Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-05-05

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Ing this will not be completed until
the end of the year and figures in
your own association will be avail
able before then.
Mr.. Smith calls for the truth and
implies by that that the teaching of
agricultural boosters such as C. l..
Smith and the various United States
department of agriculture and col
lege extension workers are untrue.
But all scientific knowledge is based
on experiment and conclusions drawn
from these experiments. The recon-
mendations of these men are based
upon what people have done and
what they think other people can do
by following the same procedure. Mr..
Smith admits that there are some
tells of raising blue ribbon potatoes
himself, yet apparently pines for the
"soil sunshine and showers" of the
Middle West to such an extent that
he needs must rail at everything
around him.
AS to the attitude of Mr.. l.. l..
Snow (who is a warm personal friend
of mine) towards dairying, | can
hardly understand it, for only a few
years ago he was one of the most en-
thusiastic advocates of dairying. 1t is
possible that conditions have
changed, but if SO, they haven't yet
affected many other friends of mine
there, who are satisfied with dairy
ing.
Farm Survey Instructs.
I didn't intend to imply that Mr..
Smith was a ne'er-dowell, nor did l
believe it. However, if there are
people making money in Thurston
county and he isn't, there is reason
and a farm survey would show that
reason.
Consideration for your white pa
per bill, Mr.. Editor, prevents my
going into this subject any deeper,
but in summary l wish to say that
experience of others has shown that
farming is profitable in Thurston
county and no reason can be ad-
vanced to show why it is not. We
learn from experience and from OBJ
servation of the experience of others,
and if the people of Thurston county
will only observe the experiences of
their neighbors who are making
good and follow the same methods,
they, too, will make good.
eff you can't boost, don't knock"
was selected as slogan by little
town once and it is good one. Mr..
Smith merely walls and offers only
one short bit Of constructive advice,
i. e., raise your own feed" which is
good. If Mr.. Smith had said that and
stopped he would have done great
deal Of good.
State College Doing Its Work.
AS to the personalities, l apologize
10 MI. OWltu IL WOulucu hio piiuC.
He didn't hurt me bit by his come
back" However, l take exception to
his arrangement of the State College.
He hasn't taken pains to investigate
or he would find that the State Col
lege is doing exactly what it was in
tended to do, for agriculture is not
the only course given at the college,
and those graduates of this depart
ment who are able go as directly as
possible to the farm, while practi-
cally all these students who take an
agricultural course become connected
with agricultural work in some way.
A young man who works his way
through college or borrows money
for four years isn't apt to step out the
first year after graduation and start
farming on his own account. We are
taught to see our way clear before
we start and our graduates have
never ben conspicuous by their fail
ures.
Sincerely,
LEE c. LEWIS.