30 CALIFORNIA AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE [Cire. 18 
The Agricultural Extension Service in cooperation with the other 
agencies for agricultural progress in the state, has drawn up a program 
of work which has been going forward in the rural regions of ‘Cali- 
fornia. The farm advisors and other agricultural agents have been 
hammering away on a series of definitely planned projects which are 
important for economic success. Fach of these projects is susceptible 
of analysis as an attempt either to increase the tonnage per acre, 
decrease the cost of production, improve the quality of the product or 
increase the efficiency of its marketing. Expressed in the terms of 
the previous section, these projects are designed either to increase 
the yield, increase the price, or decrease the expenses. 
The widespread cow testing associations of California are enabling 
dairymen to inerease their yields of butterfat. The poultry culling 
demonstrations have shown many persons how to increase the output 
of eggs per hen. The field variety trials of grains have shown the 
way toward better yields of cereals. The systematic cost studies under 
way on many of our crops are enabling farmers to compare their 
methods with those of the best farmers of the community. In our 
opinion, everyone in the rural communities of California should get 
to work on these and other similar projects to improve the status 
of agriculture. 
After all; agriculture creates most of the wealth of California. 
The towns of rural California, their business men and bankers, 
depend mainly upon the success of farming for their financial support. 
The improvement of agriculture is not a task for farmers alone; it is 
a job for everyone. To put farming on a safer and better basis is a 
community task. Farmers need the help and cooperation of all 
agencies in the state. Business men and bankers should promote 
the program of the county farm bureaus and of the Agricultural 
Extension Serviee for the sake of their own pocketbooks. 
What is needed in rural California is not so much a program for 
agricultural advancement. In the main, that program exists and is 
under way. The effort needed is to put more impetus and cooperation 
in the prosecution of the program already drawn. Many of the 
feasible and logical solutions have already been advanced ; the agencies 
are at work; the field is ripe for larger service from those who seek 
the permanent prosperity and stability of California agrieulture.