J2680-2011 Actions

• Jan 10, 2012: ADOPTED
• Jan 10, 2012: REPORTED TO CALENDAR FOR CONSIDERATION
• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO FINANCE
• Jun 21, 2011: REFERRED TO FINANCE

J2680-2011 Text

 ATIVE  RESOLUTION commemorating the celebration of John Barron Day
 ch 21, 2011

 S, Agriculture is an important part of the foundation  upon  which
 istinct American and New York State heritage are built and remains
 mber one industry in New York State; and
 EAS, This Legislative Body is always pleased to have the  opportu-
 to  recognize  individuals  who, historically, contributed signif-
 y to that heritage; and
 EAS, Attendant to such concern and fully in accord with its  long-
 ng  traditions,  this  Legislative Body is justly proud to commem-
 the celebration of John Barron Day on March 21,  2011,  hosted  by
 l Cooperative Extension and the New York Farm Bureau in observance
 e  100th  Anniversary of John H. Barron's appointment as the first
  Agent in New York State; and
 EAS, John Hall Barron was born in Tuscarora  in  the  Township  of
 Morris in Livingston County, New York, on June 28, 1883; he gradu-
 from Cornell University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Agri-
 e in 1906; that fall he became  an  Assistant  in  Instruction  at
 lvania  State  College  teaching short courses; in January 1907 he
 pointed Assistant in Experimental  Agronomy  at  the  Pennsylvania
 ment  Station and, in 1908, he returned to his farm in Ossian, New
 for three years and served as a farmers' institute lecturer; and
 EAS, On March 1, 1911, John H. Barron was employed  as  the  first
   Agent  in  New  York  State at Binghamton, New York, in the Farm
  of the Binghamton Chamber of Commerce and was a pioneer  Agricul-
  Agent  in  the United States; for 30 years, beginning in 1913, he
 tension Professor in Agronomy at Cornell University, from which he
 d as Emeritus Extension Professor; and
 EAS, A modest man with a spirit of  loyalty  and  sacrifice,  John
 ,  born  and  raised  on a farm and educated in a rural community,
 tood farm folk; he knew that  to  them  his  message  was  vitally
 ant and that to them, his duty was clear; and
 EAS,  As  a  result,  John  Barron was one of the most popular and
 ive extension specialists ever to  represent  Cornell  University,
 sing  in  his prime a reputation and a following in New York State
 ch anyone would have been proud and,  underlying  it  all,  was  a
   good  fellowship  and  a  spirit of helpfulness which earned him
 ship as well as respect; and
 EAS, During his life John  Hall  Barron  devoted  himself  with  a
 ness  of  purpose, backed by an unusual capacity for hard work, to
 lution of the agronomic problems of New York  State  farmers;  his
 tanding  of  livestock  problems  was broad and practical, and his
 butions to the production of more and better feed crops  did  much
 rove livestock feeding practices in New York; and
 EAS,  In  working  with  these  various  problems,  he carried his
 ons to the field with a clarity and earnestness which  won  him  a
 of  followers  and  friends;  the imprint of the work of John Hall
 , who died on August 6, 1943, on the economic welfare and agricul-
 interests of New York State endures and merits the recognition  of
 Legislative  Body  and  the  people of the State of New York; now,
 ore, be it
 LVED, That this Legislative Body pause  in  its  deliberations  to
 ize  and  commend  John Hall Barron's contributions to agriculture
 w York State and to commemorate the celebration of John Barron Day
 ch 21, 2011; and be it further

 LVED, That copies of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
 d to Cornell Cooperative  Extension  and  to  the  New  York  Farm
 .