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nnestmettat It ift IIMP: 1 AC 004 687 ED 030 049 By -Tea9arden. Earl H..Comp. History of the KansasExtension Service From 1868 to1964; (Vol. I. II. IID. Kansas State Univ., Manhattan. Pub Date 1681 . Note-879p.. A three volume report -$44.15 EDRS Price MF -$325 HC Supply. Farm Management. Production. Animal Science:Extension Agents. Farm Labor Descriptors -Agricultural Use. Marketing.Plant Economics Education,Information Dissemination. Land Historical Reviews. Home Administration. Radio. *RuralExtension. Television. Science. Professional ContinuingEducation. Program Wildlife Management. Youth Clubs . 1 Identifiers -*Kansas of the KansasExtension Servicefrom 1868 is : The comprehensive history dissemination, club presented in three volumesand includesadministration, information andcontinuingeducation. work.specialareareports.personneltraining, personnel. finances,organizational changes. Administration involv-!s such aspects as programs. cooperation withother agencies andorganizations. and emergency protects. and activities arediscussed for extension Personnel. program development. reported includeplant home economics and4-H activities. Specialprotect areas animal, dairy. andpcol try husbandry;entomology, rodent pathology: horticuiture; te'evision: land useplanning: control and wildlife mangement:marketing: radio and farm labor. Continuingeducation involves activitiessuch as home and emergency conferences and short courses.and study. evening collegeand extension classes. technical and special services.(pt) 1 : HISTORY of the KANSAS EXTENSION SERVICE from 1868 to 1964 KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY Compiled by Earl H. Teagarden VOLUME I OF THREE VOLUMES a CONTENTS VOLUME I Foreword 1 About the Author 2 Chapter1. Extension Administration 3 2. Extension Information 209 3. County Agent Work 239 VOLUME II Chapter4. Extension Home Economics 389 5. Boys' and Girls' Club Work 467 6. Supervision of Agricultural Specialists 491 7. Soil Management and Crop Production . 501 8. Plent Pathology 543 9. Horticulture 553 10. Animal Husbandry 569 11. Dairy Husbandry 593 12. Extension Veterinary Medicine 603 13. Poultry Husbandry 613 14. Entomology 627 15. Rodent Control and Wildlife Management. 641 VOLUME III Chapter 16. Farm Management 65? 17. Marketing 707 18. Rural Service 741 19. Farm Forestry 751 21.. Extension Engineering 763 21. Radio and Television 785 22. Land Use Planning 799 23. Emergency Farm Labor Program 811 24. Extension Pwgrams, Personnel Training, and Extension Studies 821 25. Continuing Education 845 26. Addenda 867 27. Name Index 893 A detailed Table of Contents precedes each chapter. FOREWORD There is no doubt that the philosophy and experienceof the originators of the Cooperative Agricultural Extension Serviceand those of the people they served had a tremendous influence uponboth the manner in which this educational effort was organized and upon the programswhich were conducted. It is my sincere belief thatfuture successes of the Cooperative Agricultural Extension Service will be just as closely keyed tothe needs and philosophies of people as have those of the past. Any major changes in organization, pro- grams and clientele, thenshould be made only after careful determination that needs and philosophies have indeed undergonedefinite and recognizable changes. This history of the Kansas Extension Service wascompiled with the hope that a knowledge of the past would prove helpful tothose persons in the future charged with decision making regarding the roleof Extension. Most of the persons who had a part in the establishmentof the Kansas Extension Service prior to 1914, the time of the passageof the Smith-Lever Act, or even prior to 1920, have retired from theExtension Service and in most cases not available forconsultation. It seemed advisable to compile this history while individuals were still available who,through their own experiences and knowledge of earlier workers and programscould bridge the gap between the originators ofthe Kansas Extension Service and its present workers. Mr. Earl H. Teagarden is one of these individuals. Due recognition should be given those county agents,specialists, supervisors, and administrators whose carefully kept records and reports made this history possible. Special recognition is extendea to the late Dr. J. T. Willard, College Historian, whose"History of Kansas State College of Agriculture and Applied Science" published in 1939 served asthe basis for information prior to 1914; to the late Miss Ellen M.Batchelor, first Home Economics Agent in Kansas, and later Extension specialist,whose notes and files furnished valuable information onearly Extension Home Economics programs; to the late Edward C. Johnson, Dean and Directorof Extension from 