Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics records 1849-2009
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University of Minnesota. Extension Service
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Agricultural extension in Minnesota is a programmatic, administrative and fiscal partnership with three component partners: the federal government through the USDA, the state of Minnesota via the University of Minnesota, and county governments. Its purpose from inception has been to educate citizens of the state through informal coursework and information provision. The program focus of extension services has four subject areas: agriculture and related industries such as horticulture, forestry a...
University of Minnesota. Dept. of Agronomy and Plant Genetics.
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Courses in field crops and seeds, crop breeding, thremmatology, and farm management were taught at the University’s College of Agriculture beginning in the 1890s, but Agronomy first appeared as a College of Agriculture course in the 1907-1908 University Catalogue. The 1911-1912 President’s Report noted that “the rapid growth of the collegiate attendance (in agriculture-related courses) has required considerable work in the organization and administration of the collegiate curriculum...
