Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-12-19
THE NEw EDUCATION.

issue We are not compelled longer
TO take young men and women "out of
life 90 prepare them for life but rae
Their we have made educational institu-
lions the prototype OF everyday exc
istence Every advance has its sacri-
fees. There o. a certain charm which
older institutions OF learning had which
modern ones to a large extent do not
possess. the charm OF traditions Of old
lovable conventions, the ivy walls, thu
historic fences-an these grip a mans
heart otcnally. but they are going,
and who shall say we are rctrugrad-
ingg Tho modern idea On education.
and the idea which has come to stay
is the idea OF Practically. vet-
eran OF the old school shudders just
trine when he looks over the catalogue
OF the modern ax-l. ultural and indus
trial college. r.. % means vastly
more Tor nation that most Of It's
citizens are educated ever so little than
that a select few are cheated ex-
tremely.
There was a time when England
ruled the world On manufacture and
commerce Years ago she lost that
leadership and % came 20 be that
goods manufactured in England had 20
be shipped to Germany. marked made
in Germany" and shipped back be-
fore they could he sold. Her states
mon became alarmed and ordered an
Investigation. The committee appoint
I'd for the purpose reported that Ger
manys success was due to the pres
enco ia Germany or scores Of agricul-
tural and Industrial colleges where her
men were trained The committee
advised the establishment Of such in
situations IN England. II was done
and since then England has won back
a great deal Of her lost prestige. IL
means much TO the far-sighted man
that the United States is following a
liberal policy Ia regard TO its agricul-
tural and Industrial institutions and
experiment stations.
The people of Utah generally DO not
know enough about the Agricultural
College In this State and the benefits
IL has conferred. Is comforting, and, I'M
der proper conditions, win confer, upon
the state. The work In arid farm in
designations has more than repaid the
state for all the appropriations It has
made to the college. These lnvosti-
cations have proved that arid farming
is practicable, II proper methods OF
cultivation are observed. Such results
are at least coordinate with railroads
and mines for the permanent. funda-
mental welfare OF the state. When We
consider the 1,S5s,4n acres Of arid land
owned by the state, the result OF put
ting even a fraction of this under cul-
tiVation means great deal for the fu-
ture. The irrigation Investigations con-
Quoted by the Experiment station have
proved that too much water is being
used ON Utah crops. This super-irriga-
ton leads, not only to a reduction in the
quality and quantity Of the crop, but
10 a deterioration IN the soil. Such
information IS Of vast Importance az
the present time, and win be doubly
valuable in the immediate future when
more intensive methods I'm agriculture
prevail.
In the artificial incubation of chick
ems the station is doing valuable work.
The hen Is 30 per cent successful In
Matching eggs By artihrial means
man has so far reached mo- better an
average chan so per cent The work OF
tho Utah station already IN incubation
has led 10 alterations iu the incuba-
tors OF eastern manufactures Tho
station Is at present attempting to
raise this 30 per cent average. BY
tions under the hon are being record
ed. with the hope Of duplicating these
Ia the artificial incubator
The question Of soil fertility Is receiv-
ing attention by the station chemist.
This subject is probably the most vital
OF an in agriculture. In Europe and IN
the eastern states already the soil is
exhausted and must Doe kept alive 20
a large extent by artificial ferulIza-
ton. The College is preaching with an
the lung capacity 90 has the gospel of
soil fertility throush crop rotation, fcr-
tlizatIon and proper cultivation Tho
farmers occasionally take tho idea serl-
ously but they usually smile to hem-
selves. The result Be- written large boo
agricultural history.
The college is rendering tho state
valuable aid in Che determination OF
injurious insects. The cooling moth.
sugar beet Insects. grassh0rpers ana
hundreds of others NOT e0 notorious
arc now under control. thauka 90 the
work of the station eutlmolosist Dame
ago De- still done Boo certain localities
hut an Insect plague ir thing of The
past. IN breeding beet with high
sugar content me College is building
strong for lhc future lu developing "a
wheat variety of high aour-contant
ana good Yield pcr acre. Boo breeding
aria farm cereals lnd Zoo uumrrou. oth-
en- ways. Ono college o. giving back t8
ODE taN payer many times hIs courlbu-
ton 90 education.
Farmers Institute workers arc uer-
meatng the State. telling the famers
mat ihers are greater thieves than
Nose who steal in the night there's
ihe roober cow. the hen who eats more
'hhn che lays. the thlevng woods me
'odilng moth, the bandit alkau tbe
"ul VINO should be sausage. Farmers.
A.N"ols are being held Throughout an.
ensi' REGULAR courses are given