Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-09-17
Levi Ghuhhuek.

Levi Chubbuck, Secretary of the
State Board of Agriculture, IS 81
years old, a native of New Hamp-
shire, but removed with his parents,
when five years old, to a farm in
Daviess county, this State, where he
grew to manhood. After attending
the district school, a local academy,
and teaching school one year, he
went to Columbia and entered the
Agricultural College of the State
University, graduating therefrom
in 1882. He was then employed
for two years as Superintendent Of
the College Farm. He then return
ed to the University for another
year of study, at the end of which
he was given the degree of Master
of Agricultural Science. For four
years following this, he was as
soclate editor Of Colman's Rural
World and was elected to the secre-
taryship of the Board OF Agriculture,
the current year being the third of
his occupancy of the position.
Previous to his incumbency Of the
place, it had been filled by parties
who had only given a portion Of
their time to the performance Of its
duties. Mr.. Chubbuck has devoted
all of his time and energy to the
work of the Board and the result has
been a great enlargement Of the
field of operation and sphere of use
tulness. Shortly after he took
charge of the work, he succeeded in
establishing, in cooperation with
the National Government, a state
weather service, which is a very valu.
able adjunct to the work of the
Board. The crop reporting system
has been greatly developed, so. that
instead Of publishing 1900 copies Of
a monthly report, he is now issuing
$4,000 copies Of a monthly bulletin
These are issued in the form o.
supplements and distributed by The
local papers of the State, a method
that originated with Mr.. Chubbucb
and one that is proving very popu'
lar. It was very largely through
Mr.. Chubbuck's efforts that the Law
creating the Board of Agriculture
was amended by the Thirty-Sixtl
General Assembly and its power:
and fields for usefulness greatly en-
larged and its funds increased from
So, 900 a year to nearly four times
that sum.
This road grader trial was con
ceived by the Secretary and thu
working up and arranging the de
tails of arrangement devolved large
ly upon him. Mr.. Chubbuck say
that the question of securing good
roads is one of the most importan'
Of the age. 1t is one in which
everybody and every line of business
is interested. A perfect and ade
quate system of public roads is of a
least equal Importance with ade
quate railway facilities. The trans,
portation of farm products have frs
to be by wagon roads, and will
them in their present condition th,
cost of getting the crops from thu
farms to the railway stations exceeds
that of getting them from the sta
ton to the market centers. Will,
during much Of the year it is impos.
sible to do any hauling at all, result
ing in enhanced prices when it is i'm
possible to get them aud an influx o
products and a falling of prices to
low point when the mud embargo
is removed. LIN arranging for and
holding this trial, the Board hope:
to develop public sentiment in favor
of good roads so that needed legisla-
ton may be had and such an inter.
est be taken in the subject that Mis-
souri, may take front rank as a stats
of good roads.
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