The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-10-18
LIFE ON 4 FARM.

by Secretary Wilson and other Wash
ngton officials Of the Department Oh
Agriculture 10 promote among the
young people Of the country love foY
and adaptability TO life on farm. Pr.
marily. the idea Of the effort is 10
prevent if possible. boys and young
men. who were brought up ON forms
seeking ar the first opportunity
without opportunity location In a
city The ush Of country boys to
the cities. it is pointed out not only
often has ruined the lives Of the boys
themselves. but quite a. often has
imucriled the home situation back
on the farm How. therefore. 10 in.
duce young farmers to remain on
their farms is problem which is
challenging the attention OF some Of
the best minds in America.
President Roosevelt often has ex-
pressed himself as fayoring the Guilt
yation Of a love Of country Hfe-of
an agricultural life-among the peo-
pie OF this country He realized that
the desire Of thousands and tens Of
thousands O.; country.bred boys each
year to get to some city is a real men
ace to the nation and that If that
desire remain unchecked it is likely
To seriously endanger the progress
and prosperity Of the country.
In several states what are known
as agricultural high schools have been
established The design Of the
schools is to teach the country boy.
and the country girl, too. the best
known methods Of farming. to give
them a better and higher knowledge
of farm life, and to inculcate an ap.
preciation Of life on farm by pre-.
scnting II in as attractive and prof
table a manner as possible. Prot
Wilct VI. Hays. assistant secretarg
of agriculture, an educator of high
repute before he became govern.
ment official, is lending great influence
to the establishment of these agricul.
tural high schools. They are not sup.
ported by the government, but they
are given great assistance. moral and
substantial, and every possible en-.
couragement II is the intention of
Assistant Secretary Hays in the near
future to visit the south to investi
gate the work of agricultural high
schools already maintained there and
to assist in establishing others, es
pccially i'm Georgia and Alabama
Georgia is soon to have ten or eleven
Of these schools in operation and the
state officials recently have conferred
with officials of the department Of ag
riculture about securing lands for the
schools that would be adapted to cx
pertinent purposes.
Eighteen of the agricultural high
schools already are in operation in va
rious states. Alabama has nine;
Maine. one; Minnesota, two; North
Dakota, one; Nebraska, one; Okla.
homa, one; South Dakota, one, and
Wisconsin, two The idea of estab
fishing such training schools Is spread.
ing rapidly and in a few years mC,'t
Of the agricultural states will have an
average of one Of the schools to each
congressional district The plan Of
the school is such as TO permit the
boy or girl to pass directly TO It from
the country school and then through
it TO the agricultural college. Here
totore, there has been no intermediate
place Of instruction in agricultural or
nature pursuits. Through such instl.
tutiOns as agricultural high schools
It is expected 40 reach tens of
thousands of pupils IN the fu-
ture whore scarcely hundreds now
are reached. II is the intention
of the department Of agriculture TO
encourage the establishment Of these
schools throughout the country, as
they constitute a most essential part
Of the system by which the country
boy and girl may get the sort of cdu-
cation they need.
-ni'o-
Speaking Tonight.