smith-lever act
1Smith-Lever Act of 1914 — The Smith Lever Act of 1914 is a United States federal law that established a system of cooperative extension services, connected to the land grant universities, in order to inform people about current developments in agriculture, home economics …
2Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act — The Morrill Land Grant Acts are United States statutes that allowed for the creation of land grant colleges. Passage of original billFor fifteen years prior to the first introduction of the bill in 1857, there was a political movement calling for …
3Hatch Act of 1887 — The Hatch Act of 1887 (ch. 314, USStat|24|440, enacted 1887 03 02, USC|7|361a et seq.) gave federal land grants to states in order to create a series of agricultural experiment stations, as well as pass along new information, especially in the… …
4Little Lever — infobox UK place latitude= 53.5633 longitude= 2.3699 official name= Little Lever population= 11,505 (2001 Census) os grid reference= SD7507 metropolitan borough= Bolton metropolitan county= Greater Manchester region= North West England country=… …
5Harold Lever, Baron Lever of Manchester — The Right Honourable The Lord Lever of Manchester PC Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster In office 5 March 1974 – 4 May 1979 Prime Minister Harold Wilson …
6Alabama Cooperative Extension System — Infobox Government agency agency name = Alabama Cooperative Extension System logo width = 200px logo caption = Official Alabama Cooperative Extension System logo (2008) seal width = seal caption = formed = 1914 jurisdiction = Alabama headquarters …
7History of the Alabama Cooperative Extension System — A common perception is that the birth of Cooperative Extension followed passage of the Smith Lever Act of 1914, which provided federal funds to land grant universities to support Extension work. In a formal sense, this is true. Even so, the roots …
8Land-grant university — Land grant universities (also called land grant colleges or land grant institutions) are institutions of higher education in the United States that have been designated by each state to receive the benefits of the Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890.… …
9Morrill Land-Grant Acts — Morrill Act redirects here. For the act regarding polygamy, see Morrill Anti Bigamy Act. The Morrill Land Grant Acts are United States statutes that allowed for the creation of land grant colleges, including the Morrill Act of 1862 (7… …
10Cooperative extension service — This article is about a division of the US Department of Agriculture. For agriculture extensions in general, see Agricultural extension. The Cooperative Extension Service, also known as the Extension Service of the USDA, is a non formal… …
