The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-01-30
A STATE COLLEGE
BIG CONFERENCE
UNDER WAY THIS WEEK WITH a
LARGE ATTENDANCE OF
STATE WORKERS
REVIEW AND FLAX Of EXTENSION WORK
Details Of The Great Work Being
Done In State Given BY Those
Who Carried Them Out

The South Dakota extension confer
ence was opened Monday afternoon
with a short address of welcome b.
DR.. G.. l.. Brown, acting president. DR.
Brown explained that extension is on
of the three great functions of the
cOllege-the other two being instruc
tional and experimental work. The
growth of extension, he said, had beer
remarkable. Since the meeting a yeal
ago the college had also grown and
various changes had taken place, the
war work of the institution being up
permost until very recently. He in
vited the county agents and others to
take the same attitude as hat assumed
by the student army while at the col
lege, namely, to appropriate what they
want.
In the response, G.. Larsen, director
of extension, spoke of future plans in
extension work. He said that agricul-
tural extension is the greatest piece
of work ever put across by any coun
try. The enormous war program in
extension was possible because eXten.
sion workers delivered the goods. Ag-
ricultural extension work received
much financial support during the war,
What of the future? The recent meet.
ing Of land grant college officials at
Baltimore recommended to congress
that all emergency funds be continued
in order hat the emergency work
might be put upon a permanent basis,
Accordingly a bill is before congress
at this time calling for 81 $500, 900 for
this purpose. This is indeed a recog-
milton of the effectiveness of the emer'
gency work.
T. j. Newbill of Washington, repre-
senting the national boys and girls
club work, spoke of agricultural extern
zion as representing family needs He
said hat organization must not be i'm
posed upon people, but rather must
proceed from the people. The great
est help farmers can get is from each
other. The county agent and the ag.
r%icultural college are only to help fam
lilies in organizing to work out their
own problems.
Paul j. Scarbro, state leader of boys
and girls club work, outlined some
plans for the coming year with spec
ial reference to the five boys camps
which will be held at the state insti-
tutions at Aberdeen, Vermillion, Spear
fish, Brookings and the Ardmore eX-
pertinent farm. Miss Irene Dunno APP
pealed that girls be given a chance
on stock teams as well as in home
work, saying that girls are interested
in raising and judging stock. She
quoted the winner in Arkansas, who
was a girl, whose ambition was 20
become "The pig queen of Arkansas"
A demonstration of the organization
Of a boys and girls sOw-litter club
was staged by A. L.. Haynes, assist
ant state leader. II. w. Smith, who
has been appointed organizer for the
boys working reserve, explained how
the town boys through this organiza-
ton may help solve the farm labor
problem in the summer
A. l.. Barkman of Kansas City, as
sistant to director general, L. S. en-
ployment service, explained how the
labor supply was handled for this sec
ton Of the country during harvest. He
said that 700 officers have been or
will be established by the department
of labor throughout the country 10
handle labor needs with particular
reference to the needs Of the farms,
and that special men are established
in every state to consider the local
needs. He said that the labor situa-
ton is now so well in hand that AT
the Kansas City office there is avail
able considerable surplus of men for
South Dakota when they are needed.
Tuesday, January %
The morning was occupied with per.
sonal and sectional conferences. In
the sectional conference of county
agents, DR.. C. l.. Wendt, president OF
the Lincoln county farm bureau, dis.
cuSsed farm leases. DEMONSTRATIONS
in market grades of grain were given
by Prof. NJ. Champlin. The heads OF
the various experimental Laboratories
at the college outlined the precautions
necessary to be taken by county
agents in sending in materials for an
alysis. In the junior extension con
ference general organization plans
the outlining of special projects and
the Office organization for county lead
ers and standard club requirements
and awards were outlined by members
Of this section. In the home demon
stration conference were featured
poultry demonstrations. a discussion
of water and light in tie farm home
by r.. L. Patty, and an address by Miss
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