THE DEMONSTRATION WORK 



is better farming, better living, more happiness, more education and 

 better citizenship." 



Senator Smith had a similar outlook and stated it as 

 follows : 



"We see a vast permanent work for these trained leaders in 

 agriculture to do throughout the country when we shall have one in 

 every county, not only to demonstrate the scientific truths developed 

 at the colleges, experiment stations, and at the Agricultural Depart- 

 ment. One of their most important functions will be, when the 

 Agricultural Department fully develops its market division, to aid 

 in the cooperation of farmers toward the better preparation of their 

 crops for market, toward bringing closer together consumers and pro- 

 ducers, toward not only helping to increase the volume of products, 

 but toward bringing that produce into a condition where the farmer 

 himself will receive a higher profit, and yet at the same time the con- 

 sumer be able to obtain his food supply even at a less cost." 



The relationship between the Department of Agriculture 

 and the various landgrant colleges, as provided in this Act, 

 constitutes a different arrangement to the Morrill, Hatch, 

 Adams and Nelson Acts. It is made co-operative in the new 

 act, because Congress desired to preserve its own work so 

 well established. There is a proviso specifically protecting 

 the farm management work and the farmers' co-operative 

 demonstration work, pending the inauguration of the co- 

 operative extension work. There seemed to be a feeling, also, 

 that information and help that the Department might be able 

 to furnish in the future should be available to the farmers and 

 their families. Congress was specially anxious, too, to see 

 that the funds should be applied to the purpose in hand. 

 The act emphasized field demonstrations; it provided that 

 no part of the funds should be used in purchasing buildings, 

 renting lands, teaching or lecturing in colleges, promoting 

 agricultural trains, or any other purpose not specified in the 

 act. The limit of 5 % on printing was fixed and at one time 



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