4 BULLETIN 1384, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
the area included the entire southern half of Logan County. The 
California areas covered a territory of about 36 square miles in the 
center of Stanislaus County and the southeastern half of Butte 
County. 
It will be noted from Table 1 that the seven counties involved 
represent widely differing types of agriculture and size of extension 
problem, as measured by the number of farms in each county. At 
the time of the field work organized extension had been under way in 
these counties from 6 to 12 years. All of the counties employed a 
home demonstration agent as well as an agricultural agent. The three 
New York counties employed boys' and girls' club agents. One of 
the New York counties also employed an assistant home demonstra- 
tion agent and a part-time assistant county agent. One of the Cali- 
fornia counties employed two assistant agents and the other one as- 
sistant agent. 
The large variation in agriculture, size of counties, and number of 
county extension agents employed, as well as in the amount of spe- 
cialist assistance available from the State agricultural colleges makes 
the composite area a fairly typical cross-section of the Eastern, 
Central, and Western States. 
Table 1. — Areas included in extension field studies, 19.23-24 
County extension staff 
State and 
county 
Iowa: 
Marshall. 
New York: 
Chenango. 
Monroe- 
Type of agriculture 
Jefferson . 
Colorado: 
Logan. 
al ifornia: 
Stanislaus. 
Butte. 
(■rain 
Livestock. 
Dairy 
( iabbage. - 
Potatoes.. 
Fruit 
Potatoes.. 
Truck 
Oats 
Hay 
Dairy 
Sugar beet?. 
Grain 
Livestock.. 
Num- 
ber of 
farms 
Line of work 
Years 
under 
way 
9 ~. . [Agricultural agent. . 
' IHonie demonstration 
agent. 
[Agricultural agent. 
3, 838 Home demonstration agent. 
I Club agent 
Agricultural agent 
5, 171 <Home demonstration agent. 
I Club agent 
[Agricultural agent 
JHome demonstration agent. 
[Club agent 
:.. LSI 
Total 
Deciduous fruit. 
Grapes. 
Melons. 
Dairy 
Deciduous fruit. 
Citrus fruit 
Rice. 
Livestock.. 
. r-, (Agricultural agent 
' \Uomc demonsrtation agent. 
. - rr /Agricultural agent 
' \Home demonstration agent. 
:' 
2iq ("Agricultural agent 
, ^iy < n ome demonstrati 
demonstration agent. 
Number 
of 
workers 
at time 
of survey 
Number 
of farm 
and 
home 
records 
obtained 
! 
! 1 
549 
330 
513 
765 
749 
GG6 
954 
1 A special assistant agent is employed six months of each year. 
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN AREAS AT TIME OF STUDIES 
The effects of low prices for agricultural products upon the point 
of view and outlook of the farmer and the various members of his 
family were apparent in all of the areas studied . Low prices for grain 
and livestock had compelled retired farmers in Iowa again to take 
up the operation of farms sold or rented during the more prosperous 
