The following lines of work were carried on by

the county agents;

Silo building and the feeding of silage.

Building up dairy herds.

Introduction of more live stock.

Farm manegement in its relation to increasing the amount

of live stock on the farm.

Beef cattle.

Introduction of pure bred live stock.

Crops for dry farming.

Chinch bugs and the preventative remedies

Growing alfalfa.

Cultivation and tillage methods.

Acid soils and the remedy.

Inoculation of soil for alfalfa.

Corn and alfalfa.

Conservation of soil moisture.

Introduction and use of sweet clover.

Use of barnyard manure.

Soil washing and blowing.

Seed testing.

Renovation of old orchards.

Proper use of spraying materials.

Organization of breeders' associations and cow-testing

associations.

Buying and selling on the cooperative plan.

Organization of boys' and girls' clubs and contest work.

Prevention of the spread of hog cholera.

Like Minnesota, Kansashas district agents. Their work is similar to the county agent's work but covers several counties in place of only one. Kansas has four of

these men, one in the southeastern part and three in the western part of the state.

Missouri

On the 15th day of April 1912 the first county agent in Missouri began his work in Peth's county. At that time no state or national aid was given. The people of the county working under the leadership of a Boosters' Club decided that they wanted a man for county agricultural work. Soon after funds had been raised and the man hired it was learned that funds from an outside source were available. One thousand dollars were secured through the Crop Improvement Committee of Chicago. The money contributed by the Peth's County Court toward the expenses of the County Adviser was made possible through the workings of the County Agricultural Experiment Station law known as the Nelson law. The amount raised by the county thru this law was $1,500. The school board of the county seat paid $600 towards the salary. In this way with $900 additional raised by the Boosters' Club the work of the county agent was financed. However, arrangements were made with the United States Department of Agriculture and the Missouri College of Agriculture, by which the United States Department of Agriculture pays one-fourth, the Un