The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1913-08-15
Graves Replies To Warren.

10 tue fdTDltIh VI o'uiie NDuhA@
Through the courtesy of the Sig
nal. | will attempt TO dispel some
erroneous impressions left by an ar
ticle isgned by W. A. Warren, in the
Signal of Aug. Sth Mr.. Warren was
zone of the delegates to the Farm
ers Congress"
Il Is not at all uncommon In all
states for an occasional misguided
but honest man to draw some hasty
conclusions regarding the value of ex
pertinent stations and feel impelled
by false sense of patriotism to
loudly cry that It's all graft
Like Mr. Warren, we are not proud
of what he has learned. An Old wo-
man once said, II am open to con
victim but I'd like to see you con
vince me-" We agree with Mr.. Warren
also, that It Is not worth Is cents
TO him But we insist that It is worth
$4,000 to the Farmers of Texas.
Please get this idea firmly rooted:
The experiment station Is not intend
ed as a self supporting institution
Any station which really does expert
mental work, cannot in the nature Of
things be a selfsustaining proposition.
No one can test out hundred va
rieties of cotton or fifty varieties of
maize. or determine the value of diff
ferent fertilizers or try out number
less new grasses, and at the same
time financially profit. But If, out of
ain the varieties tried one In found
that Is drouth resistant or resistant
10 the boil worm or Is specially hardy
or prolific, then the farmers all over
the state profit by It. A single yari-
ETY. can I'm a single year more than
pay an It costs 10 operate the expe-
riment station
A case of this occurred at the Colo
RADIO Experiment station, Professor
Blount originated a variety Oh wheat
that made for the Colorado farmers
millions OF dollars I'm a single year.
I'm Wisconsin an improved variety
of corn more than paid in a single
year the total expense Of all educa-
tlonal institutions In the state from
the beginning. View It from this an
gle. Mr. Warren, and you can see
the error of your contention.
During my travels over the Pan
handle have met some of the dele
gates. Possibly | did not meet any Of
the 100" mentioned by Mr.. Warren
But he Is the first one who has had
anything adverse to report. II is a
big fire but there Is no smoke" II
is also fire which dies not con
sumo the bush The sharks may
swallow the state" but after the
three days in the belly of the shark,
when the state comes forth educated
in the science of agriculture. the
state will be considerably better Off
for the venture
The statement Of the number Of
grafters turned out by the college is
of course only borrowed" from
other delegates We are glad TO note
that this is the type of grafters that
Is furnishing Texas best citizens
County Experiment Stations are an
right But would Mr. Warren be- will
ing 40 pay the price? Would he obyi-
ate the shark" difficulty. by multi
plying the "sharks?" By am means
lot us have country experiment sta-
tions But frst let us get our minds
clear as 20 what au experiment stu.
tiou is let us experiment ou our own
farms tuo hut $500 must remember
we have Oh. Iudue. Zoo the .aF1a.'0a
of earning our living as we'll as "os.
norim.uIu." And while v.r. Ul.
.ne v. ..n "r.I.a better crop. havoc
better .r.. u.r'er home. .I He
.u .... ...I other"
CED 49, GRAVES.
Agricultural n.mHn..u.1r
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