Show ney NEW SECRET AILl OP OF agriculture I 1 W af M 1 president calvin coolidge als played good judgment when lie set locton for tho the post of secretary Bec rotary 0 of ag rl culture william at jardine president ot of tho the kansas f state agrical ural collego college there are few men in america so well veil fiedl RS as W at M jardine tor for tills alile cabinet position few who could have taken to it 11 a clearer understanding ot of the department of which lio ho is a to be tho administrative head and fewer still who could have carried ried to the secra ollice a more intimate knor indro of the relation of tho the department of agriculture to he HOUR rt state agricultural col cal c ol iago and experiment stations and tile purpose which fill all 0 agen don cles are str serving ving to serve the now seret nry in a sense Is tx product of the tha organized forces which he Is now to direct an AB a former employ no of it the department IB as till nn investigator in one of its major of research ho had occasion to familiarize himself with tho the inner workings of this department more afore over the exten extensive travel for which till hh position called afforded him ii i wonderful opportunity to study agriculture in all of thoi tho major producing areas of the united states this position in tho federal beryl v was of value to hani han bc catt of hla his earlier experience rind and training born and reared to young manhood on a farro farm and ranch in tile the mo mil lad valley of idaho lie ho came to know tind understand western agriculture as an ono one can only hy by close blose contact with the ha great out floors the open range the ho saddle tho the roundup the sheep heril henl the irrigation ditch und anil the dry farm arm upon this foundation was laid a course in agriculture at the utah ag ri cultural college ni at a time when the world was just beginning to note of the progress being mado made lu fit utah through the practice of irrigation and the development of dry farming farm ling As tho the world noted this chii progress it became eager to adopt tho the principles underlying it and tile tho utah agricultural college became the mocca mecca ot of men from many different states andi and nations who had been assigned to study utah agriculture it was a cattral consequence of his e and training therefore thore toro that bill jardine should upon hill hid graduation from college find himself a leader in these newer agricultural fielda he was appointed agron odist at the utah experiment station and was serving well in that capac ity itye when the united states department of agriculture employed him tt to aid in directing the great expansion of cereal production made possible by tho the application of dry farming principles to the raw lands of the tha great plains the region and on an the pacific coast it was in this position po ithon that he gained his intimate knowledge of the greater west A few years in the department ol 01 agriculture brought him film many friends and much recognition not only because of his knowledge of agriculture ri but because of his striking personality rare forcefulness foresight andi and administrative ability the state of kansas recognized this unusual combination of personal assets sets in the man and strat gotway en his big services as agra agronomist nomis t lit hi the kansas state agricultural college loge unit nn d experiment station in jils now environment these assets fortified by wholesome ambition and a will jo 0 o win carried him forward at a surprising rate from agronomist to director of the institution which in the meantime he had helped to make one of the greatest of its kind by this time W M I 1 jardino had won an international reputation as an agricultural leader ile he served as president of the national farm con ra r a as president of the american society of agronomy as it member of the special commission appointed by the government of saskatchewan tu tl investigate the status of dry farming in that canadian province and aind n as a member of the agricultural advisory committee of the american bankers banker ile ho has beet P sought also by representatives of 1 various phases of their agriculture andt and a number of his writings were translated into several different languages always quick to defend his bla convictions ho he stood by them with fearlessness when taking a stand on important issues this trait was never more pr shown than when he openly opposed the hagen bill as economically unsound delto I tho ho tact that this t hill wa w hv by the kansas do delegation legation in congress and enjoyed the support of nf farmers over the earn wheat relt belt of which kansas la ia a big part ills his stand ethdl on the McNary Haugen bill 4 may have brought jurdin to th the e |