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Excerpts: Though the reactions of farmers, county agents, and others are among the best indications of the large interest in and the value of economic work, there are certain other indications of the size and scope of activities which for lack of time will be stated very briefly. In 1933 economic specialists devoted 9,700 days, and county agents 87,000 days, to economic extension field work. They assisted 220,000 farmers with farm enterprise, inventory, or survey records, and 190,000 farmers reported making changes through records and other farm-management recommendations. A total of 538,000 farmers were assisted in obtaining credit, over 700,000 different farmers were assisted in using outlook as a basis for readjusting farm operations, and 930,000 members of marketing associations were given some type of marketing assistance. The ultimate objective is to reach a large majority of the farmers, but as an intermediate step it has been necessary to acquaint extension workers, farmer leaders, bankers, and others who have contact with farmers, with farm-management, outlook and other economic information and its uses.