The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-06-07
Farmers Want More Education.



hope Of thefuture. It's through
just auch Eatneringe that broader
ideas are inculcated and spread.
Education is for the purpose Of
enabling a man to support him
self, and the education which is
the right of every man should be
sufficient to lit a man to support
himself aud two dependent per-
sons.
The Farmers Institute is a
school of practical science, and 1t
is a school of high grade. While
it does not take up a regular and
exhaustive course of instruction,
points out to farmers the sources
whence they can obtain infortha-
tion on desired subjects, to cause
the farmer to think and to inspire
him with inspiration for his pro
fession.
The Farmers Institute is a
need of the present day. So long
as good soil could be had for a
few dollars an acre, when insect
enemies were few and not dan
gerous, and when rural life was
simple and free from perplexing
questions, there. was little need
for study or research. TOT day
all these things are changed and
the agricultural question is com
ing to be a serious one.
The Farmers Institute is prac-
tlcal. 1t teaches a man'how to
discover an Improbable COW. 1t
teaches MIN how to secure a cheap
and well balan ced ration, for the
successful production OF the dai-
ry products most desired. 1t
teaches how to cultivate the soil
what methods should be followed
and why these methods are best.
1t teaches how to spray the insect
pests, what to use and when to
apply the solution How to breed
his stock for special purposes
1t comes to the man IN need,
cheers and encourages him, en-
abling him to help himself and to
conquer the obstacles in his
path.
The institute also teaches a
man not to despise his calling.
1t presents agriculture in it's true
aspect, as one of the learned pro-
fessions, and keeps him from
holding it up to his children in a
dlsparaging hight.
When man stops studying his
profession ne has passed the dead
line. 1t makes no difference
whether he be sixty or forty, and
it is a province of the Institute to
wake such a man up, show him
his danger and impress upon him
the necessity for closer thought
and gradually leayen the whole
of his life.
While a man ought to regard
public service as a duty the man
who, while owning a hundred
acre farm cannot live without
public office has not much in
HIM.
The ruin of the ancient coun-
tries was brought about by the
absorption of the people of the
great cities and the deterioration
OF the people in these cities, and
the only salvation for any country
hes in the education Of the rural
people that they may intelligent
ly direct the affairs of the land.
The United States Government
recognizes the value of the farm
ers' Institutes by establishing,
recently, bureau Of Normal In
shtutes, for the purpose Of ex.
perimentation and for collecting
statistics regarding what has
been and Is being done in the ex-
perlmental stations of the nation.
This is but one of the many de-
partments of the National De-
partment of Agriculture which
has done and is doing so much
for the farmers of the nation.
Prof. Hamilton claimed that the
average farmer reads only the
family Bible, the weekly market
reports, and in times of great ex-
element the political party. He
is too tired at the close of the day
to read and he gradually drops