techniques is employed in 

 implementing modern extension 

 programs. 



Program Scale 



A final reason why extension 

 forestry and forest-products 

 programs have been unappreciated 

 is that they have been starved to 

 death in the past by the shakers 

 and movers of southern agriculture 

 and forestry. For years many 

 States had one, or sometimes two, 

 professional foresters at most as 

 State-level specialists and none in 

 county extension positions. I can 

 recall oldtimer A. S. McKean 

 expressing this predicament in 1951 

 most colorfully when he remarked 

 at a Society of American Foresters 

 meeting that, "One extension 

 forester in a State can only rattle 

 around like a buckshot in a bass 

 drum. ,, 



Even today in the South, there are 

 only 84 2 full- and part-time forestry 

 and forest-products professionals 

 employed as State or area 

 specialists or as multicounty 

 agents. A number of these are on 

 soft money. And in early 1985, 5 of 

 the 12 Southern States had total 

 staffs of 4 or fewer (Neal 1985). 

 But there are definite signs of 

 growth in this area at last. 



2 This figure excludes wildlife, fisheries, etc. 

 and academic unit heads with part-time 

 appointments. 



During the Lumbering Period 



Timber has paid off more 

 mortgages on cotton and 

 tobacco farms than cotton 

 or tobacco ever have. 



Why not grow some 

 timber while you wait? 

 You're going to wait 

 anyhow. 



You say you've already 

 worn out and moved off 

 of three farms already, so 

 what can I show you 

 about farming? Maybe I 

 can show you how you 

 can stay on this one. 



— Robert W. Graeber 



Robert Graeber was one of the 

 South's pioneer extension 

 foresters. He served North 

 Carolina from 1925 through 1949 

 after 13 earlier years as a 

 successful county agent. 



Graeber was tough minded, 

 aggressive, dedicated, colorful; 

 and, as the above quotes 

 demonstrate, he knew farmers and 

 how to relate to them. He and his 

 fellow pioneers needed all these 

 qualities, for pioneer extension 

 workers were not exactly greeted 

 with open arms. During the early 

 development of the land-grant 

 university in his State, one farmer 

 is reported to have asked, "What 

 you goin' to do with that college 

 up there? Larn 'em to rake 

 harder?" (Beale 1974). 



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