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ss (From Our Regular Correspo pondent,) h
8!s WARRINGTON. 1. D. q, July %. 2.-- he
association .of wealthy philanthropists
formed \ In New York some years ago for
the purpose .of helping develop the South
ierns Il States D along ucatlonal n lines, by
snstitutinga n icampa i ignI Of educa ton In
the country south Of the Potomac and
Ohio. has, "a fter. much 81 faithful effort,
realized ,s.ite eisG said, that tSthey were $pur-
suing their object along lines not 4 en-
;tirely " Wlse.. :sst is + s
The association set out to conf1ne IT
self entirely to work designed to improve
the system Of public educat tlon An the
various Southern States. But sitaWas an-
5ture to-d 81 that the National Education
Association would contribute this year
the sum Of $4,000 towards aidNg the
department sinHsits efforts to induce
Southern farmers to improve their meth
DDS and diversity their CROSS Fl
#s The SoGtherna F arners.
y Itis}not generally known that. the as
sociatio conts tsibuted u 900 Ia II yea rssto
the ,spropaga ganda, VIII lch8St he Ydepartment
Is cond nductin g K amongs Southernt farmers
and planters. it, IL said y tha ts;the asso-
cia tion All encountered .consid iderable ePs{ luke-
twnrmness.s to suSe no stronger sterm, on
the part OF. Southern! people when 1t be-
5canle known! J! throug ghontssthet South that
1t was the object OF those 2at tsthes head Sof
thee moY Yen1ent, ot:educat g the egro IS
well as the white man, ,Eand sAtihlmi for
precisely fthe Asame W orks the white man
lis oWsdoings athet edncated professions.
Itgis understood the sassocla lationst found q
unanimous sentiment IN favor off the edu-
cational movement, ~ In so sfars as Z 1t re-
lated tSto 1.-The III bet ter 4 edu uca tiong OF tho
whites but there wa little ori nos SYM
pathy:l fors Views e publicl expressed ! by
several OF the : philanthropists, which
looked TO fitting the negro for the higher
positions In life, II 1iA \
, The Model Farms. ,sil H \ " \:
eve found out IN the department that
the farmer paid little heed to ithe glitera-
ture we sent him. showing him howkhe
could Improve his dition,,''' said !, DR.,
b. IT. Galloway II head OF sthes Bureau Of
Plant Industry. Of the 4 depart rtment to- day.
t,Then,, we undertook to show him. We
have mot been able to establ !sh8 as many
mode "a rms. so-called. as we would like.
butlwe have! done a $great t deals5o mis-
sionarys work, Representatives Of athe
depa rtment have bSen scVttered lover sew
eral OF the Southern States, and these
4 have got pretty close TO the tillers OF the
SOIL They, have, held farmers, 4 nleet tlngs,
at which, new methods have been dis
cussed, and explained and a adyocated !. It
has been the custom to have the farmers
Of aslooal,ty. to select one Of their, nuns
bersas the one on whosef farm The repre-
sentative Of the department should un-
dertake his experiments, or rather, the ap-
plication OF methods known to be the best,
always ina corporation with the farmer
The results In several Of the States Of
the South in. the course Of the past few
years have been astonishing, We have
shown the farmer the superiority Of
methods whose excellence the department
had established, and they are applying
them right along We have urged diver
sIacation OF crops especially, WITH much
SUCCESS. NJ We have INDUCED farmers Of
Texas to raise corn and grain generally
as well as cotton, al nd swe have got around
the farmers Of Arkansas Mississippi and
Alabama In the sanle way 4
Condition More Prosperous,
pThe result Isl, continued pr. Gallo
way thousands Of farmers. who We're
far from prosperous While pursuing the
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