The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1895-12-27

/ It is time that farming should be con-
eidered and treated as q profession.
with equal educational adjuncts as
have been long enjoyed by other
branches Of human labor-mental or
physical The agricultural interests
OF North Dakota being paramount,
especial pains are taken In this college
TO acQuaint the student, in the agricul-
tural departments with q knowledge
OF the chemistry Of soils and plants,
the principles Of plant and vegetable
growth, as well as the climatic condi-
tons Affecting them favorably or ad-
versely; to make the tillable portions
or the state land Of homes, beautiful
and home-like, and to encourage the
most profitable diversity Of products;
to farm systematically, economically
and scientifically, that the maximum
OF profit may result from the minimum
expenditure Of money and labor, as
well as to give instruction in those
practical branches of Industrial art
necessary adjuncts to the farm-is
one Of the leading missions Of this
college.
What the university is to the scholar,
what the law school is to the student
lawyer, or the theological seminary
70 to the student clergyman, the agrt-
cultural college is to the student farm.
er or mechanic. Provided with an.
paratus to determine the constituent
elements and to learn their functions
and economy in the animal, vegetable
and mineral kingdoms; to classify the
members Of the vegetable families
and by analysis and dissection to un-
derstand their anatomical structure
and physiological conditions; to I'M
derstand the relationship Of light, heat,
moisture and soil in the production
Of plant Is not only pertinent, but
interesting, and is calculated to lend
an interest to agricultural pursuits
hitherto unfelt. The farmer. above
all other industrialists, should work
~ harmony with nature, and to do
this he must understand natures laws.
This Is also true Of the ranch-man
and stock-grower. The same money,
labor and feed will return twenty,
I'VE per cent greater profit If bestowed
upon the proper breeds and they are
given intelligent care. The agricul-
tural department Of this institution
possesses the collated experience Of
Ill the pioneers and veterans Of the
agricultural and stock-raising indus
tries, and the student has but to famil-
larize himself with what others spent
wealth and labor to discover and DEM
onstrate, to know as much as they.
True, to some extent, the students
knowledge is theoretical, but is must
be remembered that the graduate from
normal school is not teacher,
neither is the graduate Of q medical
college q physician. The foundation
In either case is only laid upon which
the fabric Of experience may be built.
For an individual In either medicine.
law or agriculture, to build himself up
solely by experience is impossible dur
Ing q short lifetime, and generally
those who boast their triumph thus
over the unattainable are only experts
Ia their own imaginations and quacks
In the minds Of knowing men. Elk
pertence 10 the best teacher" True.
but why each man devote his life TO
discovering the discovered? Why not
accept the known discovered demon
strated and proven by experience Of
OtherS-upon the threshold Of q busi-
ness career, and devote the energies to
somthing new? Why not utilize thu
experience and observation Of eminent
predecessors as our capital, our stock
In trade, instead Of attempting. the
same feat as they, in the same manner
and often with less ability; then when
attained we have simply spent years
for what could have been had for the
trouble of mem0rizing?
Every other profession has for de.
cades collected the wisdom Of it's devo-
tees and pro6ered each student appli.
nj m 3fl v0Yakrn khaau3 vslv&s~,k kH>~,..hx..