The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-02-15

language of the federal act establishing
them, its leading object is to teach such
branches of learning as are related 70
agriculture and the mechanic arts, in or
der TO promote the liberal and practical
education Of the industrial classes IN the
several pursuits and professions in life
The production of livestock is the pursuit
and profession in which the members Of
this association are engaged. To It, you
lend your energies and devote your
thought. For you, the day Of going to
college is past and the sum total Of the
education of your school boy days. cou-
pled with your years Of experience in the
practical school Of life. measure your
possibilities Of achievement. But the
young men look to you for advice and
guidance and they depend upon what you
sa yto them. If they are to engage in the
cattle business, would not a training lead
ing up to a thorough understanding of all
the phases Of their future business con-
stitute education, and practical educa-
tion2 A knowledge Of the principles Of
breeding and the characteristics OF the
different breeds of livestock must either
be acquired by experience or learned by
study and observation. The latter is per-
haps no surer but it is certainly cheaper.
The exhibit Of cattle which we brought
over to this meeting represents part Of
our equipment for such study and in
structiOn. Those are practical looking
animals and are used for practical pur-
poses. Surely a knowledge Of feeding, of
feeding stuffs, Of animal diseases. Of
things vitally related to the business Of
cattle raising is education OF practical
value for the cattlemen.
I'VE try to give as much Of this work
as possible IN the short course Of eight
weeks Immediately following the first
Of January in each year. It is not pos
sible to do a great deal in SO short a
time. But we have yet to hear Of the
first young man who has taken the work
and gone away dissatisfied. Young men
who can spare the time for a four-year
course will find one modelled along prac-
tcal lines Just as full Of possibilities as
one planned for its ethical value We
have already had good many students
from the cattle ranches Of the territory.
We want more of them because we know
that we can return them to you better
equipped for continuing the work that
you are now doing, because it viii pay
them in every way to go to college
In the short courses which I have
mentioned, practical instruction in the
methods of recognition and treatment Of
common animal diseases receives large
attention. This is Of great Importance to
you. and ability to diagnose and treat
diseases of livestock is certainly educs-
ton of a practical value for cattlemcn.
a young man who expects to become a
come a. teacher in the public schools
should go to a normal school, one who
wishes to become a lawyer, a doctor, or
a preacher should go to an institution
that processes to prepare men for such
lines of work But if a training Of
practical, working kind, is wanted, enc
that viii fit for assistance in the upbui,d-
ing an development Of those material
resources that go toward making nations
great, one which breathes the spirit of
earnest endeavor and hard earned
achievement, it Win be found in those
colleges endowed by the government Of
the United States for the liberal and the
education of those who are to
engage in the industries of life
" Education for Cattlemen Yes. by
all means, but of practical sort which
fits in with his previous training on the
ranch and which will enable him to make
more money out Of his business. That
sort of education has very practical
value for everyone"