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Item Manual for home economics extension clubs(University of Missouri. Agricultural Extension Service., 1935) Heyle, Essie M."This manual has been prepared in the hope that it may be of help to those organized groups of rural women--whatever their name or affiliation may be--that are interested in studying and working together to make more efficient and satisfying homes, to help boys and girls reach their best physical, mental and spiritual development, and to provide opportunity for an enriched personal, family, and community life."--Foreword.Item A program for Missouri agriculture(University of Missouri. Agricultural Extension Service., 1929) Meyer, A. J."In connection with the January, 1928, Farmers Week held at the College of Agriculture, two general assemblies were devoted to consideration of the agricultural situation in Missouri. The first assembly disclosed a long list of ailments. The second assembly considered, with little success, possible remedies and adjourned after passing the following motion: 'That the Dean of the College of Agriculture be requested to appoint a representative committee which, through proper sub-committees, shall formulate a tentative program for Missouri agriculture and farm life based on the deliberations of the past two days (January 18 and 19) and that the tentative report, or reports, of said committee shall be submitted for consideration and approval at the next Missouri Farmers Week.' In accordance with the foregoing motion, Dean F. B. Mumford appointed the general committee with sub-committees listed at the close of this booklet. The reports of the committee appear in the following pages with some slight abridgement of introductory statements in order to conserve space. The sub-committee reports were considered and revised by sectional groups of farmers during the October, 1928, Farmers Week, and finally the report as a whole was considered and adopted by a mass meeting of all Farmers Week visitors October 26, 1928. Many agencies including the Extension Service of the College of Agriculture are vitally concerned with the development of Missouris farm and home interests. The program outlined in the following pages, prepared by men and women who live on, or operate, Missouri farms, may properly serve as a guide to all such agencies. It is with this thought and purpose that the 'Program for Agriculture' is published as a Project Announcement of the Agricultural Extension Service"--Foreword.Item Forward steps in rural life(University of Missouri. Agricultural Extension Service., 1926) Meyer, A. J."This report records rural progress. More than this it answers the oft- repeated questions: What is the Agricultural Extension Service? How does it function? Whom does it serve? What is It? The Agricultural Extension Service is a teaching branch of the College of Agriculture. It is the agency through which the College is enabled to give personal instruction to farm people who cannot come to the University. The staff of the Agricultural Extension Service at the time of this report (April 1, 1926) comprises 96 men and 20 women whose entire time is devoted to extension teaching or supervision. Of this number 45 men are located in counties as county extension agents and 8 men in districts, each district comprising two or more counties. One county (Jackson) has two assistant agents. Missouri has 9 county home economics agents. County and district agents are representatives of the College of Agriculture. They are as definitely a part of the College staff as if they were located at the seat of the University. By dealing with county or district agents, farm people are enabled to form direct personal contacts with the College of Agriculture. This is a convenience to farmers and adds to the effectiveness of the College in serving rural Missouri."--Page 3.Item Manual for neighborhood women's club (1931)(University of Missouri. Agricultural Extension Service., 1931) Heyle, Essie M.; Muilenburg, Gladys"This manual has been prepared in the hope that it may be of help to those organized groups of rural women--whatever their name or affiliation may be--that are interested in studying and working together to make more efficient and satisfying homes, both from the standpoint of the home itself and from the standpoint of its community relationships. In some neighborhoods there are already in existence community organizations, women’s clubs or associations with programs of service to the community. Many of these are now studying home problems, or are in a position to do so, in addition to doing the special work for which they were organized. In such neighborhoods it would seem unwise to organize other clubs. Neighborhood women’s clubs should be formed in those places where there is no existing organization to sponsor home economics extension work and make it available to all who want it and there is no desire to form some other type of organization. Since the Agricultural Extension Service is supported by public funds, the work given by its staff must be available to all. It cannot be limited to members of any organization, and any organization that undertakes to serve as a clearing house must make its plans so that every person in the community desiring it can have the service. In preparing this manual, acknowledgment is made for valuable suggestions received from, similar material prepared by state home demonstration agents and other home economics workers in the states of Washington, Texas, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, North Dakota, Colorado, and Montana."--Foreword.Item Better farming in Missouri(University of Missouri. Agricultural Extension Service., 1930) Meyer, A. J."The function of the Agricultural Extension Service is to give information in agriculture and home economics to farm people on their own farms and in their own farm homes. The ultimate measure of successful teaching in the extension field is the widespread adoption of scientifically sound farm and household practices, as regards making a living on the one hand and living a life on the other. The following pages record the activities and results of a year’s work by the staff of the Agricultural Extension Service. The body of agricultural and home economics knowledge which forms the basis of extension instruction is derived chiefly from the research results of the Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station. Extension workers do, however, use considerable information derived from the research activities of the U. S. Department of Agriculture and of other states, as well as the practical experiences of farm people on their own farms and in their own homes. Most of the results recorded in the following pages are simply the summaries of demonstrations carried on as a means of getting information before groups of farm people. These demonstrations are concerned with relatively simple farm or home practices, whose efficiency has been thoroughly proven. Yet, these practices are not in common use, and the function of the Agricultural Extension Service is to introduce these new practices to the masses of farm people, so that agriculture generally may benefit by them. No attempt is made in this report to separate the activities of one group of extension workers from those of another group. County and district agents, subject-matter specialists, supervisors, administrators, as well as the clerical staff—county and state—all function as a unit in securing whatever results have been accomplished. There is no point at which the work of one can be separated from that of the other. The county agent, whether agricultural or home economics, is the immediate and principal point of contact through which the entire extension service staff functions in reaching farm people. As will be noted later, however, Missouri still has a number of counties without county agents, and these counties, of course, are served directly by state workers. The amount of educational service such counties receive is, of course, necessarily more or less limited as compared with counties having full-time agents. Some work is done, however, in every one of the one hundred fourteen counties in Missouri."--Page 3.