The New Mexico Association of County Agricultural Agents was formed to assist members in securing additional opportunities for furthering educational advantages; to encourage a high standard of professional performance among Extension workers; to promote a high degree of cooperation and loyalty among Extension people; to assist in furthering of the ways and means of improving the effectiveness of the Cooperative Extension work; to advance the basic importance and position of American agriculture, 4-H work, and community development in our national economy; and to cooperate in carrying out the policies and programs of the Land Grant College in New Mexico to the limit of our capabilities.