Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-09-08
BETTER EQUIPMENT
IN FARM HOMES
Is Heart of Agricultural Problem
Of Kentucky, Says Expert
Z. r. Bryant
By Associated Press)

ter equipment IN the 3drIn homes
of the state is the very heart o
the agricultural problems exist
ing in Kentucky today, in the
op nion of T. r. Bryant, assist
ant director of the extension
work at the College of Agricul
ture.
The statement was made in (
discussion of the general purpose
OF extension work being carried
on at the present time by the col
lege, In attempting to show
what the institution hopes tC
have accomplished number O.
years from now, Mr.. Bryant
mentioned the following five mat
ters merely as examples in addi-
ton to farm home Improvement
Less tendency, higher quality
Of products with standardized
grades, more orderly methods OF
disposal, more cooperative effort
and improved soils.
There is no reason why the
country woman should be penal
lied by being forced to i've under
conditions less favorable than
those enjoyed by her sister who
happened to marry business
man in the city" he said. 1.-TWO
things are necessary to- make the
farm home comfortable, conven-
lent and attractive place it should
be. One is sufficient money to
pay for the desired improvements
even if these be very simple and
inexpensive. The other and more
fundamental necessity is that the
occupants of the home get an
idea, or in other words, desire
to improve the home, having an
intelligent understanding of just
what it is they want to do"
In order to bring about less
farm tenancy it will be necessary
to show how to make farming
profitable. which includes all the
other points mentioned above AM
for that matter, several others
To be successful, a farmer must
raise better livestock, must m TX
more profitable COWS, must use
only tested seeds and must use
better business methods. All
these things he can learn if once
given an earnest desire.
The fundamental problem is
to inject into this tenant farmer
the desire to own at least small
piece of real estate. The tenant
moving from place to place is not
particularly interested in the m
provement of the community, the
roads, the schools, the churches.
or the soil itself. He is net likely,
therefore. to be a commun ty as
set, but is very likely to be com
munity burden.
Products Of higher quality re
fer to everything, from potatoes
to beef cattle. At present we
find quality Indifferent, on the
average, a;d there are few pro-
ducts whose grades are sufficient
ly standardized to place traffic be-
tween farmers and others on a
very satisfactory basis, because
the proposed purchaser does not
know exactly what he is going to
get ot 19l}='
Regarding the most orderly
disposal methods. we may ehtet
the, diversified subjeetlof tstand-
ardization, warehousings shipping
and merchandising, each a very
great problem in Itself. However.
we cannot consider agriculture a;
being on a satisfactory basis until
such problems and many others
are properly solved.
BY cooperative effort, we re-
fer to such undertakings as those
mentioned under orderly methods
of Disposal, and in addition we re-
fer to united efforts also has a
place on matters of purchase ard
sales as well as the various social
needs of the community
Improvement of soils must be
made if we are really to go far
with our agricultural improve
ment, because it would be futile
to accomplish all the things men
toned above if by that tine we
find our soils still worse for
wear. The soil being the basis of
our agricultural prosperity, we
must improve it from its present
dilapidated condition and we
must maintain the improvement
which we secure"