[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 6]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 7686]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




     CELEBRATING THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 1914 SMITH-LEVER ACT

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                         HON. BRAD R. WENSTRUP

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 8, 2014

  Mr. WENSTRUP. Mr. Speaker, I join with Ohioans in the Second District 
in celebrating the 100th anniversary of the 1914 Smith-Lever Act.
  As we entered the 20th Century, America's scientists and researchers 
were at the forefront of scientific and technological developments that 
helped pave the way for unprecedented economic growth and prosperity.
  Many of these innovations were developed at our nation's great land-
grant universities, and Smith-Lever was able to connect these 
collegiate discoveries to hard working farmers and families across 
rural America through extension programs.
  As the law sets forth, extension programs would be established to 
diffuse and distribute the ``useful and practical'' information for 
agriculture, home economics, and rural energy, and have adopted an 
expanded mission over the last century to include 4-H, farmers, Master 
Gardeners, and Consumer Sciences.
  In Ohio, our extension offices and staff continue this one hundred 
year-tradition. Our counties and families continue to benefit from 
educators bringing the latest best practices to local communities in a 
practical and meaningful manner.
  And as America remains at the forefront of discovery, the extension 
program will continues to diffuse new knowledge throughout our 
communities.

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