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they can best be implemented under tbe conditions which exist in your respective states. That's your job--and yours alone. No one else can do it for you. May you be guided in

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your deliberations, now and always, in the certain knowledge that progress is made by people who dare and that where there is no vision the people perish.

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Extension Service, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama Information, inspiration, leadership, and instruction are primary functions of an Extension dairy specialist. Before he can prepare information, he must define the problem as to the specific needs as they relate to the total dairy program. Since Extension is the educational arm of the University, administrators felt that a university-wide approach with the help of allied groups in agriculture and industry would be more effective in assisting county Extension agents. In March, 1960, under the leadership of Dr. E. T. York, Jr., then director of the Alabama Extension Service, a joint policy was developed whereby each related group o£ the University could be brought into organized operation on problems and programs. Following the development of this joint policy, a self-study committee was organized to review and evaluate the Extension dairy program. After several weeks of study, this committee assisted the group in determining the most pressing problems in dairying. This graph gives the main steps in developing an Extension program on a state basis with administrative assistance. The self-study committee released two reports following this study.

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I. Internal (guidance of Extension dairymen in future development of their work). A. The group listed major problems in relation to their importance based on total needs of the dairy industry. II. External (released to public--county agents, vocational teachers, industry, and others). A. A publication on dairying in state answered questions commonly asked by the public such as (a) number of Grade A and manufacturing milk producers by areas of the state, (b) milk control regulations, (e) potentials for expansion or developing new units, (d) youth work. B. Educational material was presented to county and assistant agents and others in workshops and area meetings with administrative assistance. The Extension dairymen and others working on a specific problem prepare complete material on a subject or subjects presented, including (a) visual aids, (b) circular letters, (c) bulletins, (d) radio and television materials, (e) other materials, (f) special request for specific county needs.

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