Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1922-12-22
AGRICULTURE IS SICK
SAYS DR.. {. D. HOLLAND
Talks TO Extension Workers Who
Were in Conference Here
Last Week

Agriculture is sick and il lis up tc
the extension service workers to hcll
restore its health. according to Dr
e. o. Holland, president of The state
College of Washington, whose adj
dress to the nearly 100 extension
service workers who were in confer
ence at the college all of last week
was one of the features of the CON
ference
we did not know when we en-
tered the war what price we would
have to pay, said DR. Holland And
that is one of the big reasons of the
unhealthy condition of agriculture
at this time.
When a farmer drops his pillow
in the field, unhitches his horses,
staggers to the house and tells his
wife he is sick. she Immediately tries
to help him. If the home remedies
do no good, she sends for a doctor
and everything is done to restore
his health SO he can go back to work
in the field of production.
This is the status of agriculture.
1t is sick, and it is no time to cut
off the help of the extension service.
The experiment stations work must
be taken to the field and that has
been the work of the extension sery-
ice. In a time when agriculture is
as sick as it has been during the past
year, it is in ned OF this work more
than at any previous period.
Il believe in the extension serv-
ice workers and what they are doing
to help build up the agricultural
program of the state of Washington,
and that they are particularly essen
tial at this critical point in agricul-
tural development"
High Lights on Conference
The purpose of the conference was
to help formulate better methods
and make stronger cooperative
spirit between all the workers for
extension work.
Prof E. F. Dummeier gave the
first address which considered Co
operative Marketing" In the course
of his talk he said; Grading and
standardizing of farm products is
where most farmers could gain in
selling their farm commodities.
cone of the greatest causes Of the
failure of cooperative marketing
projects is the lack of finance 1t
takes large amounts Of finance to
market products or any other com
modify and usually the cooperative
scheme does not allow for their
money.
The great difference between the
price paid the producer and what
the consumer has to pay for his farm
products is usually paid for atmos-
phere and service.
THE fundamentals of efficient
marketing depend upon efficient
management adequate finance. vol
ume of business, methods of market,
ing and quality of products"
A. S. Goss, state master of the
Washington Grange. was the next
outside speaker and stated that the
farmer has to curtail nroanati.. ~
control prices and don,t ho1ta,a ~
curtailing nrodpctio, 50 = :. W. 80
us to control prices.
90 II ic not ,,,,ry,J,,,
is the trouble bpt irofrioiont ,,,.
keting We need to oraant,a 80 ,'' w..
erative companies 70 ,nain+ain w. p
price and feed tba noonIa - ,,a., Wv
"Narketjng credit ts tho ong,t
need of the farmer +oday u tna
case of egg and dairv os.oota,;,.,l
they get their money oacn nonth
where the other associatiors ,.n1,. ,r1t
their money once voar
I'VE don't want nr,,,,;.,,,.,,,
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