Excerpt from Excerpts From Annual Reports on Management, 1952 During the year a thorough, datai s and appr 8 made which covered the coordination of agricultural information from.federa1 and State Sources for mass oommunication to rural pe0p1e. The subject was approached primarily from.the vantage point of the flow of information from.the United States Department of Agriculture through the channels of the land-grant colleges. It delineated the objectives of coordinating ih formation, the various elements involved, the sources of information, types, subject-matter content, philosophy, governmental attitudes, various conflicts concerned, and the areas in which coordination now prevails. The appraisal is being used to give the background of the present situation on information coordination as a means of aiding management in making improvements where possible. It was a part of a general fact-finding appraisal of the role of agricultural communica tions and current problems in relation thereto within the organizational structure of the United States Department of Agriculture and State landegrant colleges, which was carried on in cooperation with the Association of Agricultural College Editors. 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.