Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-12-10
TOM COOPER
QUITS A ! Il ].
OF EXTENSION
WORK AT A c.
IltszssEE:llected Dean Of Agficul-
t \, College Of Kentucky
2Ss at Lexington.
Has Done Remarkable Work
in Developing Farming
m in North Dakota.

mclean Of the agricultural college Of
tAe University OF Kentucky. was an
M6niced today in q telegram received
N1&sgMr. Cooper from the Kentucky
e1Ard Of regents, and 1t was followed
ss88##fMr. Cooper's immediate resigna-
\ Essof his North Dakota post.
&MsssMr. Cooper's. Resignation is effective
sR$4nuary 1, on which date he takes
I'D his new work In Kentucky.
1.-THE Kentucky position to- which Mr..
Hooper has been elected placed him
the head Of that states whole agri-
cultural educational work and <
Rsnsion operations, including the COLI
lege Of agriculture, the state expert
ament station, and the state agricul-
axural extension department. L.
the college and%experiment sta-
Hon about Il men make up the: stan,
While ovsr. SO men gre employed n
addition, Nj. Cooper, by virtue OF his
sposition. becomes a member OF nu-
smerous state boards having to do
with agricultural problems.
RI The Kentucky position has been va
scant since the death of the former
sdean, about a year ago.
#1Since he came to North Dakota IN
1911, to take up the betterment Of
farming conditions in the state. to
Gko0 px0604lk NA44AOS3 BIZ u ~ SO0pSA K. fNS
been a factor In a most remarkable.
development Of this states agrtcu1-
itural interests. Mr.. Cooper was
identified with the University Of. Min
Shesota as farm management expert,
when he was selected for the work, in
North Dakota. V sI.S
When Mr.. Cooper came to MOTH
Dakota In 1911 to undertake the or.
Of a movement that aimed
~ rHo44 o~nef~~.QnEo aQfoP hQAiQ no
began q work that hal enjoyed a won
Hderful growth to this date. and which.
lit the present time gives promise OF
eve o important to n
future development than It
now Is.
IA Three years after he came to North
dakota, OF in Jnuary, 1914. Mr.. Coop
Yer was elected director Of the North
Dakota experiment station and dtrec-
Of the extension work, and the de-
svelopment Of the. work in those two
rapid since that
ftirne, especially IN extension work.
SH%2 AT. the present time, there are 80
field agents working in North Dakota
serving the farmers OF 25s counties.
There are IL women engaged in home
demonstration work, and there are
to the 25Ncounties that nowehaveS Held
agents, three others have authorized
the appointment OF such agents. so
that % counties. more than half OF
all the counties In the state. are CO.
operating in the agent movement. The
counties. allied in the work represent
greatly more than half of&the states
farming territory. 3.ssf
election Of Mr.. Cooper to$the import,
ant kentucky position is; of:4pecultAE
interest, aside from the fact that
takes from q most important field OF
effort a. conscientious official whose
record for service is EXCEPTIONAL Mr..
Cooper is distinctly q North Dakota
product s.
The fact isn't generally known. but
Tom Cooper's parents were armers
in Grand Forks, county from 1870
1h903. and. it was o q farm near En-
erado, that county, that the present
experiment station director resided
for, a long time. ,s
In 1855, Mr.. Cooper entered the
University Of Minnesota TO take. up
the study OF agriculture. and during
his summer vacations, he was "a
hired mail" working on farms
we'll known farmers by whom he was
employed in those days was George
Lee. Of Emerado, q prominent Grand
Forks county pioneer farmer.
IN 1904, Mr. Cooper was appointed
a special agent 81 the United States
department of agriculture. continuing
that work till H1909,s and In 1908 he
was appointed farm management ex-
pert for the college Of agriculture OF
the University Of Minnesota.
The new position to which Mr..
Cooper has beell9called ID q distinct
advancement, carrying with II far
greater opportunities 5thansare offered
in the North Dakota Held. and greater
conformation. Kentucky has 10000