A coordinated program for research and extension
1935
Myers, C.H.
In conclusion, one can express only the greatest appreciation and respect for the accomplishments of both agricultural research and extension in the United States. Probably in no other country up to the present time have the needs of the farmer been so fully met in this regard. Such problems as have arisen and such criticism as has been made are due to a lack of a real and continuing appreciation of the fundamental relationship of these two fields of service. One is necessarily based upon the other. This fact cannot be ignored. That it has been, is due to the very nature of the work in the two fields. The work of the research man is an unknown book to the layman and will remain so, for the most part, for a long time to come. For this reason it does not make an appeal to the public. The effort of the extension man, on the other hand, is immediately appreciated by the public, which can at once see and evaluate the advantages resulting from it. This situation tends to over-shadow research activity and to set up extension work as a separate and entirely independent field. The remedy lies in the complete recognition of the fundamental relationship between the two fields. This can best be brought about by closer coordination of research and extension workers based upon subject-matter organization and by providing that the latter group be as well trained in the fundamentals of the subject as is the former group.
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