The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-07-15

n memorandum OF Under
standing between the Executive
Committee of the American
Farm Bureau Federation and the
State Relations Service, United
States Department of Agricul-
ture, relative to Farm Bureaus
and the Extension Service.
Since questions have arisen regard
ing the relations of the Farm Blu
reaus to the COOPERATIVE Extension
Service of the State Agricultural
Colleges and the United States De-
partment of Agriculture, it has
seemed desirable for the national
organizations representing the Farm
Bureaus and the Extension Service
to formulate and recommend to their
State and County organizations the
following general outline of a policy
which may govern the relatives of the
Farm Bureaus and Extension Service
in their cooperative enterprises.
The Farm Bureau.
The County Farm Bureau is a vol
untary organization of people en-
gagged in farming and has for its OBJ
ject the promotion of the economic
and social interests of agriculture,
including research and education, the
farm home and the rural community.
1t is non-secret, non-partisan and
non-sectarian and it is it's policy as
an organization not to engage in
commercial activities. 1t is open to
both men and women on equal terms.
While it may engage in other activi-
ties it is greatly interested in the pro-
motion of the cooperative extension
work in agriculture and home eco
nomics organized by the State Agri-
cultural Colleges and the United
States Department of Agriculture
under the Smith-Lever Extension Act
and related Federal and State laws.
1t may, therefore, cooperate with
the Extension Service of the State
Agricultural College and the Depart
ment by contributing of its funds to-
ward the maintenance of one or
more extension agents in the County
and joining in the work of the Ex-
tension Service through it's commit
tees and otherwise under agreements
with the State Extension Director.
The Farm Bureau is organized with
president, secretary, treasurer and
executive committee, who will them
selves or through other representa-
tives of the Farm Bureau solicit men,
berships, collect dues, handle its
funds and in general manage its
tension Act as follows:
The Extension Service
The Cooperative Extension Ser
vice of the State Agricultural College
and the United States Department of
Agriculture is organized as division
of the College to conduct extension
work, defined in the Smith-Lever Ex-
~ Section 2, That cooperative
agricultural extension work =, shall
consist of the giving of instruction
and Wactical demonstrations in agri-
culture and home economics to per-
Sons not attending or resident in said
colleges in the several communities,
and imparting to such persons infor-
nation on said subjects through field
demonstrations, publications and
otherwise; and this work shall be car
ried on in such manner as may be
mutually agreed upon by the Secre-
tary of Agriculture and the State
agricultural college or colleges, re-
ceiving the benefits of this act.
This extension work will deal not
only with agricultural production,
but also with economic problems, in
Guiding marketing and cooperative
associations and with the interests of
the farm home and the rural COM
munity. The extension service, in
GLIDING the County Agent, is as much
interested in the marketing, distribu-
ton and utilization of farm products
as it is in production, and it may
properly give information and help
in all these lines.
The Extension Service in each
State is under the administrative
management of an Extension Direc-
tor, who is the joint representative of
the College and the Department. I'm
der the director are the State agents,
or leaders, the extension specialists
and the County agricultural agents,
home demonstration agents and club
agents or leaders. The extension
directors are authorized to enter into
cooperative agreements with County
officials and farm bureaus or like or
CARNATIONS with reference to finan-
cial support for the maintenance of
extension work in the County and the
plans for the use of the cooperative
funds in the extension work within
the County.
Basis of Cooperation.
The general basis of cooperation
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