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programs, the specialist gains a truer and more intimate 

 and hence more practical knowledge of the needs of the 

 communities, counties, and of the state, and the committee 

 gains the broader knowledge and viewpoint, the technical 

 information and the more or less expert advice of the 

 specialist. A better program almost invariably results 

 from such cooperation. Moreover, the basis for the neces- 

 sary cooperation in carrying out the program is at once 

 established. 



Thus, there may be put into actual practice the partner- 

 ship between science and experience, and the college and 

 farm bureau machinery function together ideally. The 

 county agents should be the guiding hand to bring this 

 about, and they will be the necessary middlemen who will 

 establish helpful contacts between specialists and farmers. 



SOME TYPICAL PROGRAMS 



These general considerations in program making will 

 undoubtedly be clearer if they are applied to different pro- 

 grams constructed to fit different and widely variable con- 

 ditions. Examples of good and poor characteristics may 

 also be pointed out. These have been selected from a wide 

 territory extending from Maine to California and from 

 Alabama to New York. The fundamental conception of 

 stating the problem in relation to the apparent need is 

 surprisingly uniform. The difference in form is more 

 noticeable though less important. Programs in different 

 counties in the same state are quite uniform, indicating 

 much suggestion and help from the state colleges and the 

 supervising offices. 



Program No. 1. This program from Kentucky has the 

 merit of stating the problems and the limitations which 

 they impose on the farming of the community so that we 



