Show I 1 in the state agricultural COLLEGE E EXTENSION X WORK it is rioted noted by the department of agriculture in the annual report of the I 1 experiment stations that there is a great demand for instruction cal and scientific tho the report says that all forms of 0 agricultural al extension work have developed rapid ly during the year and as a result of increasing demands upon the agricultural tural colleges for itin itinerant cratit instruction land and demitr tion many of lithcoe sae insul have or organized anizel and danneo extension tens on departments it is 13 stated yural further that the number and variety af at tile the agriculture al college in 1909 1009 were greater than in n any previous yd year tr aud and were were learly kearly 2000 more students I 1 enrolled in hese aeao courses than in massachusetts appointed a director of short courses oregon inaugurated short read ing in courses in poultry husbandry okla homa held a cotton grad ire school missouri gave two short courses fo for boys boya and vermont hold held its 11 first annual fa fan rinerd ners week with IGO enrolled it is also noted that farmers week has grown in favor and eu effectiveness as means of instruction for the more peoble in rural districts they assume many different florent di forms but the scope 0 of f tho the larger 1 meetings of this class tile report says saya is indicated by a summery showing that many subjects were considered and alid that tile the attendance was good at columbia mo for foi instance there were 1000 in attendance aurill du during rill tile the wee week IC of jan 4 when t here I 1 were illustrated lectures lecture and ad dresses by eminent authorities similar meetings in Nc nebraska braska at cornell university at tile oklahoma college and elsewhere ivete ocic highly successful tile department lias has alcert dried that chete are arc GO 60 agricultural C high schoola or degni t tely secondary agricultural courses in colleges college between and public hilgh high schools and acad academies emles teaching agriculture bbate or calill county tuy normal schools and 10 16 a agriculture training young inen and women 1 t to 0 teach tile the allore clement ary ry phased j agn 11 culture beside which ki Q quite a number ui private sch scap h and colleges giving instruction I 1 i ril kiture of second alir ary gr grade or correspondence esponde ned cours es which are approximately mate IV of se sc coll I 1 4 r Y r abba n all about instructions in n agri the department is disposed to believe timit the exceeds this but it has not nat located more schools of this character ter lit in these schools wherein tile LiVe average ralle 0 course I 1 15 D r years there is ill an enrol enrollment 11 I 1 Q lit of 54 1 00 pupils and a total enroll kilat ament in in agricultural classes of an 91 aver average age of 31 pupils in agri culture in each school distributed among 34 states while tile the number of pupils is not lot largo considering tile the population of the unit united 0 d states it will bo be observed that the movement is general and pupils are widely videly distributed not only ill in tilo tho higher schools is agricultural instruction a feature there at ai c now enow 11 stilted states that require tile the teaching of agriculture c in in the elementary schools the number of such states is increasing from year to year school garden work in ill cities and towns is a development of this idea then there are aie tile tho boys and girls agriculture clubs cluba interest in which 13 is growing throughout tile the country corn biow grow ing cotton growing 0 potato 0 biow grow ing fruit growing poultry and live stool stock study are taught 11 tile the toy boys j while for the girt girl 3 thero are making and sewing t the report after reviewing iving this phase of agricultural education says the general erfil extent r rf cf f ting alis in barest in junior aa aub club work is indicated by the fact the it is 0 organized 11 in at least countries in the united states with s a membership of mure inure than in ill the southern states alone thua boys ivere enrolled in competitive club corn contests in ill connection with what is known as the boya demonstration work of this department N and aggregate on an of was W contributed is ay esto eito be awarded in club contow in these state |