8 May 2018 - Join the Club!

Your County Agents Offer a Lot of Good Help

"How much use have you made of the free services offered by your county agent? Today is the anniversary of the Cooperative Extension Service, established May 8, 1914."

The Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service is an agency within the United States Department of Agriculture.

Our Almanac says that your County Agricultural Agent offers many free publications about lawn care, gardening, shrubs, trees, flowers, food and cooking, clothing, home furnishing, and house hold money management.

Here is my take...

I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THIS BEFORE!

Seriously!

I got on the Google to see if my county has a County Agricultural Agent and we really have one!

You can find your agent by following this site.

Pick Your Own

My county agent even has a Facebook Page!

Most of these agencies do. Except you may not know them by their title above.

You may recognize the title 4H.

The four H's stand for Head, Heart, Hands, Health.

If you ever hear of 4H in school it was usually kids doing livestock shows at the fair. I know of parents today who help their kids raise animals for shows.

I was never in 4H so forgive me for having a moment to myself here.

Typically the County Agricultural Agent will have a background or degree in agriculture or a related science. These agents are deeply involved in leading and developing programs in their area.

So there you go!

Check out the link above,

Call your local County Agricultural Agent,

And see what they can do for you today!

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