The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1911-12-06

ford to dispense with the services
of Prof. Adams at the State Exper-
iment Station at Cheyenne Wells.
Dry farming is in its infancy in
eastern Colorado and during the
past year hundreds of unfortunate
families have not raised sufficient
crop to carry them through the win
ter, and unless succor reaches
hem in time, there will certainly
be intense suffering. This failure
ON their part was caused through a
lack of the knowledge OF successful
dry farming methods. Many of
these farmers have not dollar to
spare to subscribe for a practical
farm journal containing an up-to-
date dry farming department by
competent writer, and hence they
must depend on hearsay. and their
knowledge of farming in eastern
states. Practically their only means
of gaining this knowledge has been
through farmers institutes and
the experiment station located in
heir midst.
Begin at Home
We are in sympathy with the ad-
ministration's desire to practice
economy. but we are not in sym
pathy with the way he begins this
practice. Instead of making the
overaxed and poorly paid farmer
bear the brunt of this economy. he
should begin right at home, make
clean up of a large number of
high salaried. superfluous clerks.
let this salary revert to the general
fund and allow the farmer to re-
tain what few benefits he has been
receiving through his State Agricul-
tural college.
The president of this institution,
DR.. Chas. A. Lory. is a man of su-
perior ability. one who adopts prac-
teal business methods. and one
man in a thousand who could ear
ry on the work successfully in the
face of these financial emba rass-
ments. Instead of allowing DIR.
Lory to give his whole attention to
the educational and experimental
work of the institution. he is fore
ed to carry the heavy weight of
financing the various departments.
As the official organ of the Col
orado State Grange. numbering
more than five thousand members.
and as a direct representative of
1000 ranchmen in the great state
of Colorado. we demands that the
heads of these departments at the
State Agricultural college be rein
stated. and that provisions be made
at once for the finances of our
educational institutions.
In this connection IL would not
be amiss for every farmer in the
state to write Governor Shafroth at
once and make a similar demand.
Jf course the governor is not in
dividually responsible for all the
| Jlunders that are occurring. yet
| he is so held by the people, and II
is largely within his power to relieve
these embarrassing conditions.
Allow us to suggest in this con-
nection that the next state legisla-
ture should pass a bill creating
large endowment funds for our
state educational institutions. as is
done successfully in other coun-
tries. II is a reproach to the
cause of education that our instruc-
tors are forced to occupy their
minds in raising the money with
which to pay their salaries. in
stead of giving their entire services
to the building up of our education
Al institutions. Bonds, in suf-
ficient amounts. could be issued. the
interest paid by the state. the mon
~ derived from the sale judicious-
ly invested. and the interest de-
voted to the carrying on of the
work of our state institutions,
which would be placed on a firm
financial basis, and the annoyance
of working for appropriations at
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