Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences Historical Publications, 1912-1974
The ACES Historical Publications Collection includes four titles, The College Courier, The New Mexico Farm Courier, Extension Service News and New Mexico Extension News. These four publication series cover a span of over sixty years, and include over 600 individual issues written specifically for New Mexico countrymen.
“The material for the various publications issued has been prepared by the respective project leader in charge of the work, with the assistance of the subject matter specialists and the department head concerned. All literature has been prepared in response to a demand from people out in the state and also in the furtherance of some project work under way. . . [We] publish a monthly “The New Mexico Farm Courier,” and send it directly to the farmers . Ten thousand copies are issued monthly and we are very much encouraged over the way it is being accepted by the rural people”*
"The College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) is an engine for economic and community development in New Mexico, improving the lives of New Mexicans through academic, research, and Extension programs. What the College of ACES does, positively impacts water usage and conservation, food and fiber production and marketing, environmental stewardship, family development and health of New Mexicans."**
Online access to the ACES historical publications has been provided through a partnership of the NMSU Library and the NMSU College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences.
*Cited from the brochure, The Birth of the New Mexico Cooperative Extension Service, published in 2014 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Smith-Lever Act, which established the Cooperative Extension Service, a state-by-state national network of educators who extend university-based research and knowledge to the people.
**Cited from the NMSU ACES home page