2 " ,,T in C L A C K A M A S C O U N T Y N E W S. EST A CA D A , O R E G O N FR ID A Y . JA N . U . I M I success even as w e a d a p t e x ­ upon u s? If w e a re to m ake Som etim es w e a re even sh o rt tension w o rk ot th e fa st-b re a k ­ wise decisions in the face of of vision. ing neels of o u r tim e.” th is fu n d am en tal change, we T he ad v ersary in this our ! w ill need econom ic literacy i perspective ed u catio n al role is th e a u th o ri­ ' L et m e rev iew w ith you some and socialogical 1 of the p e rp lex ities and urgen- fa r beyond th a t w hich we have ta ria n w ho is m ore interested B y J . J. Inskeep, C o u n ty th an j cies o f to d ay , especially as th ey been called on to supply in th e in m ak in g people obey tension A gent u n d erstan d . The a u th o ritarian I affect a g ric u ltu re and ru ra l p a st.” alw ay s has a crisis and a tim e­ W hat a re th e pro b lem s fac­ “ A g ricu ltu ra l ex ten sio n w ork, 1 life.” table. He is alw ays in a h u rry ing A m erican, and O regon fa r­ W hat is m ore, fo r those who “ A t th e to p of th e list is th e m ers? P ick u p a copy of alm ost b acked by research , residential w a n t to Continue farm ing, and his purpose is to get people any n ew sp ap er th e se days and te ac h in g and th e co operation g reat dilem m a created by o u r technology, and m anagerial to act according to a p recon­ y o u read a b o u t th e h o rro rs of of farm groups, has succeeded ab u n d an ce Is o u r ag ricu ltu ral sk ill h av e become suddenly a ceived p attern . th e fa rm surplus. A ctu a lly th e o v e r th e y ears because it has p la n t ac tu a lly o v er -expanded? m a tte r of econom ic life or p ercen tag e of surp lu s is small. been responsive to th e needs of Will w e be able to m eet F or education to adppt the th e death .W e c a n ’t afford to take A ctu ally w e a re faced w ith ! ru ra l people. T his ed u catio n al food needs of th e fu tu re , W ill 10 y ears to change o u r th is adversary ways m ethods of th e necessity of fu rth e r in creas­ system o f ours— I sp eak of e x ­ th e m ovem ent of w o rk ers out of farm in g . K now ledge is need­ w ould be fatal. F o r o u r goal is ing p ro d u ctio n by a n o th e r 40 tension education ra th e r than of a g ric u ltu re be p e rm an en t? ed a t once. E xpansion m ust u n d erstan d in g an ratio n al d e ­ or p e rc e n t o r m ore by 1975 if we classroom teach in g — is th e e n ­ How do w e learn to live w ith be p lo tte d boldly a n d intelli-J cision, not in d o ctrin atio n large-scale, highly- gently. Suddenly you m ust be | sh o rt-term action. T he purpodb a r e ta feed o u r gro w in g p o p u ­ vy of th e w orld. It is im p o rta n t th e new lation. | th a t w e u n d erstan d w hy and com petitive , technological a g ­ a good fa rm e r o r you a re not of education is to develop th e j be a fa rm e r a t all. T his p u ts a full, unpredictable scale of h u ­ . p reserv e th e elem ents of th a t ric u ltu re w hich seem s to trem en d o u s responsibiltity on m an im agination an capabili­ o u r re se a rc h and extension j ty, not to reg im en t th e th o u g h t an d action o f th e individual. pro g ram . , ......... f . . We w an t no brainw ashing, A t th e sam e tim e, w e cannot j n o t even w ith o u r ow n kind of abandon o v ern ig h t th e m any soap. good people w ho a re w ro k in g th e ir w ay out of ag riculture.A ; Sound research and useful g re a t m an v w ill rem ain as in fo rm atio n are still the h e a rt p art-tim e fa rm ers o r ru ra l res- | of all extension education. We idents w ho ru b elbow s daily can n ev er tu rn extension w o rk w ith th e rem aining co m m er­ o v er to professional com m uni­ cial farm ers. cators. I have found th a t in m y w ork, w hichis the publication In fact, w e fin d ourselves I of a farm m agazine, we can be co n fro n ted w ith a n ew kind of m o re effective if th e m a jo rity ; I ru r a l com m unity, com posed of o u r staff m em bers a re sci­ on-y in p a rt of fulltim e com ­ e n tists w ho k n o w how to w rite. m ercial farm ers. The rest are As y et our jo u rn alism schools p a rt-tim e and ru ra l residents a re not tu rn in g out people ad­ j w ho do th e ir w ork in business, eq u ately train ed fo r ed ucation­ in th e professions, or in skilled al journalism . P re h a p s som e | o r unskilled labor. day w c can find th e proper in ­ gredients fo r a good a g ricu ltu r­ F a rm in g is no lo n g er p rim ar- al com m unicator o r w rites. I j ily a w ay of life. It h as grow n am sure th a t w h en w e do w e i into a business com parable to w ill fin d th a t a sound ed u ca­ ru n n in g a h a rd w are store.a ga­ tio n in subject m a tte r is the rag e, o r a clothing store in first need and th a t th e com ­ tow n. T h e new custodians of m unication sk ills a re supple- the ru ra l w ay of life a re not en tary , although im portant. farm e rs alone, b u t a com posite of peo p le w ho earn th e ir living D u rin g th e w a r w hen I w as in m an y ways. a n extension editor, I felt th a t o u r extension m essage w as o f­ W hile th e need fo r technolo­ ten too superficial,, th a t we gy and farm m anagem ent w ere ex h o rtin g o u r people to sk ills has been intensified for actio n b u t n o t alw ays supply­ a sm aller n um ber, th e re is no ing them w ith inform ation decline in th e n u m b er o ru ra l w ith w hich to a c t intelligently. people and th e ir desire fo r th e T h is superficiality is th e p it­ ex ten sio n ty p e of education fall of th e m ass m edia of o u r d ay. S u p erficiality and b re v ­ A g re a t decision is being ity are n o t th e som e. By con­ forged in o u r generation— tin u a lly nagging we can w h e th e r education can keep estab lish im m u n ity to an idea th e ra n k a n d file of people u p ra th e r th an p la n t it and cause to th e ta sk of dealing '«d'eb- it to grow and b e a r fru it. w ith n ew problem s, w ith in the fra m e w o rk of dem ocratic fre e ­ IN ESTACADA EVERY WEDNESDAY L e t’s tak e a q u ick look at dom, o r w h e th er w e w ill reso rt m ass media. in creasin g ly to reg im en ta­ tion. T his issue is especiallv P eo p le are h u n g ry fo r a sane, acu te in o u r n atio n ’s agricul- a n aly tical p ress and radio. I' I tu re. believe they are tired of h y s­ Phone MOhawk 5-2186 Gresham, Oregon te ric a l headlines and souped-up We a re sh o rt of time.We a re rad io presentations. I have no­ sh o rt of research.W e a re sh o rt ticed th a t m an y city people I skilled educational w orkers. lik e to listen to farm program s and like to re a d farm papers because they like th e co n stru c­ tive tone and the calm ap­ proach NOTES BY F ollow ing a re ex cerp ts from a m ost im p o rta n t ta lk by P a u l C, Jo h n so n , E ditor, P ra irie F a rm e r. It w as m ade to th e E xtension w o rk ers of O regon confer- E x ­ assem bled in a n n u a l en ce in C orvallis recently. START THE HEW YEAR BY SUBSCRIBING FOR THE NEWS. 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