2 BULLETIN 1381, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
What extension methods have been effective in obtaining the adop- 
tion of these improved practices? 
How do demonstrations compare in effectiveness with methods of 
the personal-service or propaganda type? 
In the effective conduct of extension work, how important are land 
ownership, size of farm, distance from the extension office, member- 
ship in the extension association, contact with extension workers, 
and participation in extension activities? 
What do farmers and farm women think of extension now that it 
has become established in a large number of counties? 
To obtain information regarding these and many other related 
questions, the Office of Cooperative Extension Work, United States 
Department of Agriculture, cooperated with State extension serv- 
ices in studying representative farms and homes in typical sections 
of the country. 
The data were collected by survey parties made up of State super- 
visory and administrative officers and subject-matter specialists and 
representatives of the Office of Cooperative Extension Work. In 
only a few cases was information collected by the county extension 
agents and then only sufficient to acquaint them with the field 
methods employed. Personal calls were made at each farm located 
in the areas selected and both the farmer and the farrii woman were 
interviewed if at home. 2 Comparable information was obtained from 
each farm 3 and recorded on questionnaire cards prepared for the 
purpose. Following is a sample of the card used. 
(Obverse) 
FARM AND HOME SURVEY OF THE RESULTS OF EXTENSION 
Community Farm No Date Renter Owner Phone 
Name Address Size of farm.. 
Type-of farming Hill Valley Kind of road 
Number in family: Adults Juniors' ages Miles to agent's office 
Member farm bureau (present) (past) Member home bureau (present) (past) 
Connection with extension work 
Member of what farmers' cooperative associations Grange 
Extension activities on farm 
In home 
Other extension activities attended or participated in _. 
Contacts with county agricultural agent Home demonstration agent 
Club agent Project leaders or committeemen 
What specialists 
Extension agents involved 
Farm and home 
practices adopted 
Methods largely 
responsible * 
County- 
agricultural 
agent 
Home 
demonstration 
agent 
Club agent 
Specialist 
* Use following abbreviations: Correspondence (cor.), office calls (o. a), telephone calls (tel.), farm 
visits (f. v.), study courses (st. a), leader training (1. tr.), bulletins (bul.), circular letters (cir. 1.), 
meetings (mtg.), news service (n. s.), extension schools (e. s.), demonstrations — adult (dem. a.), 
junior (dem. jr.), indirect contacts (ind.). 
2 In soma cases it was necessary to obtain the information relating to the farm from the woman or the 
information relating to the home from the man. No one was found at home in the case of 6 per cent of 
the farms visited. 
3 The term "firm" as use 1 in this publication refers to the farm and home as an economic unit and to 
the various individuals composing the operator's family. 
