EFFECTIVENESS OF EXTENSION IN REACHING RURAL PEOPLE H 
In three States 4 detailed information was obtained on individual 
extension methods which resulted in improved practices being 
adopted. Table 9 shows the relative influence of the methods 
reported. The emphasis placed on different extension methods in 
the different areas has an important bearing upon the frequency 
with which these methods were reported. Personal-service methods, 
such as farm visits and office calls, stand out in Colorado. 'Tigs. 4 
and 5.) The method demonstration meeting received major em- 
phasis in California. In New York, extension bulletins, news serv- 
ice, and circular letters were reported more frequently than in the 
Fig. 4. 
; r calling at the couaty extension office for information. F: 
practices adopted were traced to the influence of office calls 
the 
other States. Regardless of the extent to which the different exten- 
sion means and agencies have been emphasized, the same general 
relationship exists between groups of methods in all three States. 
Table 9. — Relative influences of extension methods reported ■ 
Method responsible 
K8S W 
Method responsible 
Number 
Percent- 
of 
age of 
Kef P'2*fces 
anected changed > 
Adult demonstrations.. 3,480 
Meetings 3,431 
Indirect 2,159 
News service 
Bulletins S33 
Farm visits sl3 
ufficecalls 434 
Junior demonstrations.. 2.4 
Extension schools 154 1.9 
Correspondence 123 1.5 
Leader training 115 1.4 
Circular letters 110 1.3 
Telephone 35 .4 
Study courses ! .3 
• For three States only, as this information was not obtained in Iowa. 
fc One practice may have involved several methods. 
4 In Iowa, information relating to groups of methods only was obtained. 
