Found 71 events matching "extension"

The Smith-Lever Act provided for federal, state, and county cooperation in creating a system to expand demonstration and extension work for men and women. The law authorized land-grant colleges to sign memoranda of understanding with the USDA to begin such work. NC State then created a new Department of Extension, which became the Agricultural Extension Service.

Ira O. Schaub became director of the Agricultural Extension Service. He held the position until 1950. In 1926, he also became Dean of Agriculture and in 1937 Director of Agricultural Research.

County Agent James A. Butler arranged for 2.5 acres of corn and 2 acres of cotton to be grown according to USDA recommendations. The crops were grown on the farm of J. F. Eagles near Statesville, NC. This was the first farm demonstration in North Carolina.

Forestry extension specialists were transferred from the School of Agriculture to the School of Forestry.

Benjamin W. Kilgore became the first director of the North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service.

The Industrial Extension Service, the first of its kind in the United States, was established in 1955 to help North Carolina industries grow and prosper.

Robert Walter Graeber was hired as the extension forester. He served in this position until 1949.

He served in the position until 1945 while he was simultaneously director of Agricultural Extension.

The Extension Division of NC State College began offering a night class in Elementary Russian.

Financial support for engineering extension doubled under North Carolina’s State Technical Services Act and the Public Works and Economic Development Act. The Industrial Experiment Program was renamed the Industrial Extension Service, which was more indicative of its function. The School of Engineering continued its extension classes in industrial centers in Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and High Point, and the school frequently offered upper-level and graduate course work at the centers.

Elimination of this pest with the state's cotton crop became a major priority of the Agricultural Extension Service.

Farmers watched a demonstration of State College's fistulated cow during Farm and Home Week in June 1956. Cooperative Extension Service demonstrations like this helped to share knowledge gained at NC State with farmers throughout North Carolina.

James A. Butler became North Carolina's first county extension agent and was hired to conduct demonstration work in boll weevil eradication.

The School of Agriculture was reorganized and incorporated three fields of work into the school: teaching, research, and extension.

Jensen established the Pesticide School in 1949 and brought together representatives of agricultural chemicals industry and research and extension workers.