UC Davis is California’s

Land Grant University.

TRUE OR FALSE

Question 1:

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 2:

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 3:

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

f) All of the above

g) None of the above

Question 4:

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 5:

TRUE OR FALSE

County-based CE academics, called “County Agents” in other states, were originally called “Farm Advisors” in California.

Question 6:

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

• 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.

Back in Berkeley...

“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

NUMBERS OF CE ACADEMICS IN ANIMAL, AVIAN, AQUACULTURE, AND

VETERINARY MEDICINE

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UC Davis is California’s

Land Grant University.

TRUE OR FALSE

Question 1:

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 2:

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 3:

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

f) All of the above

g) None of the above

Question 4:

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 5:

TRUE OR FALSE

County-based CE academics, called “County Agents” in other states, were originally called “Farm Advisors” in California.

Question 6:

Farm Advisers