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UNIVERSI I Y OF KEN I UCK Y I  
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE ~ .  
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CIRCULAR NO 196  
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  Lexington, Kentucky, A
  J anury 2, 1926.
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  y President Frank L. MoVey,
  K University of Kentucky.
 i l\[y dear President l\[eVey: .
 
  l have the llOl1()1’ to present the annual report of the Divis- I
  ion of Agricultural Exte11sio11 of the College of Agriculture, y
  i U11ive1·sity of Kentucky, for the year ended December 31, 1925. {
  In tl1is report will be found a stateruent of tl1e various activities (
  of thc past year, a list of publicatio11s and a financial statenient (
  , of receipts and expenditures. { (
  Respectfully,
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 li! ` 'l`no1»r;xs CO()1’I£R, Dean and D'il`0('i0}'. 1
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  . . January 15, 1926. 1
  Ilonoralile \Villia1n J. Fields, I
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  I I1 accordance with all act of tllé Legislature of the State y
  of Kentucky, approved March 15, 1916, I herewith submit the 1
  illllllltll report of the Division of Agricultural Extension of the ,
  College. of_Agriculture, University of Kentucky, for the year {
  ended December 31, 1925.
I t Respectfully, ,
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  FRANK L. LICYVEY, President. T
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ANNUAL REPORT OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION ~  
WORK IN 1925.  
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T. R. BRYANT, Assistaiit Director V . , .  
The progress of Agricultural Extension Work in Kentucky  
S` has been quite satisfactory during the year 1925. This has not , .  
€» been marked by the increase in number of workers, but rather in I _ ·  
9- the amount of work that the staff has been able to accomplish. · I 4  
35 _ This was made possible thru a better understanding by all work-  
ll ers of proper methods of approach, and of program building and `  
execution Hlld thru the development of local leadership. z  
Probably the limiting factor, at the present time, to the vol-  
,·_ ume of work possible of accomplishment is the recruiting and  
training of volunteer leaders. `  · 
The projects as outlined by specialists are becoming more ·  
thoroly understood as to their feasibility under varying condi- i  
tions, their adaptability and methods of promulgation. This `  
better understanding is not only on the pa1·t of county agents, ·  
_ but also by project leaders and advisory groups within the  
counties. ‘  
An example of the increased thoroness of work secured thru U  
lc better organized and developed local support is apparent from  
lc the increase in the percentage of projects finished by junior club '  
*6 members. During the previous year the per cent of finish was i. . V  
lr fifty and for the year just closed the per cent was raised to sixty. I  
It appears that the limit has been 1·eachcd in the number of  
Workers to be employed until substantial additions are made to  
t. The funds. The Extension Service is therefore embarrassed at  
The present time by its inability to place workers in new counties  
that have appropriated their share of the money to employ  
agents.    
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K.
 Q Home deinonstration work still reniains a more difficult
  field 111 wlneh to secure adequate assistance from cou11t1es tha11
  is tl1e case with Hg`1`l(ZllltU1`£1l work. Despite this fact it is easy
  to see develop111e11t taking place. Appropriations by counties
  show a slight improvemeiit. The mgatiizatieiti of county l1o111c-
{Q1 J`\l2ll{(‘1`S· assoeiatioiis has placed an organized group of supporters
  1 hehind tl1e home demoiistration agent, and the value of this ar-
 ‘ 1'H-]1g(’1l]Cl1t has already been dcinonstrated.
Mi The discovery of niarl deposits i11 more tllélll iifty counties
  andthe striking deinonstratioiis ot the value ot its use have made
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3*  a yrotound inn wession upon fariners. The fact that Kentuckv
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  l1as taken the lead HU1011 · tl1e States of the Union 111 tl1e irogress
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  of the Better S11·es Campaign 1S a1 t1·1I1ute to tl1e efficiency of tl1e
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ir; work and It also indicates that kentucky farmers \\'llQ11 properly
  encouraged are as progressive and as anxious to improve tl1ei1·
  Q l T2`t1`111l1l0` business as are tl1e fariners of anv other state.
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  The Zlllllllill livestock show held by tl1e junior cluhs of Ken-
  S tacky is tl1e largest of &111_Y State i11 the Union a11d the quality is
  i11 keeping with tl1e size of tl1e exposition.
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 [ The progress 111ade hy Kentucky in tl1e 1lIlp1`OVC]DG11t of her
ef .  sheep industry, especially l1er spring lambs has set the pace for
 ·l 1 the whole ('(>llllt`l'}' 2ll](i the methods of hringing ahout this llll-
  1 prove111e11t are heing emulated hy other States.
