Excerpt from Extension Work in Consumer Food Marketing Education Cooperative extension work is a form of education in which the United States Department of Agriculture, the land-grant colleges and universities, and the county exten sion services all have a part. It develops a pattern of better living, both in its long-time work with rural people and in its newer programs for urban citizens. The aim of the Extension Service in marketing is to make available readily understandable information about the marketing of agricultural products, as well as to help in the practical use of this kind of information. In providing educational material for producers, proc essors, handlers, and consumers, Extension's purposes are to encourage the use of better marketing practices, to assist in developing adequate and efficient marketing facilities, and to bring about a better understanding of marketing processes and the types and costs of services performed. It 1s also Extension's aim to provide consumers with basic facts to help them choose those products that will best meet their needs and desires. In marketing, as in' production, the job of the Extension Service is to conduct educational and demonstrational work that will help people learn by doing and enable them to put into practice improvements in marketing that are economically sound. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.