Question 1:
TRUE OR FALSE
UC Davis is California’s
Land Grant University.
Question 2:
When the University Farm was sited at what later became UC
Davis, the chairman of the Woodland Chamber of Commerce
wrote which of the following in a letter to the UC Regents:
a)
“The intellectual resources available in Davis make it an
ideal site for the University Farm.”
b)
“What a perfect location to allow growth of the
University for many decades to come!”
c)
“Why would anyone choose that dusty spot along a
railroad track?”
Question 3:
After establishment of the University Farm in Yolo County,
the town of “Davisville” changed its name to “Davis”
because:
a)
University officials in Berkeley felt “Davisville” sounded too rustic.
b)
University officials in Berkeley feared confusion with “Danville”,
which lay to the north of Berkeley.
c)
Both a and b are correct.
d)
Neither a nor b is correct.
Question 4:
Regarding 1980s litigation against UC:
a) UC won the Farm Mechanization Lawsuit.
b) UC lost.
c) The decision was a draw.
d) a and b but not c
e) a and c but not b
All of the above
g) None of the above
f)
Question 5:
The Division of Poultry Husbandry remained at
Berkeley longer than other animal divisions,
because:
a) Central Valley heat was considered unsuitable for
poultry research.
b) The wife of the head of the Poultry Division did
not want to move to Davis.
Question 6:
TRUE OR FALSE
County-based CE academics,
called “County Agents” in other
states, were originally called
“Farm Advisors” in California.
Morrill Act
(“Land Grant College Act”)
1862
Granted to states public land, the sale of which would
generate funds to establish and maintain at least one
college whose leading objective would be branches of
learning related to agriculture and the mechanical arts.
1887 - Hatch Act:
Intent was to provide federal funds
to establish and support state
Agricultural Experiment Stations.
“It shall be the object and duty of experiment stations
to conduct original research on the physiology of
plants and animals; the diseases to which they are
subject, with the remedies for the same;…the
composition and digestibility of food for domestic
animals; the scientific and economic questions
involved in the production of butter and cheese; and
other research bearing directly on the agricultural
industry.”
Farmers’ Institutes: educational
conferences for rural people; sponsored
by UC in conjunction with local
communities.
• Conveyed results of UC research to farmers
• Informed UC of questions of local importance
• Built public good will toward UC
1897 - So successful were Farmer’s
Institutes and other agricultural
outreach that the UC Regents
created a Department of University
Extension in Agriculture within the
College of Agriculture.
Entering the 1900s, the University of California was a
general university located in Berkeley with a College of
Agriculture, which contained:
Division of Animal Husbandry
Division of Veterinary Sciences
Department of University Extension in Agriculture
Agricultural Experiment Station
Need for a University Farm?
Need to acquire a real farm in a location more
representative of California conditions than
Berkeley?
1905 – Peter J. Shields drafted “University State Farm Bill.”
Demonstration Farm
Research Center
Practical Agriculture School
University Farm was not supported by UC President or Dean
of the College of Agriculture in Berkeley, but the bill passed.
“Ten acres close to Berkeley are better than 400 far away.”
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1914 - Smith-Lever Act:
Established the Agricultural Extension
Service in which “County Agent” salaries
would be paid by joint agreement between
federal and state governments with local
expenses paid by the county in which the
“County Agent” worked.
In California, County Agents were called
Farm Advisers.
In 1916, “Adviser” was changed to “Advisor”.
Bertram H. Crocheron
Director, Agricultural
Extension Service
1913-1948
Back in Berkeley...
•
Growth in ag faculty 1914-1919 shifted the balance
of power in Berkeley.
•
1919, when Farm Advisors were on the Berkeley
campus for an Extension Service Conference, their
exercise of voting privileges affected the outcome of
a campus vote.
•
1920, Berkeley faculty voted to restrict Senate
membership to faculty with formal teaching positions,
eliminating Farm Advisors and AES scientists from
Senate membership.
“The number of persons attending meetings
conducted by members of the Agricultural
Extension Service in a given year was more
than double those attending all football
games played by the University team.”
B.H. Crocheron, 1926
UC Budget from the State:
1929-30
$9.9 million
1931-32
$8.6 million
1933-34
$6.6 million (proposed)
• College of Agriculture Dean Claude
Hutchinson and Director of Agricultural
Extension Service B.H. Crocheron took their
case on the road and to the airwaves.
• Public support restored most cuts.
1938 - University Farm formally renamed “College
of Agriculture at Davis”.
1941 - California legislature authorized a School of
Veterinary Medicine.
1943-45
- Davis campus closed
to instruction when
lands and buildings
were used as a training
school for the Army
Signal Corps.
1959 -
UC Davis named a general campus.
UC Regents: “Davis campus will
continue to be UC’s major center for
research and teaching in agriculture,
which will remain a dominant
emphasis.”
1965 - Reapportionment led to representation based on
population, which increased Southern California’s
urban influence at the expense of agriculture.
1967 - Governor Regan cut UC budget, including Extension.
Traditional clientele disenfranchised by unrest on UC
campus.
Budget cuts to UC stimulated faculty entrepreneurship.
UC Davis College of Agriculture was renamed College
of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
1970s- Competition for UC budget increased.
1974 - Agricultural Extension Service renamed
University of California Cooperative Extension.
1983 - Veterinary Medicine Teaching and Research Center
inTulare was dedicated.
Division of Agricultural Sciences renamed
Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
1988 - CE Specialists report to campus; Advisors report to
Division.
UNWELCOME PUBLICITY OF THE 1980s
No. of people
NUMBERS OF CE ACADEMICS IN
ANIMAL, AVIAN, AQUACULTURE, AND
VETERINARY MEDICINE
50
40
Advisors
30
20
Specialists
10
0
1982 1988 1990 1994 1998 2005
Year
Question 1:
TRUE OR FALSE
UC Davis is California’s
Land Grant University.
Question 2:
When the University Farm was sited at what later became UC
Davis, the chairman of the Woodland Chamber of Commerce
wrote which of the following in a letter to the UC Regents:
a)
“The intellectual resources available in Davis make it an
ideal site for the University Farm.”
b)
“What a perfect location to allow growth of the
University for many decades to come!”
c)
“Why would anyone choose that dusty spot along a
railroad track?”
Question 3:
After establishment of the University Farm in Yolo County,
the town of “Davisville” changed its name to “Davis”
because:
a)
University officials in Berkeley felt “Davisville” sounded
too rustic.
b)
University officials in Berkeley feared confusion with
“Danville”, which lay to the north of Berkeley.
c)
Both a and b are correct.
d)
Neither a nor b is correct.
Question 4:
Regarding 1980s litigation against UC:
a) UC won the Farm Mechanization Lawsuit.
b) UC lost.
c) The decision was a draw.
d) a and b but not c
e) a and c but not b
All of the above
g) None of the above
f)
Question 5:
The Division of Poultry Husbandry remained at
Berkeley longer than other animal divisions,
because:
a) Central Valley heat was considered unsuitable for
poultry research.
b) The wife of the head of the Poultry Division did
not want to move to Davis.
Question 6:
TRUE OR FALSE
County-based CE academics,
called “County Agents” in other
states, were originally called “Farm
Advisors” in California.
Farm Advisers