  The increase in tl1e use of li111e a11d marl Elllll i11 tl1e acreage
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  of leguines 1S hegiiining to offer relie‘i’ from the greatest delici-
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COUNTY AGENT WORK ‘  
C. A. l\IAHAN, State Leader ` V i  
In the 1924 report mention was made that the main effort of _ A i `  
the County Agent Department was to help people help them-  
selves, this being a job of such size that it is believed efforts in  
this line should continue to he the main feature for many years » .  
to come. Therefore, the building and development of community T T .  
programs have been given major consideration in the year’s ‘ i  
work. To properly develop the community program special at- T  
tcntion is being given the community project leaders by holding , ‘ i  
leaders’ training meetings a11d giving them special attention as ` i.  
leaders instead of as demonstrators. lt is planned that more T *  i
leaders’ training schools shall he held during the coming year. _ s  
During the past year the method of initiating work in coun- ; 
ties has been improved. Instead of sending a representative of  
the University to a county to solicit and beg an appropriation  
from the Court the rural people of the county are approached by  
having a series of demonstrations scheduled at whieli extension  
specialists give dcinonstrations in different. subjects distributed i _ l  
thruout the county and at different times of the year. At each l  
of these the specialists indicate the need of follow-up work suc·h  
as a county agent could do. i  
To supplement this an assistant state agent outlines and  
GllCOllI`Hg€S tll€ Ol'g’H11lZHtlO11 3111OUg ftl1`11l€1`S of HH EXi€llSlO11 O1`-  
ganization with a small membership fee to be used for the sole .  
purpose of supporting County Agent work in that county. This  
money usually is used to help pay for county agents’ oitlce sup-  
plies and expenses for a period of two or three years. The sup- ‘ ‘ i  
port then comes in response to local demand and this demand .  
is made upon the basis of merit of the work.  
A year ago it seemed that the top was reached in county  
agent numbers in Kentucky, but during the year the number  
has been considerably increased. This has been largely due to  
the efficiency of the improved methods of approach and to the  
improvement being made in the class of work being done. This   `
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  improvement in work is largely attributed to the closer super- I
  vision by assistant state agents who keep the county agents at I
;>`   work on lines planned instead of wandering around. ]
  The number of community programs has increased from 1
    173 in 1922, 439 for 1923, and 539 for 1924 to 550 for 1925. In I
  1924 there were reported 2,914 community leaders, but for 1925,  
fp   this number has been increased to 3,542 leaders. Thru the help A
  of these local leaders our demonstrations have grown to the 1
  figure of 24,940, or an average of 328 for each county having an
  agent. Such figures could not be reported with the present num- .
  ber of county agents unless the people were making a real eifort  
  to be of assistance in improving the communities in which they 1
¤ 3 live. 4
F     i Kentucky agents are rather proud of the fact that they have
  been able to hold the position of iirst place in the United States _
  i purebred sire enrollment campaign; they have also made marked ·
  progress in Junior Club work by increasing the enrollment a '
  ` few hundred and increasing the number finishing from 50% to l
iff  60%. The marl demonstrations have increased in number and
  { spread over about 50 counties, using 9,311 tons.
  `Program record books for County Plans, were furnished
  again this year and the agents were called upon at the end of
  the year to check their work against these books to show they had
  used careful thought in planning the work, and that they were
  _1naking a conscientious effort to follow out these plans. This
  method has been so helpful to the assistant state agents that the
  plan will be continued next year.
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  Since comparative figures show in a general way the volume
 ii. of work accomplished by county agents and local leaders as- ‘
j e sisted by the extension specialists the following figures, taken ‘
`S  from their annual reports for 1924 and 1925 are given below: - i
  _ 1924 1925
  °_ No. counties with Agents ...................................................... ·67 72
  No. communities building extension programs ................ ·539 550
  No. community leaders in community—bui1t programs .. 2,914 3,542
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No. dems. (result and method) =by County Agents ~` ·  
and community leaders ...........u....r...,.u.......,....r_......______, 21,471 24,940  
No. result demonstrations carried thru year ._..,_.._,_,_,______ 11,622 12,213 , . l;L€fg'=‘,
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No. farm visits made by Agents .l.,...........,..,,,,.._._ _ ,_,_____,_,___ 40,786 43,366 V  
No. farms visited ........................................................ _ _...1,_____ 16,900 19,745 ' -  
No. home visits made by agents ......,...........11...,,..........._,,_,_ 4,940 5,972 ` ‘  
No. homes visited ,,....... . __1_......__._.,..,,____________________________________,_ 3,008 6,029  
No, office calls relative to work (office) ,_,,_____,_,______._..____ 47,849 57,981 r  
(telephone) ,..,..,......... 27.352 42,605 ,- · ‘ .  
