Community civics and rural life . ldren, is directly dependent upon agriculture as a means oflivelihood, while the other half, as well, is dependent uponit for food supply and the materials for clothing. In view of the fact that agriculture is the source of thenations food supply and of a large part of the national wealth,and that so large a part of the people are engaged in it as ameans of livelihood, it is not surprising to find our governmentdeeply interested in it and performing a vast amount of servicefor its promotion. 141 142 COMMUNITY CIVICS The government of every state in the Union h
Community civics and rural life . ldren, is directly dependent upon agriculture as a means oflivelihood, while the other half, as well, is dependent uponit for food supply and the materials for clothing. In view of the fact that agriculture is the source of thenations food supply and of a large part of the national wealth,and that so large a part of the people are engaged in it as ameans of livelihood, it is not surprising to find our governmentdeeply interested in it and performing a vast amount of servicefor its promotion. 141 142 COMMUNITY CIVICS The government of every state in the Union has an organi-zation to protect and promote the farming industry and theState depart- we^are °f the farmer. This organization differsments of in its form and in the extent of service performed agncu ure -n ^e several states, due partly to the varyingimportance of agriculture in the different states, and partly tothe varying success with which the people and their represen-tatives have dealt with the problem. In some of the states. Agricultural Building, University of Illinois there are departments of agriculture, equal in dignity andpower with the other main divisions of the government. Inothers agricultural interests are placed in the hands of sub-ordinate boards, bureaus, or commissions. In some cases theofficials in charge of the organization, such as the commissionerof agriculture, are elected directly by the people, while in othersthey are appointed by the governor of the state or by the legis-lature. Often the department is organized in numerous brancheswith specialists at the head of each. Thus, there are dairycommissioners, horticultural boards, livestock sanitary boards, GOVERNMENT AS A MEANS OF COOPERATION 143 foresters, entomologists (specialists in insect life in its relationto agriculture), and others, to look after every aspect of a constantly decreasing number of states the powers of theagricultural officers are slight and their work ineffectual; butin
Size: 1972px × 1268px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1920, booksubjectcountrylife, bookyear
