Show Roosevelt Favors Extension Service i I Experiment Stations i i II I President Elect Franklin D. D I Roosevelt is very pronounced in I his belief in the value of the work I I I of the Extension Service and Experiment Experiment Ex Ex- Stations as attested I bythe by bythe the following letter to the editor 1 j 1 I of The Progressive Farmer I II I believe thoroughly in agricultural agricultural agri agri- agri 1 I cultural education I regard it aslone as lone one of the most important and es es- es branches of the whole educational educational educational edu edu- I effort that is being carI carried earned car ear ried ned on on in the United States Iam I Iam Iam am a firm believer also in the value val val- value I ue of the operative co-operative research andI and I experimental work and the extension extension exten exten- I sion service which state Institutions institutions in cooperation with the Federal Federal Fed Fed- eral government are rendering I think it would be nothing short of a disaster if any of this tills work were seriously curtailed Particularly in these times when farmers are having haYing such a des des- parate struggle to maintain them them- selves I think it supremely Important important im Im- I that they should have the benefit of the expert advice that colleges experiment stations and extension services are able to give them and it is equally important that we should continue to hold holdout holdout holdout out to their children opportunities for an education that will make them something more more than field drudges I What I have said with respect I Ito to the agricultural colleges and their allied services applies with equal force to the lesser schools of agriculture and to the agricultural agricultural tural education now being carried on with such excellent promise in consolidated high schools in the rural communities I II I am glad that I have the opportunity opportunity opportunity op op- of expressing myself on this subject on which I have very strong convictions Signed President Elect ct FRANKLIN D D. D ROOSEVELT I |