The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-08-09
AGREEMENT
BECOMES EFFECTIVE
RELATIONS WEEN FARM
BUREAU AND UNIVERSITY EX-
TENSION OUTLINED

AL moeClnS nolQ at washington
D. c.. in April, the executive COM
mittee of the American Farm Bureau
Federation and the States Relation
Service, U. S. Department of Agricul.
{ ture, signed an agreement Of under
standing outlining the general policy
to be followed by both parties in con-
| Quoting the Smith-Lever Extension
work in cooperation with the various
Farm Bureaus thruout the nation.
/ Many questions have arisen from time
to time regarding the work that can
be done by the Extension Service and
some trouble has resulted because a
definite policy had not been establish
ed.
The National and State Farm Bu-
reau Federations are formed by repre-
sentatives from the various County
Farm Bureau organizations. These
county organizations work directly in
cooperation with the county agent and
various Extension specialists who are
employed comparatively by the States
Relations Service, U. S. D. A., and
the State Agricultural college. The
work of the Extension Service is
primarily one of education, "the giving
of instruction and practical demon
STATIONS in agriculture and home
economics to persons not attending
or resident in said colleges in the
several communities"
The general basis of cooperation as
agreed upon between the Federal
Officers and the National Farm
Bureau and signed by representatives
of both parties is as follows:
"The County Agricultural Agents,
Home Demonstration Agents and Club
Agents comparatively employed will
be members of the Extension Service
of the State Agricultural College and
under the administrative direction of
the Extension Director, and will carry
on such lines Of extension work as
may be mutually agreed upon by rep
of the Agricultural col
lege and the farm bureaus or other
like organizations"
"Since these county extension
agents are a part of a public service
as defined in the Smith-Lever Act,
and receive some part of their salary
from public funds, they are to per-
form service for the benefit of all
he farming people of the county, /
whether members of the farm bureaus
)r not, and are to confine their activ-
ties to such as are appropriate tor
public officials to perform under the
erms of the Smith-Lever Act. The
county agents will aid the farming
people in broad way with reference
o problems of production, marketing
and formation of farm bureaus and
)ther cooperative organizations, but
will not themselves organize farm
or similar organizations, con-
luct membership campaigns, solicit
receive dues, handle
arm bureau funds, edit and manage
he farm bureau publications, manage
he business of the farm bureau, en-
age in commercial activities or take
art in other farm bureau activities,
which are outside their duties as ex-
ension agents.
1.-THE county agent and other ex-
ension agents will cooperate with
Tarm Bureaus or other like organl-
atoms Interested in extension work
n the formulation of county and
community plans of cooperative ex-
ension work. 1t will then be the
uty of the county agents, under gen
raj direction of the Extension Ol-
ector, to take charge Of the carrying
ut of such plans and to cooperate
nth officers, committees and mem
ers of the farm bureaus and with
Their organizations and residents OF
le county in the prompt and eff
lent execution of these plans"
1t is difficult for the individual to
clearly between the ex-
,nsion service and the farm bureau.
'owever, they are very distinct, the
Urn bureau as an organization has
s. relations with the extension SER
ice consisting of the county agents,
xtension committees, demonstra-
ons, etc. as one of it's depart
ents. Other departments might be
publicity department, which would
repare and publish Farm Bureau
ews, press articles, notices, ETC.;
apartment of relations with market
lg and other cooperative assocl-
ions, etc.
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