1915 to 1918, whose presentations on the firsttwenty-five years of Extension in Kansasfurnished many useful leads; and to E. D. Warner, Extension Editor, for use of his History of Extensioncompiled in 1939. Harold E. Jones Director 1 ABOUT THE AUTHOR Mr. Earl H. Teagarden, the compilerof this history, was born and reared on a farm near Odell, Nebraska. With his parents, a move was made to a farm near Wayne, RepublicCounty, Kansas, in March of 1904. There he completed the common school grades and a two-yearhigh school course provided by the local school district. The interest of Earl Teagarden in education for rural people was a natural one sincehis father, Thomas P. Teagarden, during the years from 1906 to 1917, served aspresident of the local and county Farmers' Institutes, organized arural telephone company, was a breeder of Duroc hogs, promoted the two-yearhigh school for the district, and otherwise contributed to the progressof his community. During the years 1908 through 1912, EarlTeagarden was a corn club member and a member of the Capper Pig Clubs of Kansas assponsored by Arthur Capper, publisher of theFarmers' Mail and Breeze, a state-wide farm publication, and later Governor of Kansasand a United States Senator. As faculty members of the College assistedwith the local and county institutes in Republic County, Earl had opportunity to becomepersonally acquainted with many of them including John H. Miller, GeorgeWheeler, A. S. Neale, George Hine, P. E. Crabtree, Frances L.Brown, Ula Dow, George O. Greene, P. E. McNall, W. S. Gearhart, Otis E.Hall and others. Earl Teagarden first enrolled as a student inthe Kansas State Agri- cultural College in January of 1913 and completed college entrancerequire- ments in what was then known as the"Sub-Freshman" courses. He participated in the Fiftieth Anniversary of the CollegeFebruary 16, 1913. After serving two years in the United States Armyduring World War I, 1917 to 1919, Earl Teagarden was graduated from the Kansas StateAgricultural College in 1920. He caught vocational agriculture in the RenoCounty High School at Nickerson, Kansas; was the first county agricultural agentin Stafford County, Kansas; served as district agricultural agent in theSouthwest District from 1934 to 1956; was Coordinator of ExtensionStudies from 1956 to 1962, at which time he retired. From 1962 to 1964, he served as ExtensionHistorian, part- time, during which time this compilation ofhistorical information was made. Because of his close association with people and programsin Extension for more than 55 years and his intimate knowledgeof Extension at all levels, past ard present, Mr. "Tea", as he isaffectionately known by all, is ideally suited L., che task of compiling this history. Not the least of his many attributes in this regard is his ready good humor, hisinfinite patience, his persi-Aent attention to detail and his sincere interest inall things historical. He lived most of chis history, and he made much ofit. Our sincere thanks go to him for preserving this History of Extensionin Kansas, 1868 to 1964, for the generations yet to come. Harold E. Jones Director 2 1. EXTENSION ADMINISTRATION Personnel 4 and 9 Introduction .. 12 Expansion of Extension Staff 15 Farmers' Institutes 27 State Farmers' Institute 44 Development of Extension Programs: Programs Before 1920 46 Programs From 1920 to 1956 69 Programs After 1956 84 Extension Schools 99 Farm and Home Week 103 Finances 108 Changes in Organization of Departments and Districts 139 County Farm Bureau Organization 145 Organization of the Kansas Farm Bureau 160 Cooperation with Other Agencies and Organizations: 1. Railroads 171 2. Agricultural Adjustment Administration 173 3. Soil Conservation Service 188 4. Rural Electrification 188 5. Farmers Home Administration 188 6. Farm Credit Administration 189 7. Kansas Bankers Association 189 8. Kansas 4-H Foundation 189 9. Other Agencies and Organizations 190 Emergency Programs: World War I 192 World War II 195 Droughts 198 Disasters 202 Housing for the Division of College Extension 205 3 ."6 PERSONNEL IN EXTENSION ADMINISTRATION John H. Miller: Field Secretary and Organizer ofFarmers' Institutes; October 10, 1905 to July 15, 1906 Superintendent of Farmers Institutes; July 16, 1906 to August 31, 1911 Director of College Extension; September 1, 1911 to October 29, 1912 Dean and Director, Divisionof College Extension; October 30, 1912 to August 31, 1915 Resigned to be Director of Extension,Arkansas G. W. Conn: Superintendent of Farmers' Institutes; September 1, 1911 to August 31, 1912 Edward C. Johnson: Superintendent of Farmers' Institutes andDemonstration; September 1, 1912 to August 31, 1915 Dean and Director, Division ofCollege Extension; September 1, 1915 to December 31, 1918 Resigned to be Dean of Agriculture,Washington State Harry J. C.