Statement by Dr. A F. Woods, President Maryland State College

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Excerpt from Statement by Dr. A F. Woods, President Maryland State College: In Regard to the Development of Maryland's Agricultural and Industrial Resources by Means of Appropriations, January, 1920 What the State College Is Asking For. The General Assembly of Maryland at its present session is asked to provide for work under the direction of the Trustees of the Maryland State College of Agriculture and the State Hoard of Agriculture the sum of $1, 687, 286 for maintenance, and the further sum of $1, 519, 900 for land, buildings and equipment, etc., a total of $3, 207, 186 for the years of 1921 and 1922. This total represents an increase of $2, 649, 823 over the amount of $557, 358 appropriated for the years 1919 and 1920. The tax payers of the State have a legitimate right to inquire why such an amount is requested at the present time. Following are reasons why the appropriation is deemed necessary: Will Develop the State's Resources. The fundamental reason for the appropriation is that it will be expended primarily for the development of the agricultural and industrial resources of the State. The fact must he borne in mind that Maryland is an agricultural State. Nearly one-half of our population is engaged in agricultural pursuits. Many of the other half are dependent upon agricultural development for the prosperity of their business. Most of the towns have been built and are supported by agriculture. A large volume of the business of Baltimore City is directly dependent upon the farm. A large proportion of the raw material used in her factories comes from the farm. It is. therefore, evident that the well-being and development of agriculture is of vital importance to all of our people, urban as well as rural. And that which is true of agriculture also is true of the State's water and mining industries, though, perhaps, in a somewhat less measure. Possibilities of Agricultural Development in Maryland Practically Unlimited. Of the 5, 000, 000 acres included in Maryland farms, only about 3, 000, 000 acres are now under cultivation. Hundreds of thousands of acres of untilled land in this State could be made productive, with the result that every phase of our industrial life should be more prosperous. The soil is Maryland's greatest undeveloped resource. Its development can be accomplished only through a broad, thoroughly organized and far-reaching system of agricultural instruction, investigation and demonstration. The net returns from Maryland's 50, 000 farms can be doubled. For instance, an increase of one bushel of corn per acre from the 693, 000 acres devoted to this crop in 1919 would return more than $1, 000, 000 increased income to Maryland farmers. An increase of one bushel of wheat per acre from the 790, 000 acres devoted to this crop in 1919 would yield over $1, 500, 000 in increased income to our farmers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.