N.C. Cooperative Extension Service Through the Years

See a timeline of important milestones from the N.C. Cooperative Extension Service over the past 100 years.

Rachel Stroop |
NC Extension Centennial 1935
Photo by D.E. Jones, N.C. State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

1935
Electricity comes to rural areas, thanks to Extension working with farmers and families. D.S. Weaver, an agricultural engineering specialist known as the father of rural electrification in North Carolina, goes on to become Extension director.

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