The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-06
Workers At National Capital
By HEKsERT COREY

WASHINGTON, D. C., July 5.-If I were a politician would not like Dr. Henry c. Taylor. I might even dislike him vigorously. But l would not get into an argument with him. It would not help me at home.
 Farming" said Dr Taylor years ago, "can be made to pay"
 Flaw" said the farmer-politicians of those days Flaw, haw What does this book farmer know about real farm ing! Of course there isn't any money in farming We all know that''
 Now, Dr. Taylor has red hair. Whats more, he has the sort of a temper that goes with that sort of hair. He can keep it and does keep it, and only his intimates know that he makes his own explosives right on the premises. But hed-headed man can be pushed just so far.
 Made His Own Farms Pay
 After they had laughed at Dr. Fay lor's idea that farm is not necessarily a debit he got mad and bought a farm. Then he bought another farm. He farmed them both on the most book ish principles. And they both paid.
 Today he is the head of the bureau of agricultural economics at Washing ton. That is a stiff and suited name, but it seems to be about the only one that fits the case. The aim of the bureau is to do a lot of thinking in the farming line which has never been done before. It proves that, one year with another, the right sort of a farm man. aged by the right sort of farm does pay. But it has also proven that the rule of thumb measures which were plenty good enough for our fathers are not good enough today.
 Planned To Live On Far.s
 He did not intend to go into that line when he left Drake university in Iowa. It should be stated here, to avoid pos- sible complications, that Dr. Taylor did not tell me these things. He couldn't, for he is in Europe, attending an international agricultural confer ence. But his friends say that origin ally he looked forward to local leader ship. He might even be a congress man some day, he thought. He special ized in economies. He took a degree from the Iowa Agricultural college be- cause he planned to live on a farm. Then he received his doctors degree at the University of Wisconsin.
 Why should there not be a depart ment of scientific farming established here" he asked, although not in those words. "A department that should not only teach the approved methods of farming but the relative of farming and farm marketing to the rest of the world. So that farmers may farm intelligently, and not blindfolded as we'll as they have been doing."
 Reused A Hearty Laugh
 That reused one of the heartest laughs that ever reverberated in the great open spaces. The very name of the department that he proposed-ag- ricultural economics-was ineffably tickling to some of the middle west. Result, Dr. Taylor's red hair began to curl. He didn't care to undertake the job himself, there being more interest ing things on his program. but when people opposed him he could hardly help himself. So the D. of A. E., was established. That led naturally to the purchase of his two bookish farms.
 "He must be a man of some means" I said to the friend who told me the story. Even in 1906 Wisconsin farms cost real money"
 ''No,'' said the friend. But he had ar friend who believed in him and who loaned him the cost of the farms.",
 Worked Way Through College t. :,
 He had worked his way through his various colleges. Between times he Bteeraged to England and spent the summer riding a bicycle and talking to