If a county extension council has been organized as specified in Kan. Stat. Ann. § 2-611, and amendments thereto, or an extension district has been established under Kan. Stat. Ann. § 2-623, and amendments thereto, for the purpose of giving instruction in agriculture, marketing, home economics, 4-H club and youth work, community and resource development, and economic development initiatives to the people of the county or extension district, as the case may be, through practical demonstrations, meetings, publications, and otherwise, and the employment of an extension agent or agents to prosecute such instructions, the Kansas state university of agriculture and applied science shall contribute from federal and state funds granted for cooperative extension work an amount of not less than $1,500, as far as such funds are available, towards the salary of each extension agent employed.