The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-07-03
DR.. Warren
Lectures to A. {.
Summer Students

DR.. G. +. Warren, head of the De.
partment OF Agriculture at Cornell
University s lecturing this week to
the summer students. Tuesday morn
ing he lectured on "over and Under
Production. Preliminary to his lee.
ture he spoke on what the college is
doing for agriculture by the introduc.
ton OF scientific research into all
phases of farming activity and the
establ shment of departments intend
ed for instruction and the advancing
Of agriculture in every way.
He classified farm subjects into the
following divisions:
/. General Science. This division
included physics, chemistry, and bot
any, all of which should be under.
stood because they are met at all
turns OF life. Very few people who
have written chemistry books have
known anything about soil chemis-
try. This field is now being explored
and much valuable data determined.
Q. Agricultural Sciences of Plant
and Animal Growth This study is
one Of production. Every farmer
needs to know how to produce the
best plants and stock with the small
est effort and expense.
3. Agricultural Economics. (a) Ec-
onomics of Production. This deals
with what farmer must have in or
der to have balanced condition on
his place. How much wheat should
he raise how many beets; what mum.
Der of horses. pigs, sheep, chickens.
and cows should he have in order to
economically produce to his farms
limit, in a manner to insure him the
largest net returns for the money in
vested and the labor expended. How
shall he divide his farm? What shall
he plant? What kind of buildings
shall he construct? What can he
afford to go without? All these ques
tions are investigated. (b) Agricul-
tural Finance. How to get money on
credit and how best to use 1t, are the
questions involved here. The farm
ers should know how to organize
their agricultural credit so that mon
ey can be obtained on it, on terms
equal to those obtained by railroads
and other big corporations. This is
growing question and demands sci
entific study and research. (c) Econ
omic Distribution. The marketing Of
farm products. How, when and
where to sell. This subject also in
cludes the study of farm tenure; whe.
Their IL is best to buy or rent; wheth-
er young man should attempt to buy
or keep on as a hired hand.
4. Agricultural Manufacturing The
colleges have done much along this
line in helping to facilitate and i'm
prove cheese and butter manufacture
ing. They have also learned how to
manufacture -four and milk.
5. Agricultural Community Plan.
| The first object of this plan Is pro-
| lection against violence ana CRIME,
and second the enforcement of SAM.
tary conditions which will insure the
health of the people.
g. Best Means Of Education. There
is a great amount of work to be done
along this line. The problem Of pro-
viding good schools, churches, play
grounds and amusements is far from
being solved. The high schools
should follow up the work of the col,
leges in taking up this work; for thru
It the colleges are becoming the peo-
pies because they are directly serv-
ing them. More college graduates are
yearly going back to the farm to put
into practice the information receiv-