The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-04-24
Gathering Full Data for
Greater Agricultural College

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Baton Rouge, April ,1O.-Friday
was spent by the Louisiana commit
tee at the University of Wisconsin.
DIR. R. o. Young, chairman of the
committee, says:
wisconsin is one of the leading
agricultural and dairying states,
! largely due to the influence of her
splendid university. A large student
body is enrolled for the study of ag-
riculture. The university is literally
supported The per capita tax for
this purpose being $1.08. Louisiana
per capita tax for this purpose is nine
cents. Through the aid rendered by
experimental work the farmers have
greatly increased in wealth. For in
stance, five distinct, bodybuilding
varieties of corn developed by the
college are largely used in place of
the many varieties formerly grown.
In a five-year test made by 1850
growers, Wisconsin No. corn yield
ed twelve bushels per-acre more than
any other variety compared with it
By testing barley the yield has been
increased 40 bushels per acre; oats
90 bushels per acre, etc.
"On leaving Madison the party will
visit the University of Minnesota for
the purpose of studying conditions
there.
eve must not forget that the work
and effectiveness of the college and
experiment station is directly COM
mensurate with the strength, wisdom
and effectiveness of the men of the
college. In order to secure big men
and build big college, such as you
need, you must have it layed on a
broad and deep foundation, and you
must provide funds to secure the best
men. They may be in your state or
they may be from without. You will
no doubt draw from both sources eff
fectively.
"The Wisconsin college of agricul-
ture has wisely and effectively head
ed the best farmers of the state in ed
ucating,N stimulating and starting all
of the other farmers of the state on
progressive and profitable lines of
farming.
'In the early days the experimental
work became known to every farmer
in the state and to the entire nation
and world. Such experimental work
developed as the Babcock milk test,
up-to-date methods of making and
handling butter and cheese, the work
of Dean Henry on feeds and feeding
eliminated in the publication of his
great book on this subject, all laid
the foundation of later work. In the
last fifteen years the extension work
and the demonstration work on the
demonstration farms of the state
farmers institute work have built up
on this early experimental work and
brought the farmers across all over,
This has been the means of educat-
ing the farmer who has not been able
to come to tine college, but the col
lege has educated large group of
short course boys and dairy boys
who have gone out and scattered here
and there in every county of the
state. A fine group of long course
men likewise have gone out of this
institution and are scattered all over
the institutions of the country, doing
good work in agriculture wherever
they may be.
81 am firmly convinced that Louis
lana could do nothing better than to
build a Greater Agriculture-build it
so great that it will stand out as one
of the biggest agricultural features
of the state, and let everyone get be-
hind it and make it their leader"