Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-10-07

The duty of the Department OF Agri-
culture is to promote agriculture in
its broadcast sense. 1t is our duty to
render the greatest possible assistance
not alone to the people who live on the
farms but also to the people all along
the line who handle farm products ana
get them to the consumers table, De
cause only in that way can the Depart
ment hone TO serve the nation as 1t
should.
With this in mind the policy OF the
Department will be to strengthen our
scientific research along production
lines, with a view to cheapening pro
duction, improving varieties OF plants
and breeds of livestock, promote
knowledge of the best cultural methods,
and do everything possible TO enable
our farmers to compete effectively with
the farmers OF the world and to grow
an abundance OF food for our own peo-
pie. =,
In addition to this, every effort VIII
be made to extend scientific research
into the large economic field. 1t IS
highly necessary to the prosperity OF
agriculture and to the prosperity oil the
nation. that we should market our crops
efficiently and get them to the con,
sumer at the lowest possible cost ana
with the least waste Therefore, we
will cooperate in the largest possible
wav with everv agency which has any
thing to do with the handling the pre-
paration and the merchandising OF our
farm crops in the form of food products.
We shall extend our work OF sclentinc
research into the processes OF manulac-
ture and of marketing both at nome
and abroad.
We are at the present time reorgan-
ling the economic work OF the depart
ment. coordinating it and greatly
STRENGTHENING it without in any way
interfering with our production and re-
search work. This reorganization is
the result of Secretary Wallaces early
determination to marshall all the agen-
cies of the various Bureaus engaged Ill
economic work into one hghtlng force
IN attack the economic evils that nave
brought the present serious situation IN
American agriculture. AS a remedy Tor
this condition il is the purpose OF the
new organization to study everything
which influences both production ana
price. to look into the matter OF com
petition from farmers of foreign lands
where the agriculture is still beng ex-
plotted and where wages and the stand
ards of living are very much below the
standards that are demanded for our
citizens. to investigate world conditions
, both of supply and of demand and pro-
duce more intelligently, adjusting our
various crops to the probable needS'
TO look into the administration OF our
credit machinery. 1t is hoped thal
! through this economic unit the Depart
i ment may build up such service &c
4 farmers in their distribution problems
= as it has rendered them in matters OF
q production. Furthermore an economic
council has been appointed which i
,, made ND of the chiefs OF several bu
reaus in the Department. This councl
q has been making a careful study o
i agricultural economics and has already
= collected some valuable data and sub
a mitted important and far-reachlng re
\, communications for the benefit OF agri
l. culture
As time goes on, therefore, not onl;
the farmers but all other groups whlcI
have to do with the preparation o
II farm products for food, should be all
e to get constantly increasing and eff
l. cient help through the department
1t Our work win be OF constructive an
e. thoroughly sympathetic sort.
I'd Surely the tIme has come? wne
<, everyone must see that there must b
ly far larger degree of cooperation Do'
n tween the various agencies in tn
a. country which nave agricultural intei
n ests in common; and the citor OF tn
er Department Of Agriculture will be
is help in every way possible.
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