Show I I Across the County r Agents Agent's D Desk k To 00 o you folks folk know that 1962 marks years since Abraham Lincoln signed bills bUls that cri created t d the United States Stales Department oi of ot Agriculture and established theLand the theLand Land Grant colleges throughout t the United States Have you Stopped to to what realize this this has has meant to you and and andt t to the th r t ot America Even the tie world for tor that matter Purpose of bills Billa The main maln purpose purpose of at the bills was to diffuse among the people of the United States useful information mation matlon on on subjects connected with Agriculture in the most moet general general gen gen- eral and comprehensive e sense sense of that word t tIt It was on May 15 16 1862 at a time when one American farmer farm tarm er or produced prod ed enough to feed himself himself himself him him- self and four others that President President dent Abraham Lincoln signed into law the act which established the Department Today as witness to the outstanding progress in Agriculture one farmer produces enough for himself self and 25 others It has haa been the partnership of industry Government and the Land Grant colleges which has led to the many in the frontiers of mans man's knowl knowl- edge These advances are responsible responsible responsible re re- for tor the productivity of American agriculture which continues continues continues con con- to amaze the world and to confound the communists M Moot Nutritious Foods Food Do you ever consider the legacy legacy leg leg- legacy acy you have haTe Inherited f You are eating safer ater and more nutritious foods Youre You're living in a much healthier environment So at attl tl tits tit's is time Ume it is appropriate that we salute such auch dynamic force which has served the country so 80 effectively Lively since 1862 The colleges and universities In 1862 1868 were for tor the select elect few tew Through the Land Grant Act the colleges were brought to the peo pea pie Today there are 68 Land Land- Grant colleges and universities Their total enrollment Is 20 0 per percent percent percent cent ot of all the tho 2000 colleges and universities They gran grant 22 per percent percent percent cent of or all the Bachelors Bachelor's degrees 25 5 per cent of or all the Masters Master's degrees and 38 per cent of or all Doctorates This Thia is Ia a salute salute to to a great creat educational system that U Is the model for tor the J rest t of the world The Extension telu Serce Service Office will wW be closed the week of June 25 U to Z 29 County Agent Ray nay Thatcher has bIoS gone on th the Dow Chemical study tour Home Agent Margaret Hall nall and secretary tary Margaret Little Uttie will wW be on vacation vacation vaca vaca- tion in the Northwest It U you have bane questions or need material from the Extension Office Of Ot Lice fice please call before Wore the zm Mr lob Thatcher will rill be back In Inthe inthe the tho office July 3 2 Miss ss Hall will willbe be 1 back ck July 6 6 G. |