



Over one-half of the agricultural instructors reported that they were 

 engaged in some kind of boys' and girls' club work, and in the majority 

 of instances they were acting as local leaders, although in some cases 

 they were merely cooperating. Eighty-one of the 157 agricultural 

 instructors indicated that they were doing other types of extension 

 work. The principal types were organizing farmers' clubs, cow- 

 testing and live-stock work, seed selection, speaking at meetings — 

 generally in connection with their farmers' clubs, and giving advice 

 to individual farmers. Details as to the kind of extension work 

 carried on by the agricultural instructor are shown in the following 

 table : 



Principal kinds of extension work reported. 



Spraying 8 



Pruning 2 



Associations 6 



Grange work 3 



Organizing clubs. . .' 7 



Farmers' club 16 



Speaking at meetings 15 



Cow testing 8 



Testing milk 10 



Dairy improvement 4 



Purchase of live stock 2 



Hog cholera 8 



Assist in vaccinating hogs 2 



Stock improvement 2 



Care of cattle 2 



Introducing pure-bred seeds 3 



Seed testing 4 



Alfalfa plats 15 



Weed identification 2 



Corn club 8 



Seed corn 6 



Wheat breeding 5 



Demonstration 12 



Experiments 5 



Consultations 4 



Farm visits 3 



Fertilizing 3 



Answering questions 4 



Soil drainage 6 



School contests 7 



Advice 9 



Lecture work 9 



Poultry club 2 



Plowing 3 



Records of the College of Agriculture, University of Minnesota, 

 show that of the 117 agricultural instructors in Minnesota reporting 

 in regard to extension work, 92 stated that they had organized 273 

 farmers' clubs; 35, shipping associations; and 31, cow-testing associa- 

 tions, testing 42 herds containing 960 cows. In five instances the 

 boys in the agricultural classes were doing the testing. The instruc- 

 tors were also carrying on farm-demonstration work in corn, barley, 

 alfalfa, and small grains. Twenty-three of the schools had taken 

 part in the vaccination of hogs for cholera, 73 had helped in planning 

 and building silos, and 29 had helped to plan farmsteads. 



A question was asked as to whether the agricultural instructors 

 were employed for nine months or for the entire year, to learn 

 whether they could carry on home-project work. Ninety-nine out of 

 the 157 were so employed. One hundred and thirty-one were gradu- 

 ates of agricultural colleges, and their average salaries were between 



