Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-12-21
FARMING SCHOOLS
PLAN OF N. D. MCKILLIP SUCCESS.
FUL IN The EAST.
Tarm schools in pennsylvania Have
F'ade Very Satisfactory .dvanCe.
menf in Introducing Ne ' Studies,
Plan is Capable OF n .Ch Good in
the State of Washington.

DOYLESTOWN, Pa, Dec. Ia
The fertile farm lands of Pennsyj-
vania have been so widely and ia
Vorably known throughout the coun-
try Tor their advanced state of pro-
ductlveness that it would scarcely
seem necessary to advocate still more
care in this direction. Big Pennsvl-
vania barns fairly bursting with the
products of the land, though the
nome acreaF may be small and the
farmhouse tlny in comparison with
the huge storehouses, have been a
sort OF trademark of the keystone
State since early days. There ap-
pears to be need for still further ad-
"ancement in this direction, however,
W the teaching of agriculture in
bic schools and colleges of the
state is now being very strongly ad-
vOcated.
The teaching of farming in coun-
try schools was thoroughly discussed
among the leading schools of the east
last spring, and the interest spread
throughout Pennsylvania being TAX
en- up with even greater enthusiasm,
and in July many noted educators
uISCuSS
the proposals of the new study. Since
then a marked interest has been
shown in the subject, which has re-
suited in many advanced measures
being introduced in the present
school curriculum.
The various farm schools of the
state, following the lead of the Ma
tlonal Farm school here, have made
very satisfactory advancement in in
Producing new studies, and in teach
ing every branch that may be re-
qulred in the successful running of
a fruit or grain farm, the superin-
tending of a general farm of extended
acreage, or the running of ranch in
Western farm life. In many inst
ances the boys of these schools are
not only taught the management of
the soil and it's requirements, what
fertilizers to use to get the best re-
suits out of certain soils, the man
agement of dairy farms and stock
farms, the intricacies of bee keeping,
poultry keeping, etc, bat they are
also taught the necessary carpentry
for erecting farm buildings in many
instances. At the principal farm
o'iloolo VI CHe Sidlc Illduy Ol the COIL
mOdious barns and bee-hives and
poultry houses have been built en-
tirely by the boys, under the instruc-
tion of competent carpenters, who
have been engaged to give practical
lessons on up-tO-date methods.
At the recent State College meet
ing, about 1000 school teachers, from
all over the state mingled with col
lege presidents, normal school princi-
pals and school superintendent in
one of the largest conventions of the
Pennsylvania State Educational AS
sociatiOn held in years; and much
benefit was derived from the three
days course of lectures and discus
siOns concerning the best methods of
introducing the study of agriculture
in the schools throughout the state.
The speakers not only advised the
adoption Of course of studies on
agriculture in the higher grades, but
also in the intermediate grades of
schools, and pointed out not only how
it could be successfully accomplished,
but the good that would result there
from