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County agent work started in 1907
County agent work started in 1907

County agent work started in 1907

Mr. Ike Lainer, now of Texarkana, held the first County appointment of the U. S. Department of Agriculture in 1907 and the work has .since grown and is known as County Agent Work. The work now as compared to those early days is chiefly characterized by the fact that in the early days, reports went direct to Washington, D. C. and the State Colleges had nothing to do with them. Now the State College runs them as an extension service in Agriculture, cooperating with the United States Department of Agriculture. The County Agent now is an employee of Texas A. and M. College, but at the same time, is an educational agent and local land use planning coordinator for the U. S. Department of Agriculture.

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