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Cooperative Agricultural Extension, San Diego Branch Records
MS-0079
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & University Archives
Title: San Diego County, UC Cooperative Extension Records
Creator:
Cooperative Agricultural Extension, San Diego Branch
Identifier/Call Number: MS-0079
Physical Description:
0.42 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1915-1946
Language of Material:
English
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The collection is comprised of reports of farm advisory projects relating to San Diego County.
Materials in this collection have been digitized by the UC Cooperative Extension Archive at UC Merced. https://calisphere.org/collections/27851/
This collection is open for research.
The copyright interests in some or all of these materials have not been transferred to San Diego State University. Copyright
resides with the creator(s) of materials contained in the collection or their heirs. The nature of archival collections is
such that multiple creators are often applicable and copyright status may be difficult or even impossible to determine. In
any case, the user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, obtaining publication
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Cooperative Agricultural Extension, San Diego Branch
Identification of item, folder title, box number, Cooperative Agricultural Extension, San Diego Branch Records, Special Collections
and University Archives, San Diego State University Library.
At the turn of the previous century, growing concern over the quality of life for rural Americans prompted President Theodore
Roosevelt to appoint a Commission on Country Life in 1908. One of the direct outcomes of the Commission's recommendations
was the passage of the Smith-Lever Act in 1914, which established a national extension service to place the knowledge generated
at land-grant universities into the hands of farmers and rural citizens. The Agricultural Extension Service formalized and
built upon existing efforts of land-grant universities to enhance the knowledge of farmers and apply scientific discoveries
for improved agricultural practices.
Beginning in 1913, the Agriculture Extension Service, later known as UC Cooperative Extension, placed farm advisors employed
by the University of California in every county that formed a farm bureau and agreed to sponsor Extension Service work. While
arrangements have evolved, advisors continue to work in all California counties today and address problems ranging from soil
conditions and land reclamation to irrigation; from livestock breeding to improved varietals; and from mechanization to disease
and pest management, to enable farms to increase efficiency and productivity.
In 1915, the University of California established a branch in San Diego County. Cooperative Extension staff conduct educational
programs through individual consultation, meetings, farm and home demonstrations, field tours, industrial and governmental
relations, newsletters, and the news media.
Materials in this collection have been digitized by the UC Cooperative Extension Archive at UC Merced.
San Diego County Records: https://calisphere.org/collections/27851/
Cooperative Extension Archive: https://calisphere.org/institution/238/collections/
1978-004
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Organizational Records
University of California (System). Cooperative Extension. San Diego Branch--Archives
Agricultural education--California--San Diego County--History--20th century--Sources
Agriculture, Cooperative--California--San Diego County--History--20th century--Sources
Agricultural ecology--California--San Diego County--History--20th century--Sources
Agriculture--California--San Diego County--History--20th century--Sources
Agriculture--Research--California--San Diego County--History--20th century--Sources