The Van Buren press., 1897-12-11
EDUCATING FARMERS.
Not Every Farmer C4a be Educated Ia an
Agricultural College.

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Under tie mosl favorable eoad tens
and nost LIBERAL policy On the parl Of
the state, oHlx a small proportion Of
farmers cza be edue4led - asH4culsar-
a schools The agricultural ana ne
eAau5e4- colleges max be said - eaa-
sale a snail portion @ the coming
generation Only. whsle Iarge ma55r-
III d tbs farmers. lso cd u attend
agricultural colleges. Dut not LOO cd
20 learn. are a. much n need OF H.
stractlon 4s the boys who are 10 be the
farmers hereafter Most Of tAe states.
even those not counted a. agricultural
states, hare made provision whereby
al farmers who VII may learn al iaat
ls embraced in me com Bined wisdom Of
the BEST farmers in the different coan-
lies O. districts. They have provided
for the systematic holding Of insti-
tutes- suca as have been found 50 Use
fuI 10 teachers, that wherever public
schools are provided teachers insti-
tutes are held . be necessary feature
OF the school system. Farmers insli-
tutes are held 10 be necessary feature
OF the school system. Farmers iHsgi-
tutes are as useful to farmers as teacn-
ers' institutes to teachers. SO true is
this that we do not hesitate to say that
there mas never been scheme tried or
suggested that has been so beneficial
to dgricu tural committees as farmers
institutes, where the farmers OF com
munity meet together for the purpose
of asking and answering questions per-
tanning 10 their vocation and of max
ing every ones experience and knowl-
edge common property. In q certain
community 10 Wyoming there was one
farmer VINO regularly, year after year,
made from 4sJ % GU bushels Of pOta-
toes per acre, wh It his neIghbors we're
growing from I5J to 2OJ bushels. At
farmers institute this farmer was
called on TO explain his method of
growing potatoes The result IS that
now they all do IL, and that county
has become famous and farmers prus-
porous from this special crop oae nan
making this year So bushels on an
acre, winning d prize Of s-JO therefor.
II has often beeu remarked that one
progressive farmer moving into a
neIgh bOrhoOd Of unthritty and unsuc-
cees5ul ones causes a revolution in
methods among ms Immediate On
TORS dis example j. contagious. and
MS neigAOOrs profit Dy il Ih- innu-
euce Of d farmers' institute II slull.zr.
Uut much urUaler. It reaches al gguJ
have enough desire tyr Information "a
influence their atlell4u--. And a1yrs
than lhls. Eaels are Ur11klg yut s.s ....
stItutes that woald never uz D-llarly J
observed. Lvvry sla-e z1l ts-rr. -l5sy =
the Union, except 1rA4s. Asrz-z zl.I
Alaska, have sg-l- 1ssr- o. -gs.-ll II
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