The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-02-28
FARMERS FAVOR
BIC WEDDING
Marriage of AgricuItu raj
Department andA. & NJ.
College
Dr.. ALEXANDER FOR It

TTIe Best Interests of Agriculture and
Agricultural Education Will Be Pro-
noted by The Union Proposed In a
Bill Introduced Yesterday by Speak
err DOwd.
Speaker Dowd introduced a bill yes
terday that received more endorse
ment from members of the House in
discussing it than any other general
bill that has been introduced in the
House this month. From time to time
during the session there has been
much discussion about the expense OF
the Agricultural Department and the
duplication Of work done by that de-
paitnent and the a. INC M. Col
lege. The expressions, in and. out
of the Legislature, during fifty days,
has been that the Department Of Ag-
%riculture is not arranged economically
enough and that much of the money 1t
spends could be employed to serve the
college as well as the department, and
that if the funds Of both were united
and one board controlled the expendi-
ture it would do more to promote ag-
"AA G
than any plan that could be devised.
President Alexander Approves.
Upon his last visit to his home in
Charlotte Speaker Dowd had a IN
ference with several prominent far
Hlers, among them DR.. HI. @. Alexan-
der, president of the Farmers Union,
about the wisdom of marrying the
Agricultural Department and the A.
and NJ. College. He found that DIR.
Alexander had long favored such union
for the double Of advancing
agriculture and agricultural education,
and he told the Speaker that in his
travels throughout the State he a
found that many intel: gent and pro-
gresSive farmers held that view.
Writing to a friend in Raleigh about
the proposed forward step embraced
in Speaker Dowd's bill, DR.. Alexander
says:
i heartily endorse the proposit' on
to consolidate the State Agricultural
Department with the A. and M. Cot
iege. [ can see no justification for
maintaining two separate and. distinct
agricultural institutions. The college
is an educational institution; the other
mas had to cater to political influence
What we need and must have is eff
cheney in method and Of service, and
economy in production. We must have
results commensurate with expendi-
lures. This can he done by marrying
the Agricultural Department to the A.
ard M. College. The department will
then be AXE out of politics. This
alone would Justify the change.
l have talked with a number of lead
ing men about the proposed change.
The me will endorse the change.
and. since the farmers support the
Agricultural Department, either direct
~ Or indirectly, they have a right to
say how hat money shall be used. It
is the right thing to do"
Speaker DoNd's Bill.
h bill of Speaker DOwd introduced
yost""dav &c &C follows:
A Rilfzto Be Entitled an Act to Con-
solidate the Agricultural Department
and the A. and NJ. College, o,,d to
Advance Agricultural Interests OF
the State.
The General Assembly Of North caro-
lima do enact:
Section /. That all the powers and
duties conferred by Chapter 81 81 ihe
PevisaI of North Carolina Of 1905 and
subsequent laws : of North Carolina
upon the Board of Agriculture, he
Commissioner of Agriculture and ali
other officers o, the Department of
Agriculture, are hereby conferred
Upon the Directors Of Agriculture. OF
sach persons as may be named Oy
them. and these New Directors, consti-
suted by this act shall succeed I'd all
the powers and duties and rights here
tofore exercised by the said hoard,
and said Commissioner and officers.
and that it shall be known as the
department of Agriculture, Jmn,:rra-
ton and Statistics of North Caro-
lima
Section 2. That all the powers and
duties conferred by Chapter 80, Sub
Section 20 entitled agricultural and
Mechanical College (White)" Of the
Revisal Of 1905. of North Carolina
ard subsequent laws of North Carolina.
upon the trustees Of the College OF
agriculture and Mechanic Arts are
hereby conferred upon "the Board Of