The daily star-mirror., 1923-09-18
EXTENSION POLICY
TO Be AGGRESSIVE
DEAN IDDINGS AS NEW DIRECTOR
OF UNIVERSITY SERVICE MAKES
FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT

The policy in the agricultural
and home economics extension work
of the University of Idaho will be
an aggressive one, aimed at effective
service in this important critical
period in Idaho's agricultural growth
and development" Dean E. j. Idd-
ings, of the college of agriculture,
thus announced today his policy as
recently-appointed director of the ex-
tension service, upon his return from
Boise where he made arrangements
for the continuation of an office from
| which the field work will be ad-
ministered. Dean Iddings was named
head of the service following the re-
tirement of l.. W. Fluharty
While | will not transfer my
residence to Boise, because of my
duties as dean of the instruction di-
vision and director of experimental
work, | will maintain an office in
Boise in the state house for use in
directing the extension service, and
will spend a considerable portion of
each year in the southern part of the
state" he said. He pointed out that
the shifting of the dictatorship would
in no way affect the scheme of CO.
operation between the university and
the agricultural interests of the
state.
Boise Offices Maintained
1.-The field specialists in poultry
husbandry, dairying, animal husban-
dry, crop improvement, and pure seed
activities, women's work, rodent con-
troll, the district home demonstration
agent for southwestern Idaho, the
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county agricultural agents and home
demonstration agents, and junior ex-
tension, will continue to maintain
their offices in the state house and
work out of Boise. This office will
be maintained for convenience and
economy in service, as has been the
plan since the establishment of an
office in the Yates building something
like twelve years ago for the direc-
tion of farmers Institutes and for
maintaining field work in dairying,
and farm crops.
The state appropriation for this
biennium is approximately SAP 900 less
than that for the past biennium. The
economies necessary to meet this
ituation-outSide of some reduction
in the number of agents in the vari-
Gus counties where less county sup
port has been provided-are in ad-
and do not affect the
of specialists maintained.
10 Name Field Dairyman
There is one vacancy in the ex-
tension staff-that of field dairyman.
This will be filled at an early date
by the appointment of man compet-
ent by reason of training and expert
ence to fill this important position
THE chronological problems are
Of very great importance, the alfalfa
weevil alone constituting one of the
major farm problems of the state.
In addition to Claude Wakeland, en-
for the experiment station
and extension division, trained and
experienced man will be employed
as field entomoIogist, in time to start
work in the field early in the spring
If 1924 Mr. Wakeiahd has charge OF
he field station at Parma
Instructor in Entomology
The field entomologist will have
he entire insect season for field SER
vice in alfalfa weevil and other prob
ems of insect and pest control. Dur
ng the season when insects are not
tcIlVe anu INSECT leu WORK is not
pressing, which is approximately one
lalf of the regular college year, this
lew expert will teach entomology in
he college of agriculture to the fu-
ure farmers and farm leaders of
daho
Although I have spent a consider
lble portion of each year in southern
daho, I plan to spend in the future
larger portion than heretofore,
specially in the office in the extern
ion headquarters at Boise
Dean Iddings gave assurance that
he work of the extension service will
70 forward, keeping its important
lace in the upbuilding of the state.