The Washington times., 1915-06-17

Consider a concrete example. A dairy
farmer writes to the Department for
model milk-producing ration for MS
COWS. The expert directs him 10 mik
food with certain percentages OF nitro
genous, carbohydrate and protein CON
stituents How many farmers can raise
milk on that2 Or other people. lot tnet
matter? Yet it's the old way OF up
lifting propaganda for him.
Another expert gets that inquiry. ana
writes to the farmer. telling him TO
mix crushed corn. linseed meal. bran
and brewers grains in certain PropoI-
feed so many pounds Of silage. or 30
much alfalfa. A..
Fine advice; understandable. too; but
suppose it goes to a farmer In section
no alfalfa. and no silage? Or to one
| where they don't know linseed meai.
but use cotton-seed meal for the saIne
purposes? Or suppose 1t takes no &C
count of the different food reauise-
ments OF bossy, as between zero weather
| and midsummer?
All these circumstances have. through
long experience, shown that It Is neces-
sary to know your farmer; 'hen men SaiDs Sainn
the farmer how best to feed his herd
with the things he has. and how 10 ge.
better ones for 1t. 1t means coplns
with the problems OF every neighborhood
as those problems actually are not &C
cording to roll-top desk rules.
Smith-Lever Law.
On July / the Smith-Lever agriculture
extension law will enter on Its secone
wear: and upon the first year in which
the appropriations Of Federal and Stat
moneys will be large enough to maxi
real business possible. Here Is. briefly
the plan:
Last year Congress gave $4,000 t.
- vt,,tl - rat
stration work. The coming year: 1t will
continue that 3l0.o and in addition VII
distribute $500. 900 more among the states
in the proportion that each States agri
cultural population bears to tn the nst,on %hoI,
J. But there's a string on this: ever;
State that gets a slice Of this $500 90
must show Its sincerity OF interest b!
putting up an equal amount OF It's ow,
propriated by the legislature. take
from State agricultural college FUNDS
appropriated by county goVerninentu' q q
or raised by individuals: but 1t must b
put up, dollar for dollar, to match Tn
Governments donation.
Here comes an impressive answer I
: the question whether the farmer want
to be helped. Every State in the Cnio
has ssd to or enRP Fl to its 'ns ssAre ens
: Federal cash. Not one has failed. !
most cases the legislatures have mad
direct appropriations; In some IN
4 counties have dubbed in and met tn
r requirement But all tho way froi
E Rhole Island to Texas they have pr
e duced.
I national contributions; and reguiarl
t thereafter another half million Will I
a added. until in the seventh year of IT
Y scheme the total. for Government an
states, will be about $S.5oo,o0 That
as far as the present statute lool
ahead; It is widely believed that by II
j. time the seven years expires the scheu
n will have expanded so far an prove
- so successful that a fund Of S25ooo,o
II a year may be provided for the co-ol
10 erative work.
j. Colleges to Help.
!. Now. as to the work itself. The D.
d partment Of Agriculture. plus the Sta
r. colleges and experiment stations. hay
1t been for many years amassing. as
N result of research and experiments.
vast mass of most valuable informatic
n about how to better farming. The di
~ fculty has been to get all this usef
c. knowledge across" to the farme
" Printed matter has largely failed. Pc
c. sonal appeal will now be undertake.
IS going right to the farmer. showing HI
"a how to do it, explaining the why of
m In words Of one syllable. and actual
u helping him do 1t.
E. In each State the State agricultur