Show IS HE WORTH HIS HIRE I 1 are college specialists worth while does it pay to hire a man at 2500 to a year and traveling expenses just to advise on plant diseases these questions are often asked by many farmers who hear and see these people by their records you shall know them smut causes an enormous loss to the wheat farmer A small saving of wheat per acre by eliminating smut means money to the wheat grower three years ago george L zundel extension plant disease specialist of 0 the state college stared a smut demonstration on lit in franklin county this consisted of dipping the wheat which had been treated with either formaldehyde or blue stone into a lime bath grain treated with either of these solutions weaken the germination the lime bath neutralizes the effect of the treatment and causes la a large percent ot of germination which means meana wheat As a result of 0 the demonstration in franklin county this year acres ol of treated seed were planted acres in columbia and acres in whitman placing a low estimate of the increased production at one fourth bushels per acre would mean bushels for franklin tor for columbia and tor for wh whitman this sum at 72 cents per bushel means that the one service of 0 a college expert was worth to the farmers ot of these three countries is Is he worth it this work could not have been done without the assistance stance of 0 the county agricultural agent in these three counties Gran granting three fourths of the saying saving to these thes ethree ahrea agents in the counties leaves for or the special lit let lot us ask again Is he worth it The washington industrialist |