Since the Cooperative Extension Service was officially formalized in 1914 by the Smith Lever Act, demonstrations have been a critical and integral education too
\“L\” is for Lever, Asbury Francis (1875-1940). Congressman. Lever’s role in the passage of several important pieces of legislation that made him a major figure in pre-New Deal federal agricultural policy.
The Agricultural Extension Service of the United States (AES) began as an educational component of land-grant universities. In Minnesota, as in other states, the federally funded and organized services of AES provide practical agricultural training to people outside of a university setting. Education is a core principle of AES. In order to understand the nature