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JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY 
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extension work is through informal conferences. As a general principle 
the work of the land grant college in extension work should be the 
work of the departments, as in the case in both the experiment station 
and in the college, and not the work of an independent organization 
out of touch with the college departments. Others have stated this 
before me. The heads of departments should be a part of the exten¬ 
sion organization or a part of an extension council in which general 
policies are discussed. 
The fact that there are county agents in the field under the direction 
of a state leader and that these are the persons through whom, or in 
cooperation with whom, the specialist from the college does certain 
of his work, introduces a factor not found in the experiment station 
and for which special provision has to be made. Clearly the county 
agents must be coordinated through the state county agent leader and 
the specialist clearly must do his work with the agents through coopera¬ 
tion with the leader. The county agent has many duties to perform 
and what he does for or with the state specialists must bear an orderly 
relation to his other duties. The county agent necessarily does many 
things for the farmer on his own initiative or on request from the 
farmers and he must call upon the college departments for aid. Thus 
the initiative for new work may naturally come from the county agent, 
the county agent leader, or the state specialist. Clearly then there 
should be laid down an orderly procedure. The fullest usefulness can 
come only from the fullest cooperation and the fullest cooperation can 
come only through having a well understood and accepted channel of 
communication. Any initiative coming from the college should be 
the result of conference between the extension service and the college 
department and any communication with the county agent should be 
through the leader or with his knowledge in each specific case if any 
claims on the county agent’s time are contemplated. 
The plan in various states of having the extension service direct the 
time and the routing of the specialist is probably the best that can be 
devised but the departments alone should be responsible for the infor¬ 
mation and instructional programs which the specialist dispenses. 
Recommendations concerning titles and salaries should emanate from 
the department of entomology. The head of the department should 
take a very active interest in the success of the work in the field. 
The extension entomologist has for his main object the saving of as 
much as possible of the 10 per cent loss of agricultural products. He 
has laid out before him a field of great opportunity and of great possi¬ 
bilities. He may work through the farmer himself or through the 
farmer’s children in the schools. He may use lectures, circulars and 
the agricultural, weekly and daily press. He may conduct demon- 
