A decade of negro extension work, 1914-1924

by O. B. Martin

STATISTICS

Table 3.—Number of negro agents and cost of negro extension work for the fiscal years ended on June 30 each year from 1915 to 1924, inclusive

State	1915		1916		1917		1918		1919		1920		1921		1922		1923		1924
and	Number	Estimated	Number	Estimated	Number	Estimated	Number	Estimated	Number	Estimated	Number	Estimated	Number	Estimated	Number	Estimated	Number	Estimated	Number	Estimated
sex of	of	cost	of	cost	of	cost	of	cost	of	cost	of	cost	of	cost	of	cost	of	cost	of	cost
agent	agents		agents		agents		agents		agents		agents		agents		agents		agents		agents
Alabama:
Men	7	$6,407	7	$6,099	9	$8,688	22	$14,939	30	$24,275	24	$28,176	24	$31,562	24	$39,066	23	$44,765	25	$38,576
Women					1	1,032	12	5,976	11	8,590	9	5,871	9	10,588	9	11,351	9	12,694	9	11,481
Arkansas:
Men	2	1,380	4	2,637	6	3,017	12	5,273	11	13,423	10	13,951	10	19,242	9	19,489	10	15,429	10	13,783
Women			1	314	1	1,050	28	6,371	21	5,921	13	10,351	9	14,679	10	17,320	12	15,376	11	17,841
Florida:
Men	1	590	2	1,632	8	3,660	14	5,681	13	7,312	8	5,991	9	6,840	9	7,222	8	8,400	8	9,063
Women							18	2,492	18	4,943	8	3,227	10	4,925	9	6,628	7	6,830	8	7,810
Georgia:
Men	2	1,245	2	1,847	3	3,280	5	6,805	14	11,249	13	16,212	12	15,613	15	18,302	12	17,978	13	19,703
Women					1	480	32	6,090	29	5,304	2	1,802	11	6,730	17	13,302	17	14,593	13	10,749
Kentucky:
Men					1	165	4	2,723	4	4,872	4	4,320	6	10,118	5	7,289	5	6,744	5	6,826
Women							4	1,515	3	1,870
Louisiana:
Men	1	625	6	1,953	7	4,622	12	8,148	17	12,728	12	14,420	11	15,894	9	13,391	9	11,380	10	13,981
Women			2	442	2	1,380	5	3,174	8	5,923	2	2,027	3	3,562	6	6,101	5	6,513	6	6,414
Maryland:
Men					1	333	3	3,110	3	4,960	2	3,792	2	3,975	2	4,040	2	4,140	2	4,140
Women							5	3,445	5	4,242	1	1,553	1	1,160	1	1,548	1	1,650	1	1,775
Mississippi:
Men	4	2,175	5	3,550	8	4,608	13	7,464	17	16,626	12	15,052	10	15,760	14	20,275	17	28,240	19	28,292
Women							6	2,614	27	5,769	10	6,314	10	12,527	14	15,906	17	21,186	17	20,584
Missouri:
Men															2	3,800	2	4,000	2	4,239
Women															1	2,000	1	2,000	1	2,200
North Carolina:
Men	8	3,960	5	4,841	5	5,170	17	11,696	18	17,237	16	18,510	15	20,988	15	22,477	20	25,286	20	24,418
Women							18	2,062	43	6,723					5	13,481	6	9,408	6	11,413
Oklahoma:
Men	1	895	1	1,001			6	3,618	9	9,798	9	17,701	10	19,612	10	21,070	11	21,263	10	24,188
Women	1	884	1	900	1	879	4	4,870	5	4,664	4	6,317	4	6,545	4	6,982	4	6,794	4	5,728
South Carolina:
Men	7	2,721	5	2,210	5	1,943	10	2,220	11	6,430	7	6,160	6	6,042	7	10,372	9	12,077	10	14,318
Women									4	1,063	1	900	10	1,788	13	2,925	14	3,624	6	7,283
Tennessee:
Men							8	4,076	8	7,134	6	7,023	5	7,860	5	8,096	5	8,099	6	8,735
Women							3	1,562	23	8,115	4	3,223	4	6,651	4	6,285	5	6,137	5	7,936
Texas:
Men							7	5,233	8	8,094	12	12,046	13	22,524	16	24,528	23	30,145	23	38,492
Women							12	1,517	15	4,429	11	5,393	9	8,810	11	11,917	12	15,381	13	16,932
Virginia:
Men	16	8,638	15	11,120	19	12,680	23	16,065	26	22,850	23	21,148	23	23,863	27	30,849	26	34,130	26	34,458
Women	16	2,069	1	1,310	3	2,447	56	10,525	56	12,798	10	2,252	6	3,340	8	7,318	8	10,297	8	10,329
West Virginia:
Men									2	167	1	250	1	1,600	5	4,582	4	4,281	3	4,579
Women											1	740			1	1,800
Total:
Men	49	28,636	52	36,890	72	48,166	156	97,051	191	167,155	159	184,752	157	221,493	174	254,848	186	276,357	191	287,791
Women	17	2,953	5	2,966	9	7,268	203	52,213	268	80,354	76	49,970	86	81,305	113	124,864	118	132,483	108	138,475
Grand total	66	31,589	57	39,856	81	55,434	359	149,264	459	247,509	235	234,722	243	302,798	287	379,712	304	408,840	299	426,266

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ORGANIZATION OF THE
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

September 13, 1926

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Secretary of Agriculture	W. M. Jardine.
Assistant Secretary	R. W. Dunlap.
Director of Scientific Work	A. F. Woods.
Director of Regulatory Work	Walter G. Campbell.
Director of Extension Work	C. W. Warburton.
Director of Information	Nelson Antrim Crawford.
Director of Personnel and Business Administration	W. W. Stockberger.
Solicitor	R. W. Williams.
Weather Bureau	Charles F. Marvin, Chief.
Bureau of Agricultural Economics	Lloyd S. Tenny, Acting Chief.
Bureau of Animal Industry	John R. Mohler, Chief.
Bureau of Plant Industry	William A. Taylor, Chief.
Forest Service	W. B. Greeley, Chief.
Bureau of Chemistry	C. A. Browne, Chief.
Bureau of Soils	Milton Whitney, Chief.
Bureau of Entomology	L. O. Howard, Chief.
Bureau of Biological Survey	E. W. Nelson, Chief.
Bureau of Public Roads	Thomas H. MacDonald, Chief.
Bureau of Home Economics	Louise Stanley, Chief.
Bureau of Dairy Industry	C. W. Larson, Chief.
Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory	F. G. Cottrell, Director.
Office of Experiment Stations	E. W. Allen, Chief.
Office of Cooperative Extension Work	C. B. Smith, Chief.
Library	Claribel R. Barnett, Librarian.
Federal Horticultural Board	C. L. Marlatt, Chairman.
Insecticide and Fungicide Board	J. K. Haywood, Chairman.
Packers and Stockyards Administration	John T. Caine III, in Charge.
Grain Futures Administration	J. W. T. Duvel, in Charge.

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This circular is a contribution from

Extension Service	C. W. Warburton, Director.
Office of Cooperative Extension Work	C. B. Smith, Chief.

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