University of Missouri. Agricultural Extension Service.
Abstract
"Extension schools in agriculture are courses of instruction offered by the University of Missouri College of Agriculture to farmers in the state who cannot take advantage of the courses given at Columbia. These schools offer five days of consecutive teaching in two or at most, three subjects of special interest in the community. They provide more complete and detailed instruction than can be given in the one-day or two-day farmers' meetings and are designed for the practical farmer. The aim of these schools is to present as briefly and clearly as possible the fundamental scientific principles underlying the common farm practices to the end that farmers may be guided in the application of such practices not by specific recommendations but by an intelligent understanding of the various physical and economic factors involved."--Page 3
