Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-03-23

| ture; land utilization, including land resources and utilization, land settle ment, and land ownership and tena cy; farm life studies, including CO., operation and trend of cooperative movements as effecting the farmers life and activities on the farm, agri- cultural relations to other industries, agriculture for industrial workers, conditions of farm life as affecting national welfare; extension work, in- cluding publications and illustrative material, farm management demon strations, farm labor supply, and other farm economics demonstra- tions.
 Importance of the Projects.
 The first two projects named, cost of production and farm organization, are closely. related, the committee points out, to investigations of the individual farm and the problems of the individual farmer in organizing his business for definite results, and should be under the leadership of men who understand the problems and methods of conducting, analyz- ing and interpreting farm manage ment data. The three following pro- jects, farm finance, farm labor, and farm history, have more to do with the economic aspects of group needs and movements and of the needs of agricultural industry as whole in its relation to other industries and to the demands of increasing popu- lation. The project of land utiuiza- tion would have to do with the pro- blems arising out of the relation of the farmer to the land. The pro- ject of farm life studies would deal with the social aspect of farm life as affected by the character of ag- rlcuEure as an industry and would include such subjects as schools, roads and health as they affect farm life and activities.
 All these problems, the report con- tiues, call for intelligent study by men trained for the work, men who have keen sympathy with farm life and who will treat it with view to the welfare of the people who live in the country. They must be selected. It IS stated, from among men of the callber of those who are heads of departments in the best agricultural colleges, and, in order to attract them, the salaries offered must be compar- able with the salaries of such men. lncludlg the extra pay they receive for summer work. The salary of the chief of the bureau will need to be sufficiently large to attract man comparable with the deans and di- rectors of the best agricultural col leges and experiment stations.
 Should Cooperate With States. 1t is recommended that the investi- gations of the Office of Farm Man agement requiring field work be car ried on in cooperation with the State colleges and experiment stations.
 This, is is belived, would prevent duplication, correlate activities, pro- mote the development of State de
 partments, unify the methods and inn prove the general character of all farm management work.
 Before the Federal Department begln work on a project in any state. It should ascertain what has been done in the state. Pnd should consider the opportunity for cooperation, the report continues. So far as practi- cable, personal consultation should be held with the proper State agencies With a view to securing their approv- al and a memorandum of agreement should be drawn up showing thepur- pose, nature, and extent of the work contemplated.