The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-08-30

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good that desire to call the attention of
the young men to.
Our state has sag, 900 invested at Lex
ington, KY, in grounds, buildings and
equipments for education in any and all
branches and pursuits About 81 compe-
tent instructors constitute the corps Of
teachers in this institution.
1t seems to be the desire as also the
determination OF the managers of this
institution that agriculture be the lead
ing feature. The state has purchased
large farm for experiment purposes and
valuable bulletins are sent out every
month to tell the farmers of new discov-
cries and better methods and also to
point out the bitches along his way and
admonish him to "steer clear" These
bulletins are free to all who write and
ask for them. But this is not all this
noble institution wants to do more for
the farmer, and has to that end estab-
lished a short course of agriculture
which begins the list OF January and
continues 10 weeks. The course is alb
solutely free of tuition to residents Of
Kentucky, and the following subjects
are studied
The Soils and Management of Soils,
Farm Chemistry, Manures and Com
merCial Fertilizers, Vegetable and Fruit
Growing, Pruning and Training Vines
Injurious Insects and How to Destroy
Them, Feeding of Live Stock, Principal
Kentucky Crops, The Dairy, How to
Make Butter and Cheese. This course
Of 10 weeks given free to Kentucky far
mers, be it said in shame to our proud
state, was only attended by three stud
ents.
The agricultural growth of this state
depends on the amount of pride the
young farmers take in their own intel
lectual development and growth in
knowledge of this business we call farm
ing
1t is a sad state of things when the
sons of farmers despise the farm and
come up with the idea that the on
ly place for them to show how smart
they are and what ability they possess
is in some other business than farming.
The whole question of making money
or not making money on the farm re
solves itself simply into a problem OF
difference between intelligence and
ignorance in the way we farm. Where
intelligence exceeds ignorance there is
usually profit, but where ignorance
exceeds intelligence there lie almost in
evitably loss.
insist gentlemen that both progress
and profit on Breckenridge county farms
depend on nothing but lack of compre-
hension of the principles involved, A
comprehension that makes a man do a
large business on a small farm. One
that makes the farmer "bigger" than the
farm. Expansion in acres or in national
possessions will not help the farmer, but
expansion of the brain and skill Of the
farmer will help.
Prof. l. p Roberts, Of the Cornell
University, of New York, in speaking OF
this greater reward of brain work said
"The man who fells trees in the forest
may receive l0c per hour for his work
the man who controls the carriage Of the
great saw mill and decides on the instant
what shape and dimention the lumber
shall take, may receive 25c per hour fol
simply moving little lever.
A third may cause the piece of wooC
to take on the form of beauty for the
great stair case and receive 500 pei
houT."
So it is gentlemen with farming. The
man who does the so called hard worl
receives less pay. Why, because it il
the least difficult, requires the least
brains. Every farm in Breckenridge
county contains chance for the same
difference. There is a chance to use
good thought, or poor thought, intelli
gence or blank ignorance in everything
we do.
While am on this subject and Presi
dent Of this society, feel that 1t is lai
from presumption when refer 10 the
iniudicious or indiscriminate methods o.
stock feeding pFaeticed by our farmers
Now gentlemen, II you are feeding stool
for all there is in it, 1 beg you to frs
make some study Of the different feeding
stufis, 30 that you can be able TO accep
some Of the first principals Of ECONOMY
There is a gigantic annual loas to thI
farmers Of the United States caused sole
ly from indischminate feeding,
come from Iryington 10 tell you tina
if all the fabulous tales Of the immens
wealth Of the Klondyke region was true
and every fortune seeker that iournsYe
thither was 10 realize his fullest expects
tiona, their combined wealth would nc
,qual the annual loss 70 American Ial
men In feeding indisofiminalely an
non balanced rations.
That YOU win better comprehend 10
meaning. viii refer you 10 4 leodiu
problem that confronted me the "a
winter
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