6 BULLETIN 1384, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Table 3. — Contact with extension icorkers and participation in extension activities 
Item 
Farm and home records obtained 
Members of farm bureau (past and present) 
Members of home bureau (past and present) 
Farms represented by local leaders 
Farms on which extension activities had been conducted 
Other farms participating in extension activities 
Farms with boys and girls in club work , 
Farms reporting contact with: 
Some member of the extension service 
County agricultural agent 
Home demonstration agent 
Subject-matter specialist 
i For three States only, Colorado not being included. 
2 For the States of New York and California only. 
The farm operator or members of his family had attended or taken 
part in some extension activity in the case of 60 per cent of the farms. 
(Fig. 1.) Field demonstrations, meetings, or other extension activities 
Fig. 1.— A field meeting to discuss the growing of legumes. Attendance at similar extension activi- 
ties was reported in the case of 60 per cent of the farms studied 
relating to either the farm or the home were reported on 15 per cent 
of the farms. Boys and girls on 13 per cent of the farms were either 
enrolled in club work or had been at some previous time. Direct 
contacts between representatives of the extension service and mem- 
bers of the farm family as a result of office calls, farm home visits, 
meetings, and the like, were reported in the case of 69 per cent of the 
farms. Contact with the county agricultural agent was reported by 
59 per cent of the farms, with the home demonstration agent by 33 
per cent of the farms, and with the subject-matter specialist of the 
college by 29 per cent of the farms. 
FARMS AND HOMES REACHED BY EXTENSION 
The highest percentage of farms and homes effectively reached 
was 88 per cent in a county where organized extension work had 
been under way 12 years, and the lowest percentage was 60 in a 
county having cooperated with the State college and the United 
