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Show JROMTHECOUf FROM THE COUN1Y COUNTY COUNTYAGR'L . AGR'L AGRL ' AGENTUnder AGENT AGENTUnder Under the direction dlrectton of W W WOwens 'WOvens WOvens ' 0\\ 0 0ens Owens \ ens assistant director foi for agn agri agnI agncultt.l agricultue agriculttie I cultt.l culttl cultue . e of Utah extension service servicethe servicethe i i'the 'the the ' h\ h tw twenty henty \ enty fifth annn annrt annnersaly ersal ersar y of ofextensIOn ofextension oextension extensIOn service \ was \ as observed at atthe athe ' the Utah State Agricultural col college college i ilege lege on June 3 This progI proe progiam am was wasI wasbreadcast wasbrcadcast wabroadcast I breadcast brcadcast by remote control 0\ 0 on 0er o\eladio o eladio \ er erradio I Iladlo ' ladlo radio stat on KSL KCL KSLThe KSLThe : ; The theme of the program fol follou foilowed 10\\ 10 lou 10I'd \ \ I'd Id ed ' the extension service from fromits fronits i i'ItS 'ItS ItS ' its origin to its piesent plesent present day actiVI active activetv activitv ' tv Dating Datmg back to 1896 when the theUtah theUtah thiUtah Utah legislature appropriated $15 15 $15000 15000 $ 000 and commissioned comnusslcned the state statecollege statecollege staticollege college to hold at least one In Instltute instrtute institute stltute strtute a sear ; ear among the farmer farmers farmersm farmersin : in m each count county count } } the service senlce serice % far pre predated predated predated dated the passing of the Smith SmithLeer SmithLever SmithLe\er SmithLe er Le\er Le er Lever \ acthlch act which \\hlch hlch \ \ " was "as as enacted on onMay onMay 01May May 8 1914It 1914It 1914 1914It It \ was as not until 1911 howe\ howe howeer howeter howeterthat howe\erthat howe erthat \ er erthat that the extension division at the theecllege thecollege th thcollege < college ecllege \ was \ as set uo UD as a separate separateUnit separateunit separatiunit Unit At this time Dr John JOM A Wid Widstee Widstce Widstce stee stce \ was as president of the coIlege college coIlegeHIS collegeHis collegeHis HIS idea \ was \ as to get in m closer touch touchwith touclwith with \ \ Ith the people of the state and andtheir andtheir an antheir < their problems To do this staff staffI staffmembers staffmembers stafmembers members membersele \ weie \\ele ele were appointed appomted to travel travelover travelover traveover I over the state The first of these thesewas thesewas thesiwas was L M Winsor engineer engmeer who whoas whowas whiwas \\as as was \ sent to the Uintah Ulntah basmFlom basinFrom basin basm basinFiom Fiom Flom From this Ihls hurrble humble beginning begmmng the theservice theservice thservice ( service grew until today there are an64 64 part and full fuIl time workersAmong workersAmong workers workersAmong Among the leaders of present day dayexten.lOn dayextension da3extension exten.lOn extenlOn extension . workas work \ was \\as as \ Director W A ALlo ALlo ALloid Llo } d of the \ western estern section who whoex whoexpressed wh whexpressed < ex expressed ressed the meaning meamng of exten extenslon extension extension slon sion slonolk \ woik \\olk olk work \ from a national nattonal view viewpomt viewpoint viewpoint pomt point and John T Caine third thirdw"o thirdvho thirdwho w"o wo \vho vho \ " succeeded Dr Elmer G Petel Peter Petelson Peterson Petelson son as the second director of the theservice theservice theservice theserviceThe service serviceThe The unique umque feature of the ex extensIOn extension extension tensIOn service is its countv county state statefrdelal statefederal statefpdeial frdelal federal cooperation It his h\s h s has ' \ brought broughtinto broughtinto , mto into existence a new system olad of ofad : ad It education-It education It education - it is learning by byI bydomg bydoing bydoing I domg doing doingsaid ' "aid aid said " ald Mi Mr Llo LlodSpecial Llod LlodSpecial } d : Special honor w wis W'lS WlS ' is paid to Dr DrE DrE ! ' E G Peterson as f frsfc frst rst director of ofthe ofthe the service In Utah John T TCain TCame ' Cam Cain < > " third lis 1 is successor Dr R RJ RJ RJ J Evans who filled the post m in mthird inthird inthird third place and the present dlrec direc dlrectol director directoi tol tor William Peterson |