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were mentioned as an influence in bringing about the adoption of 2.1 
per cent of the 9,833 practices changed in four States. The highest 
percentage of practices in connection with which the influence of 
junior demonstrations was reported was 10.3 in a county having em- 
ployed a club agent for several years. 
Table 20. — Relationship of boys 1 and girls' club work to changed practices on farms 
and in homes 
Percentage of farms reporting children living on farm 66.0 
i Average number of children on these farms 2.6 
Percentage of farms with children 10 to 20 years of age '42.0 
Average number of children 10 to 20 years of age on these farms 2. 
Percentage of farms with children of all ages represented in club work 13.0 
Percentage of farms with children 10 to 20 years represented in club work ' 29. 
Percentage of children 10 to 20 years of age in club work i 21.0 
Percentage of practices adopted or changed through influence of junior demonstrations 2. 1 
Fio. 6.— The Daisy View sewing club holds a meeting. Twenty-one per cent of the boys and girls of 
club age (10 to 20 years) either were enrolled in club work or had been at some previous time 
SUBJECT-MATTER SPECIALISTS 
In the four States cooperating in this study, there is a wide varia- 
tion in the number of specialists employed to back up the county 
extension agents. In New York, for example, the State specialist 
force is equivalent to about one full-time worker per county, whereas 
Colorado has one specialist for about six counties. The average 
for the four States is about one full-time specialist for two counties. 
Nearly a third (29 per cent) of all the farms involved in this study 
had been in touch with one or more specialists. (Table 21.) Nearly 
a fourth of those reporting changed practices mentioned the influence 
of the specialist. In connection with practices changed, the special- 
ist's influence was reported in 18 per cent of the cases. Although 
the specialist's task may be largely that of training county extension 
agents in subject-matter extension, in practice he apparently makes 
direct contacts with a considerable proportion of the farming people 
and is a recognized factor in influencing the adoption of improved 
practices. 
1 For three States only, as this information was not obtained in Iowa. 
