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1 History of NACAA 1914 PA County Agents 11/11/2018 Footer Text

2 Purpose of the Organization Edwin Bay, 35 years, Sangamon Ill
From it’s origins – Professional Improvement First! Exchange Ideas and Methods Establish and maintain high standards of agents Promote opportunities for additional training Increase potential for leadership and advancement Encourage high levels of accomplishment Encourage evaluation systems Hold high the banner of County Agents and Cooperative Extension work 11/11/2018 Footer Text

3 History of Extension 1851 – Illinois Farmer’s meeting
Resolution – Common Man’s Educational Bill of Right Establish a university in IL for all industrial classes 1853 – Jonathan Baldwin Turner Proposed land grant college in each state 1855 – Michigan – 1st Ag College in USA, Lansing 1857 – Congressman Justin Morrill, VT Colleges of Ag and Mechanical Arts proposed Vetoed by President James Buchanan 11/11/2018 Footer Text

4 Limestone Burning 11/11/2018 Footer Text

5 History of Extension 1862 – Morrill Act signed by President Abe Lincoln Land Grant College Act Grants of 30,000 acres of public land for establishment of colleges to teach Ag and Mechanical Arts Iowa first to apply Connecticut first state to qualify (1863) 1875 – First report of Farmer Institutes Prior to Extension, at land grant colleges 1887 – Establishment of Experiment Stations 11/11/2018 Footer Text

6 1911 Farmers Institute, Penn State
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7 History of Extension 1894 – First mention of the word – “Extension”
In Proceedings of the Land Grant College Association “The Attitude of the College toward University Extension” Noted 6 lectures on crops, soils, feeding plants and animals 1900 – Cornell, NY – created Department of Extension Illinois – Noted Extension staff in college Education carried out thru Farmer Institutes Included topics related to Homemaking 11/11/2018 Footer Text

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9 History of Extension 1902 – Seaman Knapp, USDA develops demonstration farms in the south “What a man hears, he may doubt. What he sees he may possibly doubt. What he does himself, he can not doubt” 1903 Porter Community Demonstration Farm, Terrell, TX Boll Weevil eradication “Special Agents” to spread information 24 hired within 1 year 11/11/2018 Footer Text

10 History of Extension 1903/04 Iowa, Professor Perry G. Holden
Better Seed Corn selection demonstrations Educational Train – 600 stops in Iowa towns to see seed corn exhibits 1906 Smith County TX provided county funds toward salary of WC Stallings, First County Agent??? By 1908 reported 157 agents in 11 Southern States and first note of Boys and Girls Clubs 11/11/2018 Footer Text

11 Champion Boy Corn Grower
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12 1910 – AB Ross hired in Bedford PA
1911 – John Barron starts in Broome Co., NY Farm Bureau local sponsoring agency 1911 – 4 Leaf Clover adopted by 4-H clubs 1912 – Sears/Roebuck Foundation offers $1,000 to a county to employ county agents $60,000 donated 11/11/2018 Footer Text

13 1916 Butler County, PA Field Day
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14 History of Extension By 1912 farmers are demanding technically trained people for advisory and educational capacity 1914 Smith (GA)-Lever (SC) Act Purpose – Rural Education Foundation of hiring county agricultural advisors Trinity of College, Experiment Station and Extension Can you imagine what agriculture was like 100 years ago? Appreciate the progress that has been made! 11/11/2018 Footer Text

15 1918 PA Family Living Agents
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16 NACAA – The Early Years Recognition that each state had special needs
Concern that some states were lowering standards in order to meet increasing demand for County Agents No higher institute education Limited practical knowledge or experience Early leaders discussed need of own organization to maintain high standards and ethics 11/11/2018 Footer Text

17 1918 PA County Agents 11/11/2018 Footer Text

18 NACAA – The Early Years First Association on Record – IL, 1913
1914 Bill Eckhart, DeKalb, IL suggests group of agents from several mid-west states meet during International Livestock Expo in Chicago Discuss common problems Potential for a national association 25 in attendance Agreed to meet the following year 11/11/2018 Footer Text

19 1919 Barn Meeting 11/11/2018 Footer Text

20 NACAA – The Early Years 1916 – 70 men in attendance in Chicago
Recognized as the first Annual Meeting of NACAA Adopted constitution and bylaws Purpose noted – a means to exchange constructive ideas in county agent work and establish high standards regarding qualifications and ability of men Notes mention dislike of rules and USDA red tape Ed Heaton elected first president 11/11/2018 Footer Text

21 NACAA – The Early Years 1920 – 1921 First recorded records
First committee report – Professional Improvement First Annual Banquet Dues - $.50 increased to $1.00 Minimum $10.00 dues per state association 1921 2 day annual meeting 18 states represented 11/11/2018 Footer Text

22 Using Dynamite to Open Ditches
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23 NACAA – The Early Years 1931 43 states with 1992 County Agents surveyed by USDA 171 – no college training or degree of any kind 329 – some college work 1453 – Bachelors Degrees 79 – Masters Degrees Average tenure – 4.9 years, only 21 with 15 years or more 25% remained in county less than 1 year Low salaries identified as reason 49% $2 – $3,0000; 40% $3 - $4,000; 6% $4 - $5,000 11/11/2018 Footer Text

24 1921 Auto Farm Tour 11/11/2018 Footer Text

25 NACAA – Celebrating 100 Years
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