The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1922-04-21
SENATOR HARRISON MADE
FIGHT FOR AGRICULTURE

Washington, ID. C.-Senator Pat
Harrison, one of the members of the
subcommittee of the Senate Com
mite on Agriculture, which has just
framed the coming annual agricul-
tural bill, made every effort in the
committe to procure 100000 addi-
tional appropriation to carry on the
agricultural extension and cO-opera-
tive work. The committee voted
down his amendment for the increase
by one vote. When the Senate took
the bill up for consideration Senator
Harrison offered his amendment upon
the floor, earnestly advocating its
adoption, praising the work Of the
demonstration and county agents
throughout the country and the bene-
fits accruing from the agricultural eX-
tension and cooperative work Al
though his amendment was strenuous
lv opposed by some, it was finally
adopted by vote of thirty TO twenty
eight
SPEAKING in behalf of his amend
ment in part, Senator Harrison said:
Mr.. President, | saw this body and
also the House of Representative
vote to appropriate millions of dollars
to send seed to Russia. 1t was done
as humanitarian act. There are
counties oday in the United States,
not alone in the South or West but
they may be found in the North and
in the East perhaps, where the farm
er has been hard hit; where his taxes
are heavier than they have been for
years previous; where he has poorer
crops than he had had for years past;
where he needs help more than he
has needed it for long time. There
are counties in my State-and | take
1t that we are no worse off in Missis-
sippi than in other States-where the
taxes are now so heavy that the peo-
pie believe they must do away with
the county agent who is provided for
under the act; they believe they had
better save little because of the
depressed conditions prevailing in
the country.
IF such a condition exists in GER
tam counties, why should not the
Federal Government go to their re-
lief and pay little more to the coun-
ty demonstration agent than it has
paid, allowing the coun-
ties to pay a little less than they have
paid? That will help the
taxpayers to some extent and YOU
know they need it is some places.
Whenever we stop this work we
hurt agriculture. SO | submit that
here an opportunity is offered to
render some real aid and benefit to
the agricultural interests of the coun-
try. The additional appropriation is
needed; 1t merely carries out the our
nf hn I
no action we could take which would
result in more substantial benefit to
the farmers at this time than to in
crease the appropriation for the CO.
operative extension work. 1t is the
appropriation which provides for the
county agents to go around to inform
the farmers as to new, modern, and |
lp-to-date methods of farming Be-
fore the Inauguration of this system. |
IN certain sections of the country
and | know that this statement ap-
olles to my sectiOn-hOgs formerly |
he'd by the thousands, but the county |
agents Informed the farmers how to /
-reat hog cholera and thereby saved |
yea millions, of dollars |
% those farmers. 1t was through the |
influence and advice of the county |
agents IN one county IN my state that |
A little red-headed, freckle- faced boy |
IN some piny woods land was enabled !
% raise some 237 bushels Of corn on
)ne acre of ground.
1T is under this appropriation that
money has been furnished to send the
ady demonstration agents around to
each the little girls how to can fruits
and vegetables and to help in the So
ution of the problem of the high cost
If living. So submit that we should
Keep this service in a highly organized
condition and appropriate every cent
hat is needed in order to carry on
he work and still further to build |
t up where it is not now organized |
md in operation"
MINSTREL REVUE"