The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-02-04
FARMERS
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scientific farming. but can not help
realizing that with most of the older
| farmers, these terms mean very little
| You also realize that the younger
farmers appreciate what is being done
| at the Experiment Stations; and many
of the boys will know what the Agri-
cultural Colleges are doing,-what
scientific farming really means
| Second-F'armers can use the Agricul-
turaI Colleges by sending problems di-
rectly to the professor interested. The
California farmers are using the Agri-
| cultural Department of their univer-
| sity for all it is worth. Hundreds of
| soil specimens are sent in to be an
alyzed,-so many specimens that the
old methods of analysing soils had to
| be abandoned, and a short method is
| now in use, by which chemist can
| determine from s to u specimens a
| day, with sufficient accuracy for all
| practical purposes. Pests of all kinds
| swarm about the entomologist seeds
| that won't grow and seeds that are
| not pure find their way to the seed
| specialist; and when crops fail to be |
| produced in sufficient quantities to sat |
| isfy the farmer, he invites the agricul- |
| turalist to come and see what the mat |
| ter is. And the agrfculturist goes. Not |
| simply because he is a servant of the |
| state, but because he is interested in |
! whatever interests the farmer. The |
| experts are kept alive and progressive. |
| DIR. Hilgard says that when he has |
| a problem he can't solve, he goes to |
| the farmer. The farmer has the facts |
which DR.. Hilgard with his trained |
mind can put together and make science
of. The farmer of today may not get
relief in all his problems; but he gets
enough relief to keep hope alive in
the children, and the grandchildren
will reap the benefit from the questions
the farmers of today are asking the
SCIENTISTS
Ih1fd-The people can use the Agri-
cultural Colleges, through the Expert
ment Stations, through the new In
dustrial High Schools that are being
developed, through the nature study
that is growing in Importance and
through the model farms that are COM
ing. The Agricultural Colleges will
train vast army of young men and
women for work in the Experiment /
Stations, in the Industrial High
Schools. in nature study and for the
model farms. In
The work of the Experiment Stations .
is so well known that 1 need not say
anything about them.
The Industrial High Schools are of J
so recent development that I venture ;
some explanation. These schools are J
located in the country, and in the viii Z
lagos and country towns. They are :
IN response to a demand from the :
farmers. There will be classroom !
work and laboratory work, shop work Z
and farm work. The courses will lead =
to the professions to business. the )
sciences, the trades and to the farms Y
IN short, these schools are intended =
to do for each industry what the
Manual Training High Schools are do
ing for the trades. :,
There is a growing apprecia ton of ;,
elementary work in the sciences. nature :,
study. some call it, and a demand for
framed teachers to do this work as it
should be done. The Chicago Normal
ochooi has just arranged for training ~
teachers for this work, on a new basis
which probably puts it in the lead of az
other institutions. Now comes the ST
question as to whether the Agricul- ST
-ural Colleges will long permit a nor
nal school graduate to rank higher
han the college graduates RI
L found the United States AgricuI- of
ural Experiment Station men very us
ens1t1ve about model farms But I 70.
IN willing to risk my reputation as a
rophet on the statement that the 81
nodel farm will be the next step in no
gr1cuitural development. And here fir
re my reasons: large percentage of an
armers can not translate the college
ulletins and the experiment station i'
ulletfns into farm language and farm oil
ractfce. This must be done for them sa
nd the place where it is done will be sic
he model farm. And if agriculture -
ontfnues TO develop as we hope to see II.
develop, the model farm will con- 49,
nue. to be an advantage even to the -
ollege-bred men, just as hospital is -
n advantage to physicians who wish :;
, keep abreast of their profession. The o,.t
usiness of the agricultural college -,
nould be to develop the science Of -
sriculture and so it will always be in vi
dvance of the agricultural stations
nd the stations will always be in ad-
ance of the model farm And the -
lodel farm will be in advance of the -
reat majority of the farmers, trans 80,
ting the work of the colleges and
ations into farm practice
The day for individual effort is al 49,,
ost gone No greater misfortune
'0i .i'e "i''i u 0iieS VI wal mas ed:
- - is '-''ii 'i'ii Ia as
effort. and this is especially r
ne in agriculture. Through the ages ~
-ch farmer has been obliged to fight 49,
is own battles With pests and soil and 80
innate conditions. What waste OF -
ealth this system has wrought. What e.
aste Of energy it has caused. What az
avery it has entailed on successive 49,
,nerations. What assertions from the w.
nd it is responsible for. What con- !
sted misery in cities it has produced. -,
o, the day for individual effort is fast NO
ssing away. Collective effort is the -