The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1907-06-07
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
randolph Herald and News.

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Barre city has bounced all the
married teachers in it's public
schools because they are married.
Quite controversy follows as to
the wisdom and policy of such ac-
ton. On the one hand it is held
that teachers who establish a
family relation cannot give their
thought, labor and euergy to
their school duties in the same
measure that unmarried teachers
can, and that, being entitled to
support by their husbands, there
is further reason why preference
should be given to ladies without
support. The other view is that
the married teacher is quite often
one of tried experience, and as
such apt to be superior to a young
tea cher without experience, so
that she can spare something to
her home and husband and still
average up we'll. It is further
contended that merit should be
the only consideration, disregard
ing any supposed claim of any
candidate, either married or I'M
married, for place on the public
payroll. We think the op1niou
prevails that married female
teachers do not prove as general
ly satisfactory as unmarried ones.
Many reasons conspire to this
condition. Quite the feeling
that married woman's duty is
to establish and maintain a home,
to be her chief care, and that if
she fails to do so, continuing as
a wage Garner in competition
with those not so called, she IS
somewhat out of her proper place,
figures quite prominently in
creating the sentiment, and preju
dices her work to the extent that
she fails to get full credit for
what she really does. The mar
ried female teacher means the
childless home-a matter that is
no longer the sole concern of the
husband and wife.
Much may properly be urged on
either side of this question, but as
a rule we think the teachers best
effort ends with her marriage;
that her retention in the public
schools thereafter is detrimental
to the school service, and to the
ultimate welfare of society.
In this Barre case, as has been
suggested, perhaps it would have
been wiser and better to retain
such of the married teachers as
appeared to be giving sat1sfac-
ton, if there were such, drop
the rest and make a rule for the
future that married teachers
would not be engaged or kept.
THE BEST FERTILIZER FOR
SEEDING DOWN.
Farmers who are looking for a
frst-class fertilizer for seeding down
in the Summer or Fall will find it
in the following formula. This for
mula was devised by the Director of
the Vermont Experiment Station at
Burlington and published in Bulle-
tin No. 116 of the station. The
amounts named are for one acre:
Raw Ground Bone, 300 to 400 lbs.
Acid Phosphate, 100 to $50 lbs.
Wood Ashes, 300 to 400 lbs.
Muriate of Potash, so to ~ lbs.
The ingredients of this mixture
are all recognized as valuable fer
tilizing agents but with the excep-
ton of Ashes they heretofore have
been difficult to obtain in the mar
kets of Vermont. This condition
is now changed and all the materials
of the formula-except the ashes,
which the farmer can usually fur
nish himself-can be purchased of
Carroll S. Page, Hyde Park, VT,
who will be pleased to make quo
tations on application.
The Muriate of Potash and Acid
Phosphate he sells are the purest
that can be bought and his raw
Ground Bone is guaranteed to be
absolutely pure and the best the
market affords. The Bone which
he offers is simply the finer parti-
cles that are sifted out of the coarser
GRADUATED Bone that goes into the
of his Pages Perfected
Poultry Food. 1t should not be
COMPOUNDED with the Bone ordinar-
lly offered by the trade as that has
usually heen steamed or treated
with acids. 1t will be usually found
that practically all the nitrogenous
elements have been removed to
make glue, thus taking away the
most valuable part of the bone.
If you are interested in the matter
Of Summer or Fall seeding or of
Fertilizers for any purpose, write
him for information and prices,
mentioning this paper.
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