The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-06-06
PROF. EMERY TURNS ON THE
LIGHT.

Correspondence Of the Progressive Farmer.
The accompanying report has been
written in response to a call from a
committee of the Board of Trustees.
1t is sent out to the State press only
for the reason that the committee had
tried and condemned the writer otthis
report 1nheard, before it called for the
report, and the chairman Of the com
mittee gave to the daily papers what
changes had been agreed 100 here at
the a. s Il. College and Experiment
| Station and thus made it necessary for
| each professor if he had any defence
to make to show it before the public
whom the committee have by their re
ports taken into their council or rather
prepared for the changes proposed.
The Department Of Agriculture was
charged with having spent 90, 900 ap-
proximately in the past year and for
having been thus extensively con
Quoted the committee decided to drop
the Professor OF Agriculture, or, in it's
own words:-'1 To declare the posi-
ton of Professor of Agriculture to the
College and Agricultural to the Elk
pertinent Station vacant" To this the
News and Observer interjected for the
benefit Of those who did not know that
This position is now held by Mr..
Emery" Three others we're to be sim
ilsrly treated for various causes.
This ia the frat serious criticism
which has been made of this depart
ment during my nearly nine years of
servica as Agriculturist and es Assist
ant Professor seven ears, and two
years as prots ssor III charge of this
de2artment. This charge ia not we'll
founded,
We claim that the Agricultural De
partmant of the College or Station nae
not been expsnsively Administered.
There must of course b. a much larger
expenditure where We have teams to
feed, and men to be paid, than J. de-
parrments in which the only coats is
for janitor work, or for greenhouse
fuel in addition. The Departm Mt OF
Agriculture has kept the grounds and
done many services for other depart
ments, the cost of which appeared it its
expenses, and several hundred Gollars
ia credits for these services were with
held from the trial balance from which
the committee drew it's inspiration for
action. Not only was this true, but
nearly one thousand dollars was due,
and uEcredited from the Boarding De-
partmeGt fer dairy products, which
form the larger part OF our income.
With the income properly credited
We make no mean showing,
Instead Of this kind of harsh criti.
cism and being subjected TO attack or
turned ouf If our positl IN, we believe
the College, ita governors a1d friends
owe US q de0t OF gratitude for taking
up the disease we found there in the
herd Of COWS aud stamping it Il Of
existence before it he'd communicated
itself to the students and others who
w2ra IL certain danger % contracting
a lingering disaese when we gook hold
OF the D p4rtuenE
TINS part Of our work has been oner-
Gus and constitutes he bulk Of the
extra expenses for incurrAng which
the committee propose the punishment
Of expulsion from the College.
From my point OF view this ia rank
est injustice.
This writer asks no favors and only
fair consideration and credit for his
acts. We may maze mistakes some.
times, as others are liable TO do, and
then We are always willing to frankly
acknowledge same as we ask our friend
to do, and this committee work comes
under this head, and we think the en-.
tlemen will serve the College we'll and
do themselves credit and come nearer
the ends OF justice by a revision Of its
recommendations to the full board
when it meets. FRANK E. EMERY