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APPENDIX C

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE OF (UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS) AND THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Regarding Extension Work in Agriculture and Home Economics in the State of (Arkansas)

WHEREAS, the (College of Agriculture of the University of Arkansas) has, or may hereafter have, under its control Federal and State funds for extension work in agriculture and home economics, which are or may be supplemented by funds contributed for similar purposes by counties and other organizations and individuals within said State, and the United States Department of Agriculture has, or may hereafter have, funds appropriated directly to it by Congress which can be spent for demonstration and other forms of extension work in the State of (Arkansas).

THEREFORE, with a view of securing economy and efficiency in the conduct of extension work in the State of (Arkansas) the (Dean of the College of Agriculture of the University of Arkansas,) acting subject to the approval of the President and the Board of Trustees of said (University,) and the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States hereby make the following memorandum of understanding with reference to cooperative relations between said College and the United States Department of Agriculture in the organization and conduct of extension work in agriculture and home economics in the (State of Arkansas):

I. (The College of Agriculture of the University of Arkansas) agrees: (1) To organize and maintain a definite and distinct administrative division for the management and conduct of extension work in agriculture and home economics, with a responsible leader selected by the (College) satisfactory to the Department of Agriculture;

(2) To administer through such Extension Division thus organized any and all funds it has or may hereafter receive for such work from appropriations made by Congress or the State Legislature, by allotment from its Board of Trustees, or from any other source;

(3) To cooperate with the United States Department of Agriculture in all extension work in agriculture and home economics with said Department is or shall be authorized by Congress to conduct in the State of Arkansas.

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II. The United States Department of Agriculture agrees:

(1) To organize and maintain in the Department of Agriculture a States Relations Committee, pending the authorization by Congress of a States Relations Service, which shall represent the Department in the general supervision of all cooperative extension work in agriculture and home economics in which the Department shall participate in the State of (Arkansas), and shall have charge of the Department's business connected with the administration of Federal funds granted to the States under the Smith-Lever Act.

(2) To carry on in cooperation with the College of Agriculture of the (University of Arkansas) all demonstration and other forms of extension work in agriculture and home economics which the Department is authorized by Congress to conduct in the State of (Arkansas). III. The College of Agriculture of the (University of Arkansas) and the United States Department of Agriculture mutually agree:

(1) That the aforesaid cooperative extension work in agriculture and home economics in the State of (Arkansas) involving the use of direct Congressional appropriations to the Department of Agriculture shall be planned under the joint supervision of the Director of Extension Work of the College of Agriculture of the (University of Arkansas) subject to the approval of the (Dean of said College) and the (Special Agent in Charge, Farmers' Cooperative Demonstration Work of the United States Department of Agriculture, subject to the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture or his duly appointed representatives; and that the approved plans for such cooperative extension work in the State of (Arkansas) shall be executed through the Extension Division of the College of Agriculture of the (University of Arkansas) in accordance with the terms of the individual project agreements.

(2) That all agents appointed for cooperative extension work in agriculture and home economics in the State of (Arkansas,) under this memorandum and subsequent project agreements, involving the use of direct Congressional appropriations to the Department of Agriculture, shall be joint representatives of the college of Agriculture of the (University of Arkansas) and the United States Department of Agriculture, unless otherwise expressly provided in the project agreements; and the cooperation as aforesaid shall be plainly set forth in all publications or other printed matter issued and used in connection with said cooperative extension work by either the College of Agriculture of the (University of Arkansas) or the United States Department of Agriculture.

(3) That the plans for the use of the Smith-Lever fund, except so far as this fund is employed in cooperative projects involving the use of Department funds, shall be made by the Extension Division of the College but shall be subject to approval of the Secretary of Agriculture in accordance with the terms of the Smith-Lever Act, and when so approved shall be executed by the Extension Division of said College.

(4) That the headquarters of the State organization contemplated in this memorandum shall be at the (College of Agriculture of the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas).

IV. This memorandum shall take effect when it is approved by the (Dean of the College of Agriculture of the University of Arkansas) and the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States, and shall remain in force until it is expressly abrogated in writing by either one of the signers or their successors in office.

Dean of the College of Agriculture

of the (University of Arkansas).

Secretary of Agriculture.

JULY 16, 1914.

APPENDIX D

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING

BETWEEN THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE AMERICAN FARM BUREAU FEDERATION AND THE STATE RELATIONS SERVICE, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Relative to Farm Bureaus and the Extension Service

Since questions have arisen regarding the relations of the farm bureaus to the cooperative extension service of the State agricultural colleges and the United States Department of Agriculture, it has seemed desirable for the national organizations representing the farm bureaus and the extension service to formulate and recommend to their State and county organizations the following general outline of a policy which may govern the relations of the farm bureaus and the extension service in their cooperative enterprises.

THE FARM BUREAU

The County Farm Bureau is a voluntary organization of people engaged in farming and has for its object the promotion of the economic and social interests of agriculture. It is non-secret, non-partisan, and non-sectarian, and it is its policy as an organization not to engage in commercial activities. It is open to both men and women on equal terms. While it may engage in other activities it is greatly interested in the promotion of the cooperative extension work in agriculture and home economics organized by the State agricultural colleges and the United States Department of Agriculture under the Smith-Lever Extension Act and related Federal and State laws. It may, therefore, cooperate with the extension service of the State agricultural college and the Department by contributing of its funds toward the maintenance of one or more extension agents in the county and joining in the work of the extension service through its committees and otherwise under agreements with the State Extension Director. The farm bureau is organized with a president, secretary, treasurer and executive committee who will themselves or through other representatives of the farm bureau solicit memberships, collect dues, handle its funds and in general manage its affairs.

THE EXTENSION SERVICE

The Cooperative Extension Service of the State Agricultural College and the United States Department of Agriculture is organized as a division of the college to conduct extension work defined in the SmithLever Extension Act as follows:

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