The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-03-15
wm F. lzett at State Dairymens' Convention.
Continued from Last Issue.)

Continued from Last Issue)
Two wears ago at Cheney made the assertion that the
colleges inadequate for the task of training sons
and daughters of farmers. shall give but one reason
Their work is of necessity too slow and ponderous Too
much like attempt to big such as we have
in orr coast defenses down around Port Townsend out
on the skirmish line in time of battle would be- Any
netty officer tell you that such action would result
in the enemys capturing the and attendants, I'M
less they protected by good force OF rapldhre
guns And after they were on the Held 1t would
puzze the talented West Pointer in the service
to put them to any good use unless the enemy were
savages In that the noise might prove effective
Fellow agriculturss! The enemy is not only already
upon u.s. but is crowding rapidly to destruction as
evidenced by rapidly decreasing power at the bal
lot box the fertility in FARMS the steadily de-
creasng proportion of wealth (2127 per cent as
against 5559 per cent half century ago.. The need OF
the hour is machine guns and plenty of them Does it
not look as put the cart before the horse in
mounting our defense guns to continue the mill
tary figure of speech when the is already landed
midst?
Statistics also show that my assertion about their
being too slow is correct According to the table OF
enrolment given in "The Orange Judd Farmer for NO
vember 22d (Which gives the attendance at thrtyeght
nstitutions in agricultural number 66l9
or little less than % per cent of the total which is
266O fairness to the colleges will state that
the agricultural made gain of just about 20 per
cent over the previous year. Yet even admitting that
the number in attendance were taking the agri-
cultural course and shortening the attendance OF each
every year least ten work would be required TO
give our farm young people now between the ages OF
Is and 25 chance and a0hdt IN the name OF reason
aoould of the crop coming up during those gears?
The theory advanced the college graduates will be
teachers future and this has been the hope OF
many thinking farmers and in fact part OF the plan
of those statesmen who originated the system and were
instrumental in supplying funds for maintenance but
as many colleges report that the demand for capable men
manage for large land owners and stock rasers
and at wages double treble and quadrupe the sal
aries our school funds allow to teachers and as
some other countries have faculty for offering our
best trained large wages and getting their oHers
accepted too this hope looks like forlorn one, unless
we train young people to cultivate the faculty or OBJ
servation they may learn by watching the oper-
ations and of the cOllegebred overseers or
perchance get Job under them.
have been regular in our habits, posi-
bly, the regularity with which seedtme and
harvest comes around but certainly owing to the
that farm is the best place in the world to
Cultivate the highest virtues, have apparently
obivous the erratic and rapid movement OF az
fairs about have permitted the educated minor
y to legislate and give what they in their
wisdom fit; and without questioning their honesty
purpose, say they have not always given us
what best for the that their education had
left them ignorant many very important subjects
ike the minister's little boys comment on the good