The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-12-22
FOR A MODEL FARM.
CONTINUED from page A.

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a5e2ckers. Special instruction is pro
aT5ae8 and lectures are given for
1..sS G3ers and others OF advanced age
aEa wish t. cake advantage Of the
seeooi In s}s winters.
Sucb 8 |, started as it would
Be 80 q sEcsl av, would be well at
8suded from the first oy the young
people OF Nortern Wisconsin and to
* would come many of the farmers
ewno wish to be posted on the latest
81 their line of work.
Daring the open season the in
=sSructors in such schools, who
should be. men of high scientific
araining would be in charge of the
qspening and direction of the expert
a1eital farms on which students OF
the winter terms could find instruc-
zion and employment if they SO de-
sired. county lines being wiped out
so far asthe inter-couuty school
would be concerned, there is nothing
Ia the law. nor in good business
management to prevent the location
mi one Of the tracts of land for ex-
pertinent In Douglas county, another
In bayfield, county, another in Ash
aaud and still another ia Iron county.
Such tracts should be at least one
4za1udred and sixty acres in size.
They should have so far as possible a
diversity of soils and there should be
money sufficient to clear the land,
erect suitable buildings plant crops
AID establish foundation for live
ssaocsS. In other words these should
ms speedily as possible be made OBJ
&BeG lessons to our home farmers and
Illustrations as TO what our lake
s&aore lands will produce, especially
vw}aen intelligently handled.
The establishment of an inter
fesunty school and the opening in
each of the four counties of tracts OF
lads as experimental farms that
7Wouid be integral parts as such
school having been discussed the
practical reader. especially the tax
G7ayer, is ready with the question.
s&aere is the money TO come from to
carry out this undoubtedly desira-
sss1e aad beneficial school and farm
prelect?''
Where there is a will there is a
'' already citizens Of one town
"a car ccgasies have offered to fur
asssiaed free acres of ground and
gzildines able for a start for a
start for the proposed school. In
ERayield county there have been two
51ers of quarter-sections of land free
Eor the farm for that county. Ad-
F3ces are that the desired land can
lie obtained free in Ashland and Iron
SOUR ties and am so conservant
with the desire of Douglas county
zar an experimental farm that am
satisfied thai donation of the need
cd tract can be obtained there.
Grona cold business standpoint, it
as safe to say that number OF large
Land owners in the several oountie S
we<ll see the advantages of an expert
xnental farm within or adjacent to
1Eaeir holdings.
Presuming that the lands can be
essstained free, the most important
eguestion is 5he means or the develop
Eaent of the same and the conduct
Gng of the school. These means
emust be secured because it is not
Hantil after the school and farms
gave been 10 operation a year that
-ahe state comes to their assistance.
ut the end of the time named the
.ssate pays two-thirds Of the expense
nj maintenance to a stated amount.
When the Bayfield, county board
OF Supervisors took action this week
toward the formation of the inter
sceuRty school, it was with the under
Standing that no one of the allied
@couaties could consider for a mo-
aaen6 the appropriation of money for
She Introductory work of the project
Under consideration. The board
,se4t, and I think this will be the
saesse of the other boards. and if the
school aud farms were established
sud main tanned the first year, that
easach of the counties thereafter
would be glad to pay one-third of
Che cost of maintenance.
There is then a grave financial
ssroblem facing the inter-county
school board, if it's org anization