MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATION NO. 8 



UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



WASHINGTON, D. C, SEPTEMBER, 1927 



A Review of Five Years of Fact Organization and State 



and Regional Program Making in the Western States,' 



and a Report of the 1927 Extension Conference 



W. A. LLOYD 



Regional Agent in Charge. Western States, Office of Cooperative ELxtension Work 



CONTENTS 



Page 

 Foivword 1 



State and county conferences :i 



Western States n-jrinnal confrrences. 5 



Refiilts of r«gional confereni^es 9 



Page 

 A rejnonal confei-ence on poultry and 



clotliinK, 1927 12 



I{e|M)rt of committe** on clotliinjf- 12 



Uei>oi t of coiiuiiittee on poultry. 14 



FOREWORD 



At the be«rinniii<r cf extenHion work the pro<rrain of the county 

 extension a<rent wa.-: hiiirely piodeterniined. The Smith-Lever Act 

 of 1914 was based on the icU'U that there existed a «rreat body of lesiiUs 

 from experiment and icsearch which, if ai)pli('(l to farm and home 

 }>ractices, wouhl liave a helpful influence on the farm business and the 

 home life. It was the duty of the extension a<;ent to show by ct)n- 

 crete, visible demonstiations the methods of applying; the results of 

 scientific di.scovery to a<rricultural ])ractices. The county extension 

 agent, the colle«re. and the department larjrely determined and were 

 res])onsibh' for tlu- thinirs that wcic to hv demonsti'ated. This phase 

 of |)ro^'-ram dexclopuieiit rontinued from 1904 to about 191(>. 



About I'.MO |)i<i^n;im uial\in«r j)asse<l into a .^econtl |)hase which 

 lasted until lU-J-J. an<l mi^rht be called the period of self-determined 

 })ro«rrams. The county extension ajicnt. (hiou^fii farui ()r<rani/,ations, 

 committees, and <rroup meetin«rs. obtained from the farmers an exj)res- 

 sion of what work tiiey desired and what they tiion«;ht should be 

 done. On the basis of this community expression, the extensiorj 

 a<rent orfjanized his projiiam and luojects. worked out his |)lans, and 

 appointed his lcadcr>. This method of |)i"o^iam devclopuiciit ob- 

 tained a lar<rt'r mcusiirc of >yu)pathy and support froui rural people. 

 Projects tended to become more delinite. and <jroal> and objectives 

 were set. Peihaps dilfuseness was the ;;rt'atest defect <d" this phase «d" 

 pro^nam making. To a dejzree this method was modilied oi" intei- 

 rupted durin<!: the war when there existed for a brief |)eriod in most 

 , counties an artificial or emer«;ency pio/xiam, which was a part of the 

 coimtrys <reneral or<raiii/.ation for war. 'I'he two pha.<es in j)ro;rram 

 development, the pii'determined and .self-«letermined, had one char- 

 actei'istic in connuon. lioth weic concern«'d |>iimaiily with practices 

 desirable for adoption in certaiin lines of product ij)n. 



= Thl8 review, In allRhtly different form, wan preHented by the writer at the Western 

 States Kxtenslon Conference, Kf-no. N<v., .Inly 11, ini'7. 



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