Foreword
Preface and Acknowledgments

I The Beginnings

1. Farmers help create two new institutions
2. The beginnings of research (1877-1900)
3. The farmers’ college (1887-1900)
4. Political ferment
5. Rejuvenation with capable leaders (1901-1907)
6. Research and teaching programs expand in a time of parity (1907-1915)
7. Extension reaches out to the farm

II Growing Up

8.Support for a world at war
9. The not-so-roaring twenties
10. Depression and new programs
11. Winning World War II on the farm

III Dynamic Development

12. Blossoming out with new leadership
13. Organization and leadership for a dynamic age
14. Branching out with new funds and new programs
15. Instruction adjusted for the times
16. New technology for the man on the land
17. Home economics and 4-H bring service to all
18. Education for whites and blacks

IV Epilog

19. The power of knowledge

A Note on Information Sources 
Appendix: Top administrative officers – School of Agriculture

By William L. Carpenter and Dean W. Colvard
Published by the School of Agriculture and Life Sciences
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina

Copyright 1987 by North Carolina Agricultural Foundation Inc.
Library of Congress catalog card no. 87-061035.