The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-04-05
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tiontn th6 Evsst ViFginlA UnsveFslty'
10 the Editor % ths IntsltigeneeE.
SRA new feature has recently
been added 70 the Agricultural coufsea
otferod a, che University. Formerly 9
student had his option between the full
four years c6urBe leading TO 9 degree,
ana q single year. work embracing the
more practical teachings o. che sciences
Of agriculture. horticulture, botany and
entomology. This one year COURSE was
not recognized either by certificate or
diploma, The new q TO give q certln.
c0te for work done IN these shorter
eonrSea, The course which extends
over full year Will be very helpful to
an young persons contemplating start
ing d fruitp place or building up dairy
Interest; b6ald0 this, It s further pros
posed 10 abridge aud condense the
work Of the course 70 twelve weeks
during the winter, to AID PRACTICAL far.
mers, fFtilt growers ana dairymen. This
short winter COURSE q planned for the
who usually have leisure at that time
Of year.
This movement 10 IN direct accord
with the work now carried on BY the
most succe stii agricultural institute
lions Ia thla country,
Previous TO the inauglFAtio OF such
courses ct Cornell University. her stu-
dent roll was very gnIall, but to-day
after ten yeatS experience with these
bFiefer c0urae, she holds the foremost
rank among the agricultural inBtltu
lions Of Ehe United states, What has
been sald OF Cornell u equally true OF
Wisconsin, Minnesota and PennsylVa'
MIA.
The natural conclusion from all this
that If West virginia ID TO compete in
agriculture and horticulture with these
states, her young men and women must
do a. those of the aforesaid states are
doing, AS regards the courses offered
at the west Virginia University, they
are ON q par with those Of any Of the in-
Btltution9 above named. The peculiar
geogFnbhfcal situation OF West virgins
"a places her in the relation Of q port
o. entry TO the great cltleS Of the east,
% well 40 those Of the west This, to-
gether with her increasing manutac'
turing population which IS constantly
making better home markets, renders
It still more imperative for our people
to turn more and more their attention
to the growing Of vegetables and fruits
distant city mArketS.
It Is hoped that eVefy person interest.
ed In the development, and advance
ment OF our home industries Will give
this matter careful consideration. The
educational institutions are for the
peoble Of the state They are for all the
peonle, not q select few. This ts dAH
Of intense competition and specializing,
and whether we prefer the farm, the
shop, or the counting house, let us pre-
pare ourselves rs thoroughly as possible
for our life work.
The idea thai anyone can be taf"
mer Is rapidly losing ground u the race
81 the present competition. There Is no
nyofesSIon IN lie which requires such
careful Judgment and knowledge OF 90
many and such varied subjects as that
az profitable agriculture. A person cam
not iutellIg0ntlyrand economically iced
his team unless ne knows the laws gov.
eFning the requirements OF the system
az an animal under vaftouH conditions
az aRe and work. Then, the rational
mode az maintaining the fertility OF our
farm dependa upon the most tudlcious
use OF our farm products ana coarse
These are but hints at the variety OF
the problems to be met By every careful
cultivator Of tho soil.
This Universally offers to-day: ~ VEN
small cost, the same course N soEestEy'
TJorfinuitllrc and Agriculture so eager.
~ souaht for in the larger colleges and
universities. Il has been said that the
coninE man Is he that can mako two
biadeS Of grass grow where only one
raw before. Special training u what
ne iav demands, Z. e., CoRBETTs
Professor Agriculture, w. va