The Department Of Home Economics Was Organized

A Person Cannot Love A Plant After He Has Pruned It, Then He Has Either Done A Poor Job Or Is Devoid Of Emotion.

Give The Children An Opportunity To Make Garden. Let Them Grow What They Will. It Matters Less That They Grow Good Plants Than That They Try For Themselves.

We Accept It Because We Have Seen The Vision. We Know That We Cannot Reap The Harvest, But We Hope That We May So Well Prepare The Land And So Diligently Sow The Seed That Our Successors May Gather The Ripened Grain.

Yesterday The Twig Was Brown And Bare; To-day The Glint Of Green Is There; Tomorrow Will Be Leaflets Spare; I Know No Thing So Wondrous Fair, No Miracle So Strangely Rare. I Wonder What Will Next Be There!

Extension Work Is Not Exhortation. Nor Is It Exploitation Of The People, Or Advertising Of An Institution, Or Publicity Work For Securing Students. It Is A Plain, Earnest, And Continuous Effort To Meet The Needs Of The People On Their Own Farms And In The Localities.