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Show SEEMS TO HIT PUBLIC PULSE H The I. ever bill, or what might bo termed tho H purely farmers bill, no v pending in Congress seems H to bit the public pulse. Clubs, associations, nnd H organizations throughout tho country aro endorsing P the measure, and urging upon representatives In P Congress to glvo the measure support. In Utah B recent! tho Utah Development League, tho Dry H Tanners nnd Horticultural organizations havo B strongly cndoiscd it, and It will no doubt rccclvo H tho necessary support In both branches of tho leg- B Mure that it deserves. The National Soil Fertll- BB "v IcnK,( speaks of It ns follows: BB 'l',lc I'CVer bill Is n slmplo measure. It Is tho BB logical sequence of tho Morrill act, the I In tell BB ' act n,ul tnc Nelson amendments. It creates no BB ncw admlnlstratlvo machinery. It is tho flnnl BB ! step, nnd ouo absolutely necessary to complete BB ' ' tno r'c contemplated by tho Morrill act and BB the other nets named. Under theso havo been BB built "1' " Krent, splendid nnd invnlunblo body PB of knowlcdgo relating to agriculture. Tho Lever PB ' ') ,jl" w'" disHoininate this knowlcdgo nmong tho BB uctual farmers and enable them nnd the wholo PB country to profit by It. Tho passage of this bill BB w"1 (' lnoro B01' to more pcoplo than any other PB nct PnBscd slnco tho civil war. PB Tno snmo leaguo gives an abstract of the bill BB as follows: BB ll Provides for the establishment ami main- BB tcnance of an extension department in nil tho BB colleges of agriculture. PB Outlines tho duties, viz., to glvo instruction PB ' !lml demonstrations In agriculture and homo ec- PB onomlps to persona not attending tho ngrlcultur- PB nl college, by Held demonstrations and othcrwlso PB ,n tno vnriUB communllles. It docs not intcrfcro PB' vltn tll demonstrations now being carried on by BB tn Department of Agriculture BB Provides for tho free uso of tho malls. PB Provides for a fixed appropriation from tho PB federal treasury of $10,000 per year uncondltlon- PB n,ly t0 every state It furtbor provides condition- PB al appropriations, beginning with $300,000 n year, (July 1, 1013, to bo pro rated nmong tho states on the bnsls of rural population. This npproprl- I ntlon Increases every year by tho sum of $300,000 PB' "ntl1 ,l maximum of $3,000,000 1b reached In 1923. PB'l No stato will recelvo its pro rata of this sum BB' until It appropriates an equal amount for tho MM' same purpose. Tho money goes to nnd is 'ox- MM' pended by tho stnto collego of agriculture in BB cncn Btnto. At least 76 por cent of tho money PB!) must bo used for actual field demonstrations, 6 PB nnr ccnt may uo USC(1 for Printing and publlca- BB tlons, nnd tho remaining 20 per cent may bo PB' ' UBe 'or cltncr household economics or for fur- PB)i her field demonstratlonB. PBf Provides that any monoy unoxponded In any PB, year shall bo deducted from tho appropriation for PBjj tho succeeding year. PBp Provides for tho time when the money is to PBC bo paid and for reports showing how it is to bo PBf used. PJL Provides thnt any federal monoy lost or mis- PBp, used must bo mado good by tho stato. It pro- PBL lilblts tho uso of monoy for any purpose not BJj1 strictly within tho net, PB Provides for reports from the coMegcs, tho sec- PB rotnry of ngrlcnlturo nnd tho secretary of the PB treasury. Tho secrotary of agrlculturo my with BJ'j hold nn appropriation from states not comply. . , Ing with tho act. Such elates may appeal to CongresH from the secretary's decision. Provides that "tho secretary of agrlculturo shall make report to Congress, etc. This bill Is regarded by eminent authorities ns one of the most valuable pieces of construct-lvo construct-lvo legislation tnat has been before Conferees since tho civil war. It provides for carrying to tho farmer jof every community in tho personality person-ality of n trained farm demonstrator the latest' and best methods of farming, it ought In a few years to double the production from the 'form,, make farming more profitable, rcduco tho' Joet -of living and give ub a largo surplus for export. la al 1 Ls 1 Z "4 |