El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-13
MORE FUNDS URGED FOR THE USE
Of TEXTS EXPERIMENTING STATIONS
Many Other States APPROX riate Much Larger Sums For
the Work of Aiding the Farmers, and Movement Is
Under Way to Have Texas Do Better Only
$1,000 For Each Station in Texas Was the
Amount Available During This Year.

state at a cost of about $4,000 Vir-
ginia operates three experimental sta
lions AT a total cost of $G5,0O0. Ohio
appropriated 100000 in 1911 TO ope-
rate its five stations Michigan falls
below Texas and spends but $4,000 on
each station. II is the only state in
the union spending less money for eX-
perimental farms than Texas, except
several Rock mountain states anu
two southern states. Michigan, how
ever. spent S273,410 TO maintain its
agricultural college
Illinois SBelds Most,
Illinois operates S5 experimental
farms at an annual cost of nearly
81 600, 600, exceeding any other state IN
the union in expenditure for expert
mental farms. The state spent in 1911
S16So 600 TO maintain its chief expert
mental farm. In addition to this Him
ois appropriated SIS,OOo- IN the same
year to the state farmers institute,
Illinois also appropriated during the
same year from $500 to $4,000 each 70
the following agricultural organl1d-
tions: Live stock Breedrs' association,
State Horticultural society, state
Dairymen's association and State Poul-
try association. Oklahoma maintains
six experimental farms and in 1910 ap-
priated $4,000 TO purchase lands Tor
each and erect buildings. She appro-
priated $1,000 per year TO maintain each
station In addition TO this Oklahoma
appropriates Sl00, 600 annually for gen
eral agricultural purposes.
Small Average Revenue.
Texas at the present time operates
10 main stations at an annual average
cost each of about $4,000. Up until last
year the appropriation was less than
$4,000 per station. Yet last year Oslo
products sold nor 1884, 10. or more than
that of any other state, However
Texas's average per acre revenue was
among the smallest in the country.
More Stations Needed.
Owing to the great size of the state,
the various different climates, etc. to
be contended with, ii is imperative
that the state maintains a large num-
Der of stations, argues MI Nhaleyi ana
that they be properly maintained. The
Pecos station, he says, has demon
strated best methods 10 be used in iTrl-
cation agricultural and has been OF
vast benefit He cites the advantages
to various districts of the other Texas
stations
To Exhibit Products.
This year at College Station, during
the farmers congress, arrangements
have been made TO have an exhibit tent
from each station, where the products
of each station Will be shown. The
idea is to c0ncretely place before al
delegates the gigantic Importance OF
the work of the experimental farms or
Texas. When the people OF Texas
realize the moment OF this work, that
of keeping in model shape the state
farms, where the farmers of the state
may go for instruction and for intor-
nation, then, Mr. Whaley believes, the
appropriations viii become larger each
year. As the largest agricultural en-
pire in the world under one govern
ment, Texas, of all states, should see
that her agricultural experiment farms
are models for the farmers and
credit to the agricultural possibilities
of a great commonwealth, he argues