No. individual letters written ...1..1_...,,,_,_______,_____,,_____,_____..._ 46,347 32,184 ` .  
» MEETUNGS HELD 9  
No. training meetings for local leaders ....,..........,..........,.,. 408 333  
Attendance of local leade1·s .................................1.,.,......_..... 2,063 3,243 ,  
No. demonstration meetings held ..r.......__......,._____,__,_,.._______ 4,927 6,331 A · `I  
Attendance .......,..,............r.......................,.,_............,..............., 89,750 97,437 ,  
No. farmers’ institutes and short courses ....._....,...,......,.. 429 154 ,  
Attendance .,............,..r................,.,,............1.........__........__....1... 8,062 4,787 ‘  
· Junior Club camps assisted ...........,....,,..r.............,,.............. 34 49 ,  
Total attendance (including adults) ,,........_,.....,..___,,..._.,... 36,482 18,095  
Other meetings .................l,,............. j ,.....c............................... 2,874 4,176  
‘ Attendance ..............................,...,....... i ............................l.....l.. 1*80,409 328t8¤36  
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No, breed associations organized dairy cattle .......,.......... 88 3 __ , 
No, (breed associations organized, other stock ................ 15 23 `  
Total No. members in purebred sires campaign ......t... 2,087 3,375 .  T
No. farms installing drainage systems .....................l......l. 71 88 p  
Acres drained _...........,......._..........r.....................>>........... . ......... 2,045 1,088  , 7
` No. water systems installed ......r....rl................................. .. 43 47 `  I
No. lighting systems installed ...............,..»........................... 33 27 ‘  
No. farms clearing land .,...l..............l................. . ..·.............. 279 248  Q
Acres of land cleared _,....... , .,........................,..... . ..................... 2087 1.46l ¤  
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it done considerable clothing work and who wish to go on and at- ta
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  chosen from those who were interested in learning to make tail- Y]
·   i ored garments. This course has not been repeated in the com- . cl
g   munities, but these leaders have taught the women in their com-  
  munities such common constructive processes as every home H
f,_,  sewer needs to know, such as tailored pockets, plackets, seams Sl
ji  and some tailored finishes. Reports show coats made and re- - H
,2.*  modeled, dresses remodeled, boys’ coats and suits made. Here P
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L  ‘l lzets for home use, for decorative purposes and for sale. This t'
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  The selection of the food thru the whole of life and partie- l
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U-  ularlv from infancv thru adolescence is fundamental to growth, ·
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Ev;  vitality resistance to disease and eneral health. Since the l
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  homemaker selects and prepares the family meals, it is in her p ‘
  power to determine whether her family has the food which will _
glee  furnish the necessary elements to build strong bones, pure blood, ‘
 li stron nerve and muscle >rovide for maximum <>·rowth and
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,4,,  development, maintain. good digestion and elmimation or the re-
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are evidences of poo1· food selection. The purpose of the food _ T  
selection program is to teach the homemaker: (1) the impor- p   j  
tance of food in relation to health; (2) the food requirements _  
of people of various ages and in various conditions and oceupa- T  
' tions; and, lastly (3) how she in her own particular locality · T i ~ j 
and on her means can provide for her family a healthful diet. ` pi 
The immediate results of this program are shown in increased  
_ consumption of milk, fruits, vegetables, more thought given to _ ,  
preservation of foods necessary to provide a healthful diet dur- · ,    
ing the winter, more carefully planned gardens, decreased con- t  
sumption of rich pastries, fried foods, sweets and meat, partie- t  
_ ularly pOl'k. \Ve iind numerous homcmakcrs who are not just  
preparing what happens to be handy, but who are planning their p i `  
meals in advance, keeping in mind the importance of an intelli- .  
gent selection of foods. Henderson County culminated a pro- l 4  
gram in food selection with a nutrition contest. The women en-  
tering the contest kept an exact record of their meals over a = 
period of several weeks. The requirements of an adequate diet  
were arranged on a score card, each gi