Extension in Agriculture and Home Economics.

The Extension Service is the 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 State Department of Agriculture..

The Extension Service is represented in each county of the State
by a county agent and by a home demonstration agent..

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 encouraged and aided in organized effort and helped with market-
ing problems..

The Extension Service works in co-operation 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
community organizations in the State which have as their major ob-
ject 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..

Research and Agricultural Experiment Station.

The Agriculture Experiment Station is the Agricultural research
agency of the University, which has for its purpose the increase of
knowledge, primarily for the direct benefit of the farmer. It is also
the source of agricultural information for use in the classroom and
for demonstrations in the field. The Experiment Station work is sup-
ported by both State and Federal appropriations..

The Maryland Station, in addition to the work conducted at the
University, operates a sub-station farm of fifty acres at Ridgely,
Caroline County, and a farm of about sixty acres at Upper Marlboro
for tobacco investigations. Experiments in co-operation with farmers
are conducted at many different points in the State. These tests
consist of studies with soils, fertilizers, crops, orchards, insect and
plant disease control, and stock feeding..

MARYLAND STATE COLLEGE.

J. T. Williams, President
Princess Anne Telephone: Princess Anne 39.

The Maryland State College, Division of the University of Mary-
land (formerly known as Princess Anne), is located at Princess Anne
in Somerset County. It is the Land Grant College of Maryland for
Negroes, offering a full four-year curriculum in Agriculture, Home
Economies, Mechanical and Commercial Industries, and Industrial
Arts, and in the Arts and Sciences; leading to the degree of Bachelor
of Arts or Bachelor of Science. The enrollment during the school year
1941-1948 was 192..

Brief History of the University.

The history of the present University is the history of two institu-
tions; the old privately-owned and operated University of Maryland
in Baltimore and the Maryland State College (formerly Maryland
Agricultural College) at College Park..