10 BULLETIN 83, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGEICULTUEE. 



There was general expansion of the extension work of the colleges 

 during the past year. The increase in number of persons engaged 

 in this work was 66 and in the amount of time given to the work 

 over 50 per cent, while the increased amount of time devoted by 

 each person to extension work averaged 27.6 per cent. Thirty-one 

 of the colleges employed 182 persons for their whole time, an aver- 

 age of 5.87 persons per institute, while the number employed for 

 part of their time amounted to 217. The amount of money appro- 

 priated increased from $548,352.82 in 1912 to $990,504.20 in 1913. 



The days of service devoted to movable schools increased from 

 2,386 to 5,436 and the registered attendance from 36,241 to 73,319. 

 The States reporting correspondence schools in 1912 were 7; in 1913, 

 12. The days of service devoted to this work in 1912 were 656; in 

 1913, 1,889; and the number of students registered increased from 

 2,162 to 7,649. 



The States reporting rural study clubs in 1912 were 2; in 1913, 6. 

 The registered attendance had increased from 2,060 in 1912 to 19,669. 

 The number of local advisers in 1912 was 82; in 1913 there were 298; 

 itinerant lecturers had increased from 322 to 426; the places visited 

 by those engaged in informal teaching in 1912 was 12,142; and the 

 persons in attendance, 1,800,513; in 1913 the places visited num- 

 bered 54,687; the persons reported in attendance, 2,942,652. 



The number of publications issued had increased from 1,949 to 

 102,954. 



It is clear that the extension work of the agricultural colleges is 

 developing very rapidly and along a wide range of effort and that 

 the different institutions are endeavoring to introduce forms of serv- 

 ice along extension lines that will be specially adapted to the condi- 

 tions in their several States. 



SECTION ON EXTENSION WORK OF THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN 

 AGRICULTURAL COLLEGES AND EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



At meetings of this section at Washington, D. C, November 12 

 and 13, 1913, the following topics were discussed: (1) Organization 

 in a college for extension; (2) problems confronting the agricultural 

 colleges in their extension work and suggestions for meeting them; 

 (3) things the college should undertake to accomplish through its 

 extension division and how they should be undertaken; (4) coopera- 

 tion with other agencies in agricultural extension; and (5) organiza- 

 tion in a county or community for extension. The papers and the 

 discussion of them are published in full in the proceedings of the 

 association. 



Two very important reports were presented by committees ap- 

 pointed at the Atlanta meeting of the association : One, a committee 

 on organization of courses for preparation of extension workers; the 



