A Summary of Agricultural-Economics Extension Work and the Adjustments Needed to Meet the Emergency in the Northeastern States

Excerpts from the Introduction: As we enter into a period of emergency activities in connection with national defense, extension workers are appraising their present educational programs and adjusting them to serve more fully the needs of the times. This task becomes particularly important for extension economists, in view of the wide variety of contributions they are making and can make, not only through their own direct contacts with farm people but also through projects developed in cooperation with other members of the extension staff. The latter is becoming of increasing importance as more and more of our extension activities are measured in terms of their contribution to economic and social welfare. This summary of programs and adjustments is presented as an aid to State extension economists who are now in the process of taking on new assignments and making adjustments where desirable, in the emphasis placed on the various activities. It is hoped that such a presentation of proposed extension work in agricultural economics in the Northeastern States at this time will be helpful to these States in making further decisions.