Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-20
KILL EXPERIMENT BILL
Legislature Likely to Turn
Down Request For Expert
mental Funds
MANY LOBBY FOR MEASURE
Frienos Of the Bill Say it is One Of
Great Importance to the State
What Has Been Done in Illinois in
That misunderstanding Boys to
Farm.
by Ora williamsl
Special 10 Times-Republican.

Speclol 10 meS-RepuOlcan.
Des Moines, March 20-Friends Of
the Weeks bill to appropriate $4,000
for experimental work In corn and
other grains are afraid that the APP
preparations committees Of the senate
and house are going to kill the bill.
The persons back OF the measure
claim it is one of the most important
measures before the legislature and
are begging the committees to appro-
pirate some amount so that the work
can be started and left for future gen.
eral assemblies to enlarge and perfect.
Before the senate appropriations COM
mittee Saturday Professor p. G. Hol-
den of the State College stated that IL
linois started out with an appropria-
ton OF $4,000 and is now annually APP
propriating $145.O00 Officers Of the
State Grain Dealers Association, nota-
bly, the secretary George A. Wells are
here lobbying for the measure The
agricultural committees Of both houses
have recommended the bill for pas
sage but because of the large appro-
priation made by it it is necessary for
1t to go through the hands of the APP
preparations committees. The chairmen
of these committees are Senator Garst
and Representative Mates, both of
whom are said to oppose the measure.
The claim that the friends Of the
measure are making in it's behalf is
that In other states the appropriation
has yielded the largest returns of any
appropriation made by the states. The
bill has previously been outlined IN
this paper. The bill is entitled an act
providing for extension work by the
State College of Agriculture and In the
language of the bill This work shall
be so planned as, In the judgment of
those charged with it's management, to
best carry to the communities remote
from the college the benefits of the
skilled instruction given by the teach
ers there and Of the results reached in
the work of the experiment station, in
Investigations relating to the improve
ment of corn, small grain and forage
crops; the maintenance Of fertility of
the soile the breeding, feeding and
management of live stock; the origina-
ton, introduction and management of
fruits; the production and marketing
Of dairy and other products and on re-
lated subjects" 1t is expected that this
is to be done by sending professors to
county fairs, farmers Institutes and
clubs The bin provides for regular
college or university extension work
along the lines of the teachings OF the
state college. Clubs will be able to
arrange, if this bill passes, for num-
bers of addresses to be delivered before
farmers clubs and Institutes. Be-
fore the senate committee Saturday
Professor Holden stated that the one
complaint against the State Agricul-
tural College on the part Of farmers
was that they sent their boys there to
learn farming and the boys after grad
uatinig instead Of returning to the farm
went into other employment or became
professors in other agricultural coll
leges. The college extension work he
showed to the committee would touch
the farmer direct and also the farmer
boy working on the farm who could not
attend the agricultural college. 1t
would also touch the hired man on the
farm and he showed that one farmer
who had been following the state col
lege work had interested his wife and
daughters in the work of testing the
seed corn. AS a result Of his tests this
farmer had secured perfect stand
of corn. He had tested six grains from
every ear of seed corn that he plant
ed and discarded every defective ear.
Notwithstanding the Importance Of the
measure, however, the friends OF the
bill are afraid that it will not get out
of the appropriations committees. The
chairmen of the committees within the
last day or two are claiming that In
stead of $625,000 as available appro-
priations there is available only $685.
900, and appropriations have been rec
commended by the committees already
amounting to $95,959.49. OF this $24,-
600 is for a water supply at Glenwood
and $4,000 is for the board of regents
hill. Some of those favoring the board
of regents bill are inclined to use that
as a club over the heads of the state
College people in connection with this
Weeks bill for extension work. The
state College Is fighting the regents
bill and fighting for the appropriations
bill for extension work at the college,
One representative said today that ne
nroposed to wait and see what was to
be done with the regents bill before he
would act on the Weeks college ex-
tension bill. He indicated very strong
1y that if the regents bill was killed
the extension work bill would be KILL.
ed also.
Ice Dealers Are Indicted.
Cleveland, O., March 20.-The spe-
eial business mems grand jury yester-