the same time help our farm clients as we should help them in their ever increasing demands upon us." 1 2 Four years later, in an address before the Graduate School of Agriculture at the Iowa State College, Dean Homer C.Price, of the Ohio State University, in speaking on " The Sphere of Agricultural Extension," said " Agricultural extension is no longer a theory; it is a fact." The development of extension work had been rapid. Its usefullness and functions were being recognized. In the words of Prof. John Hamilton, Farmers' Institute Specialist, of the Office of Experiment Stations, Washington, D.C., who has traced the movement of agricultural extension in the United States, "the Association of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations in 1905 became interested in the extension movement and appointed a standing committee to investigate and to report upon the condition and progress of this work and to recommend to the colleges and stations means whereby they would forward the movement and increase its efficiency. The United States Department of Agriculture cooperated with this committee, after making a general inquiry, to discover the actual condition of extension work of all kinds throughout the country, and the committee reported the results to the association each year until in 1909 it recommended the action which the association took at its Portland meeting." 1. Office of Experiment Stations - Bull. No.231 3 page 31 Bull.No.231 - page 31 Circular No. 98 - p.5 In that year, at the annual meeting of the association held in Portland, Oregon, in August, 1909, the constitution of the Association was changed to admit upon equality with the existing sections, a third, that was to be known as the Section on Extension Work." This action," says Prof.Hamilton," indicates a tendency toward the creation of a department of extension work in each land grant college coordinate with its interior academic work and with the research and demonstration work of 1 the station." Since that year, the annual proceedings of the association have included an exhaustive report on the progress of extension work in its various phases. It is from such sources,rich in information and enthusiasm, that this work has been born. Sources of Information. The literature on the subject of Extension Work is limited because of the newness of the field. There are however a number of excellent sources for material, among which the following stand out prominently:- 1. Agricultural College Bulletins. 2. Publications of the Office of Experiment Stations. 3. Proceedings of the Association of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations. 4. General Agricultural Press. 5. Railroad Bulletins. 6. Miscellaneous Addresses. 1. Office of Experiment Stations.- Circular No.98 – p l. Plan of Work. Starting originally as a report on the " Training and Preparation of Extension Workers," the present work has outgrown its former scope. In addition to this report, which is somewhat modified and supplemented by quotations from the leaders of extension work throughout the country, four other sections are included. Although it is recognized that a strong relationship and correlation exists between all five parts, yet for the sake of clearness, no attempt has been made to treat all of the sections as one unified work; on the contrary, they are written as distinct and separate groups, corresponding to as many different phases of extension activity. Part One treats of the " History and Development of College Extension Work." "The Present Status of College Extension Work" follows as Part Two. Part Three deals with the Experience, Training and Preparation of Extension Workers." In Part Four," The Present Status of Railroad Extension Work in Agriculture," is discussed. And in Part Five, the subject is " The Agricultural Extension Work of Industrial Companies and other Organizations." Method. The method that was used largely in the preparation of this work was that of the questionnaire.Supplementing the questionnaires that were sent to the agricultural colleges, railroads and industrial organizations, are quoted the personal |