The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1914-09-18
Moscow, Ida, Sept. 9, 1914.
Editor Caldwell Tribune,
Caldwell, Idaho.



Editor Caldwell Tribune,
Caldwell, Idaho.
Dear Sir:
In accordance with promise made
you recently, beg to advise you that
the State Board OF Education and
Board OF Regents of the University
OF Idaho elected this evening Mr.. O..
d. Center, having in charge Better
Farming" work in North Dakota as
Director the Agricultural Extension
work in Idaho under the University of
Idaho control.
A practical and typical farmer com
bined with a general and technical
knowledge of agriculture and animal
husbandry, knowing the problems of
western rural communities with its
attendant hardships, difficulties and
handicaps, combining his experience
as practical and educated farmer,
exceptionally successful not only in
the great state of Illinois, in the agri-
cultural college of which he was a
member of the faculty in North Da-
kota, we belive him to be an acquisi-
ton 70 the state Of Idaho, who will
prove himself immensely valuable to
the farmers.
In personality and action as we'll as
physically and mentally he is a great
big man.
We consider ourselves extremely
fortunate in securing his services and
as he will operate mainly in your por-
ton of Idaho, we feel sanguine of his
making good in every, sense of the
word
His most notable work will be
found in his actual demonstrations on
the farms and in the farm homes.
In Illinois and North Dakota he
has been able to show the farmers
how they may overcome the difficult
ties of securing farm help through
diversihcation of crops harvested by
means of dumb animals.
His illustrations of how weeds,
plant diseases and injurious insects
may be eliminated have been success
fully accepted and adopted with splcn
did results.
Taking all in all, Mr.. Center is
easily numbered one of the foremost
men in America in the big construc- |
ton work of agricultural extension,
Improvement of rural conditions, both |
on the farm and in the farm home.
Sincerely yours,
HERMAN ]. ROSSI,
Wallace, Idaho
Chairman Extension Committe oil
the University of Idaho.
1t is the intention of the board of
education and the board of regents of
the university to coordinate the activ-
tiles ON the demonstration farms, the
work of the field experts in animal
husbandry, horticulture, entomology,
pure seed and irrigation experts, coun
ty agricultural experts, home econo-
mics, boys and girls club work and all
other forms of university agriculture |
extension. Through this co-ordina-
ton it is intended that service shall be
given to every rural community in the
state Moreover, it is expected that
all the workers of the extension field
will be brought into close and intimate
relation to the departments in the ag-
ricultural college and to the progress
sive reasearch workers in the expert
ment station. On the one hand, this
close and vital relationship to the
teaching and research centers and on
the other, it will intimately relate the
tHC ICSCdlCH
to the practical and important prob
lens throughout the great state Of
Idaho.
This has been badly needed. A
great big plan, requiring an enormous
amount of work, tending however to
a set and definite plan which we hope /.
will make Idaho first as successful
agricultural state.
The resignation of w. L, Carlyle as
Dean of the Agricultural College and
director of agricultural experiment
stations of the University of Idaho,
was today accepted by the State I
Board of Education and Board Of Re- {;
gents of the University of Idaho.
Prof, J. S. Jones was elected as vice
director of experiment stations and {
with committee composed of himself {
as chairman, Professors Peterson and
with Dr. John j. Putnam,
win handle the experimental stations |
of the state.
Professor +. ]. Iddings. vice Dean /
and Chairman with Professors Filing I