The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-04-28
WILL STUDY FARMING
Vacation Scheme of Chicago
Professors and Families.
EXPERT INSTRUCTORS IN CHARGE.
and There Parents and Children
Will Work at Flowing, Harvesting,
Milking and 'sDoing Chores" From
June Until Acknowledgement Of
Health an Important Object.


June Until ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Of
Health an Important Object.
A summer school at which the chill
dren may learn the most advanced
methods Of raising poultry, cattle and
pigs and Of cultivating the soil while
spending their vacation in the open air
is the plan which will be put into prac-
tice this summer by Professor William
Hill, professor of political economy at
the University Of Chicago; several fac
ulty members of that institution aud
their families, says the Chicago Trib-
une
Beginning with the close of the
spring quarter, about June 20, those
who are engaged in the experiment
will leave Chicago and 60 to a farm
near Wheeling, d., where they will
spend the summer delving in the soil,
tending to the cattle and performing
all the chores" that ordinarily fall to
the lot Of farmer and farmers fami-
lies, combining the pleasures Of exer-
else with practical experience.
The work at real farming will be be-
gun in berry time and will continue
through the haying and harvesting sea-
son until the crops are all safely stow
ed away in the barn. Then the urban
agriculturists will return to the city,
Drowned by exposures to the summer
sun.
The experiment primarily Is intended
for the benefit Of the children. 1t is a
project that long has been discussed
in the elementary school of the univer-
sity. Professor Hill and his family,
however, will try the experiment as
private enterprise. Mrs. Hill and her
daughter Cecil also will be with the
party.
The objects of the school as outlined
by Mrs. Hill are FIVE: The cultivation
Of fields by the best known methods
with modern machinery, the raising of
shorthorp cattle, the raising Of the
best varieties Of pigs, the raising of
the best breeds Of chickens and mar
ket gardening.
Although there will be some real
farmers around the premises to attend
to a part of the heavier work, the in
struction in all these branches will
have to be given by competent teach
ers, who will have charge Of the chill
dren and elders who make up the
classes.
Plans have been made for the fami-
lies who will take part in the novel
experiment. Five hundred acres have
been purchased near Wheeling, about
thirty-two miles from Chicago, on
which three houses have been erected,
two of which have twelve rooms each.
It is the idea of Professor Hill to Sc
cure If possible from ten to fifteen
young people of other families, rang
ing in age from twelve to eighteen
years, to take courses in the new
school.
The schedule for the day is to be
an arduous one. No drones will be al
lowed on the University farm" The
morning will be spent in some kind Of
manual labor, hoeing potatoes, milk
ing the cows, raking hay or tending
to the live stock. In the hotter hours
Of the afternoon the students will
devote themselves to the reading of
historical or similar educational lit
erature. The evening will be given
over to games, music and review of
the work Of the day. The members of
the school will follow the rule of
"early to bed and early to rise,' as
the betterment Of health is not the
last nor least important Of its objects.
According to the present plans the
party will consist Of thirteen, but in
order to avoid the danger Of having
an i'll omen hanging over his new pro
ject Professor Hill is endeavoring to
get other families to Join in the move
ment
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