I. INTRODUCTION.

CONTENTS

The Rural Population_

Need for Educating the Rural Population.......

Special Educational Needs of the Rural Population__

The Land-Grant Institutions___

II. FEDERAL AID FOR RESIDENT INSTRUCTION.

Legislation___

First Morrill Act_.

Second Morrill Act_

Nelson Amendment_.

Bankhead-Jones Act..

Scope of the Resident Educational Program of the Land-

Grant Institutions__.

Suggested Modifications of Curriculums – .

Enrollments, Degrees, Size of Staffs, and Expenditures...

Land-Grant Legislation and Higher Education for Negroes-

III. EXPERIMENT STATIONS_

Federal Legislation__

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Support of Research among Negroes_

IV. AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION WORK_

Movements Leading to the Creation of the Extension

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Matching Requirement..

V. SOME FINAL CONSIDERATIONS_

Relationship of Separate Land-Grant Colleges and State

Universities__

Extension Work in Home Economics_

Extension and Research in the Negro Land-Grant Colleges_

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Influence of the Land-Grant College Association_ _ _

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APPENDIX B. Land-Grant Colleges and Universities in 1937...

APPENDIX C. Memorandum of Understanding, State College of

Agriculture and United States Department of

Agriculture

APPENDIX D. Memorandum of Understanding, American Farm

Bureau Federation and United States Depart-

ment of Agriculture - - - -

RESEARCH STAFF AND CONSULTANTS OF THE COMMITTEE.

PUBLICATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE.

LIST OF TABLES

1. Amount of Federal funds received by the 69 land-grant in-

stitutions through the First Morrill Act of 1862 and the

supplementary Morrill acts administered through the De-

partment of the Interior, by fiscal year, 1873 to 1940_.

2. Total number of staff members of 69 land-grant institutions,

by branch of service, 1933-34 and 1936–37.

3. Percentage Negro population was of total population, 1930,

and percentage of total State allotments from various

Federal funds allocated to Negro land-grant colleges in

17 Southern States, fiscal year ended June 30, 1936_----

4. Experiment station income, by source and by fiscal year,

1888 to 1937...

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5. Federal funds available to States for cooperative extension

work and State offsets under the Smith-Lever Act, by fiscal

year, 1916 to 1920___

6. Number, attendance, and expenditures of farmers' institutes

in the United States in selected years, 1902 to 1914.

7. Summary of allotments of Federal funds for extension work

in agriculture and home economics, fiscal year ended

June 30, 1937 _ _ _

8. Federal appropriations and expenditures from Federal

funds and from State, county, and local funds for cooper-

ative extension work in all States, Alaska, Hawaii, and

Puerto Rico, by fiscal year, 1915 to 1936_ -

9. Total funds allotted for cooperative extension work and

amounts derived from Federal funds and from sources

within the States, by State, fiscal year ended June 30,

1937___

10. Percentage of funds for cooperative extension work allotted

to counties and to colleges, by purpose of expenditure and

by State, fiscal year ended June 30, 1937__

11. Percentage distribution of funds for cooperative extension

work, by source and by State, fiscal year ended June 30,

1937_.

12. Lowest, average, and highest salaries paid cooperative ex-

tension workers, December 31, 1936.

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13. Number of farm operators, 1935, number of county agents,

June 30, 1937, and number of operators per agent, in 16

Southern States, by race..

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14. Estimated expenditures for Negro extension work in agri-

culture and home economics in 16 Southern States, by

fiscal year, 1925 to 1937_ - - - -

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15. Percentage of agents' and specialists' time devoted to

various projects in cooperative extension work, by year,

1928 to 1936__

85

16. Percentage of time devoted to junior extension work by

7,597 extension workers, by State, fiscal year ended

June 30, 1936_ _ _

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17. Number of extension work groups other than 4-H clubs,

and number of rural persons 16 years of age and older

participating, by State, 1936_

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LIST OF FIGURES

1. Organization chart of the Cooperative Extension Service

in Agriculture and Home Economics----

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2. Organization chart of the Extension Service, United States

Department of Agriculture.