In 1920, by an act of the State Legislature, the University of Mary-
land was merged with the Maryland State College, and the name of
the latter was changed to the University of Maryland.

All the property formerly held by the old University of Maryland
was turned over to the Board of Trustees of the Maryland State Col-
lege, and the name was changed to the Board of Regents of the Uni-
versity of Maryland. Under this charter every power is granted nec-
essary to carry on an institution of higher learning and research. It
provides that the University shall receive and administer all existing
grants from the Federal Government for education and research and
all future grants which may come to the State from this source. The
University is co-educational in all its branches.

Extension and Research.
Agriculture and Home Economics.

The Extension Service is that branch of the University of Mary-
land, established by Federal and State law, which is designed to assist
the farmer and his family in promoting the prosperity and welfare of
agriculture and rural life. Its work is conducted in co-operation with
the United States Department of Agriculture.

The Extension Service is represented in each county of the State
by a county agent and in all but a few counties by a home demonstra-
tion agent. Through these agents and its staff of specialists, the Ex-
tension Service comes into intimate contact with rural people and
with the problems of the farm and home.

Practically every phase of agriculture and rural home life comes
within the scope of the work undertaken by the Extension Service.
Farmers are supplied with details of crop and livestock production, and
with Instructions for controlling disease and insect pests; they are en-
couraged and aided in organized effort, helped with marketing prob-
lems, and in every way possible assisted in improving economic con-
ditions on the farm.

Rural women are likewise assisted in the problems of the home.
They are made acquainted with time and labor-saving devices, with
simpler and easier methods of work, with new knowledge of foods,
with new ideas about home furnishing, with practical methods of home
sewing and millinery construction, and with such other information as
tends to make rural home life attractive and satisfying.

For rural boys and girls, the Extension Service provides a valuable
type of instruction in agriculture and home economics through its 4-H
Club work. The instruction is incident to actual demonstrations con-
ducted by the boys and girls themselves. These demonstrations, under
supervision of the county and home demonstration agents, are the best
possible means of imparting to youthful minds valuable information in
crop and livestock production and in the household arts. The 4-H Club
work, moreover, affords rural boys and girls a very real opportunity
to develop the qualities of self-confidence, perseverance, and leader-
ship.

The Extension Service works in accord with all other branches of
the University of Maryland and with all agencies of the United States
Department of Agriculture. It co-operates with all farm and commu-
nity organizations in the State which have as their major object the
improvement of agriculture and rural life; and it aids in every way
possible in making effective the regulatory work and other measures
instituted by the State Board of Agriculture.