Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-04-26

exchange, and it Jared no better. We
also have an extension man as man.
ager of the Land O'Lakes Creamery
Association, and it is proving bril-
liant success.
Axel H. Andersen of Tyler, Mimi,
doesn't seem to have a clear under
standing of the difference between the
Farm Bureau and extension work
either. If the government had bet
ter and cheaper way of carrying on
the extension work than through the
Farm Bureau, it would do it. l fail
to see how county agent could do
better work if he was paid altogether
by the farmers hard earned money.
He states that the merchants, bank
ers and newspapers all have their as
sociations, but neither Uncle Sam nor
the state university have offered any
subsidies to these worthy endeavors.
Why should they? Aren't these asso-
Citations formed for their own personal
benefit? Are any of these occupa-
tions vital to the existence of the
human race? Does the prosperity
of the community depend on the pros
perity of any of them?
The Farm Bureau receives no SUBJ
sidy from the government; it receives
pay for carrying on extension work,
and l believe the county should be
willing to pay its share as it is get
ting more direct benefit than the state
or federal government.
The old saying used to be that any
old fool could be farmer, and to a
certain extent it was true. But things
have changed; now a farmer must
know more than what he can learn
by experience.
The prosperity of the bankers, mer-
chants, newspapers, and the rest of
the community depends on the pros
perity of the farmer. That is the rea-
son the most progressive bankers and
newspapers are supporting the ex-
tension work movement; they realize
that extension work is helping the
farmer make a few extra dollars; and
it is the last few dollars the farmer
makes that goes to the prosperity of
the community.
l don't blame Mr.. Stepan for not
voting for the extension work appro-
priation, after reading his article in
the Askov American of April S. He
states very plainly that he believes
extension work is of no benefit to the
farmer; and l don't think man
should vote to spend money for some
thing that he thinks is of no benefit
to anybody, but 1 don't fancy his way
of talking economy. He states, $50
instead of adding more obligations
feel we should take off some obliga-
tions" That sounds good, but before
he is through he says, 81 believe that
if we take this $4,000 Il heard it was
S. ,OOO) and buy snow fences to pro-
tect the bad places on our roads next
winter, we can do more good and give
better satisfaction in spending the
money that way" Now, this is what
1 call cutting out one expense which
benefits all the people of the county,
and doubling it to benefit only a few
who live heighbors to a snow drift
in the winter time. What would
$2,7O0 for snow fences amount to in
making the roads passable in the
winter time. 1t is only drop in the
bucket But few people in the county
will ever get look at them. AS
stated before, l didn't blame Mr.. Ste
pan for voting against his best judg-
ment, but l think we should vote for
a man who uses better judgment, to
represent an agricultural district in
an agricultural county.
CARL M. MADSEN.
Askov, MINI.