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Paying Our Way, College Of Agriculture And Biological Sciences

College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences Publications

This is a history and examination of the departments that make up the College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences at South Dakota State University.

Twenty-Five Years Of Agricultural Extension Work In South Dakota, Gilbert S. Weaver

SDSU Extension Publications Archive

Organization of Agricultural Extension Work in South Dakota during March, 1912,

Marked the beginning-of a-movement in agricultural education that was destined to influence the economic and social life of rural people in South Dakota for twenty-five years. Only the future will reveal its limitations. Agricultural Extension Work had its inception in Brown county. Farmers, business men, a railroad, a mail order house, and county commissioners of Brown county had formed the Better Farming Association. This organization took the initiative in promoting and inaugurating county agent work. During the span of years from March, 1912, to March, 1937, Agricultural Extension work …