From the June 1941
issue of Extension Farm-News
Extension workers are praised and thanked for their support
in the “Food for Defense” program in a letter which Secretary of Agriculture
Claude R. Wickard wrote recently to M.L. Wilson, director of Extension for the
U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The Secretary wrote as follows: “I have read the letters and
reviewed the materials which you have passed on to me from Extension workers.
The influence of educational work carried on by Extension forces is
far-reaching. It affects the thinking and action of millions of our farm people
“It is therefore most encouraging to me to learn of the
enthusiastic vigor with which Extension workers are supporting, through their
State and local activities, the nation’s needs for larger quantities of certain
kinds of foods. I know that they will continue their efforts in this direction
as long as the situation demands it.
“Please convey to them my deep appreciation for the
excellent manner in which they have responded to my request for immediate
action to support the food-for-defense program”
Director Wilson adds his thanks in a letter to State
Extension directors, which reads, in part: “I have been greatly impressed by
the very systematic and effective way in which Extension workers everywhere
have promptly gone into action. . . . They have accepted with a real spirit of
cooperation the Secretary’s statement that this is the department’s No. 1
project at this time.
“We appreciate this tremendous effort on your part, which is
another evidence of the capacity of the cooperative Extension Service to revise
its program with speed and precision, and focus it with great effectiveness on
a new objective.”
Agents to Discuss
Defense at 4-H, Farm-Home Weeks
Major aspects of the defense program naturally will be
paramounted in the discussions at 4-H Short Course July 28-August 2, and at
Farm and Home Week, August 4-8.
Dr. Carl F. Taeusch, head of the Division of Program
Planning and Study of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, will be
present for both meetings and John W. Goodman, assistant director, announces
that Dr. Taeusch will develop discussions with agents and other Extension
workers.
A two-hour session will be held each day, at which Extension
workers will discuss the following subjects: “What Should Be Done to Insure a
Fair Balance Between the Return to Agriculture and Industry as a Result of the
Defense Program?” “Adequate Nutrition and Its Relation to Defense and Morale,”
and “What Should be the Place of Agriculture in the New World Order Following
the War.”
Completion of a full program for 4-H Short Course has been
delayed because L.R. Harrill and Miss Frances MacGregor were kept busy during
June conducting the Older Youth Conference, opening the 4-H camp season, and
escorting North Carolina’s four delegates to the National 4-H Camp in
Washington.
Speakers have been obtained for the three evening programs
during Farm and Home Week. General J.L. Devers, commanding officer at Fort
Bragg, will speak on Tuesday evening; Dr. Helen Mitchell, director of nutrition
for the Federal Security Agency, Washington, will speak Wednesday night; and
Governor J. Melville Broughton will speak Thursday evening.
Registration for Farm and Home Week has opened, and Miss
Ruth Current invites home agents to make reservations for their club women at
the earliest possible time to insure desirable rooms. A room reservation fee is
$1 and should be sent to Mrs. Nelle Meacham, State College Station. Money will
be refunded if reservations are cancelled before July 26.
The committees in charge of arrangements for Farm and Home
Week are: Registration, C.M. Brickhouse, chairman; O.F. McCrary and F.S. Sloan;
Evening Programs, F.H. Jeter, chairman, J.F. Criswell and Roy H. Park;
Exhibits, D.S. Weaver, chairman, Miss Pauline Gordon and B.T. Ferguson; and
Program for Men, Morning Sessions and Tours, J.A. Arey, chairman, E.Y. Floyd,
L.B. Altman, R.W. Graeber, C.F. Parrish, E.B. Garrett, H.R. Niswonger, and D.S.
Coltrane.
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