Lessons were learned over the course of the years. The formal agreements were made and implemented. Informal interpretations were made of the formal agreements. In many ways a new era is about to begin in the working relationship between agricultural education and cooperative extension. Both organizations have suffered budget cuts, but still have a very large clientele to serve.
History indicates that it is possible for the agencies to cooperate.
From that history may come the best answers for working together on the traditional and also contemporary issues of administrative responsibility, adult instruction, youth organizations, and the numerous other issues facing both agencies. The history of collaboration between the cooperative extension service and agricultural education needs to be dusted off and reviewed in times such as the present. References Hatch Act. U. S. Statutes at Large. Memorandum to U. S. Department of Agriculture.