Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-05-01
THE EGG SCHOOL
MAY Be ABANDONED
Agricultural College Has No Funds
To Garry On Work.
LEGISLATURE CUT OFF MONEY
How to Candle and Grade Eggs Was
Taught to Farmers and Mer-
chants Last Summer-Had
Planned Lecture Trip.


Topeka.-It is probable that one of
the important summer schools of the
Kansas agricultural college will be
dropped this year unless the men in
terested in it put up the money to
carry the work along. This is the
egg Gambling school, introduced by the
college last year to teach the mer-
chants how to candle and grade eggs.
There were hundreds of merchants
who attended the school last year and
were greatly benefited by the lectures
and demonstrations and many farmers
who have poultry farms of consider
able size attended and learned good
deal about the handling Of eggs that
will help them.
The school was organized last year
by Prof. w. A. Lippincott OF the poul-
try husbandry department of the col
lege. The expenses of the school were
paid by the college and the state board
of health. The 1913 legislature adopted
a resolution directing the agricultural
college to make complete investiga-
ton of the poultry industry, especial
ly regarding the handling and mar
keting of the eggs, but failed to make
any appropriation for work incident
to such an investigation.
The legislature also cut down the
funds of the college and the board OF
health so that it is practically i'm
possible to organize the egg schools
this summer.
The egg schools were so successful
last year that it was planned this year
to charter refrigerator car and a
lecture car and make the rounds of
every Kansas county seat town this
summer, stopping at each town at
least one day and at the big poultry
producing centers two or three days.
The railroads were willing to assist
in the work and make the egg school
a summer demonstration train.
But the college hasn't the funds
needed to carry on the campaign.
Several of the big poultry houses and
big egg shippers have been talking
about contributing to a fund to pay
the expenses, and this may be done.
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The 1918 Kansas legislature not
only went above any previous session
in the amount of its appropriations
but it also cost more to run it than
any session since 1903. The 1913 legis-
lature cost the state of Kansas ST.
$50, and almost half this total cost
was for employees, more people being
on the payroll than in any session for
several years. The legislature had no
expensive contests to run up the total.
w. e. Davis, state auditor, has just
completed the tabulation of the eX-
penses of the session and of the total
he found $46, 560.20 charged TO the
house and $27,73240 to the senate,
with $2,937.65 as general miscellane-
GUS expenses. The total expenses for
employees was $35,714 OF this amount
the senate spent $1S,549 for employees
and it had but 40 members, while the
house with 125 members spent $17,165
for help. The session cost $1,245.65
each day. The state paid a total of
$6,429 each day for the senators and
$1S,S94 for the house members and
$1,67940 in mileage to the senators
and $7,531.20 to the house The 1903
session OF the legislature cost the
state $4,000, while the 1905 legis-
lature dropped down to $65.622.99,
and the sessions since then have been
costing about $4,000.
Arrangements for the summer meet
ing of the Fourth District Editorial as
ISOLATION TO be held at Usage City Fri
day, May 16, have been about COM
pleted. A banquet has been planned.
The program will include addresses
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