Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-01-26
AGRICULTURE IN
PUBLIC SCHOOLS

San Antonio. TEX. Jan. fa.--Agri.
cultural training la the public SCHOOLS
has become the popular shlbholcth IN
Texas. Ia the past two years, Ii 20
lltical conventions. ant mass meet
lngs. the Texans have gcne on rec-
ord IN no uncertain fashion In favor
Of this newest movement Ia eduCa.
ton AZ rapidly as possible. a system
OF agricultural training l. being de-.
yclcped In the public schcols In many
Texas towns. school gardcas n, ?
been established, to make the train,
ins practical and effective, Already.
the suecess of these school gardens
Il demonstrated. and the next step
that of cstabushing schcol farms on
a larsV scale Is under consideration.
aud will inevitably zone.
Donated Acre ef Ground.
san Antonio has taken the head In
this work. aud has alrcsiy. the most
extensive aud effective schsoi gaS'
dcns lR-&ae State frcsh impslus has
lust bcea siven this branch ~ popu.
lar education hy the $40, oi two plant.
laboratories. surrounded by an acrc
OF rich grOund. By Col, Geo, W Rrack.
cnrlirc. a capitalist aud railAnthrO-
ldst ~ this city TLis land lies In
the cl,y limits ani Is available for
training ol advanced students, This
Is the preliminary step toward cstah.
nshing schooliarm a little later.
Fer Dependents ana os,lnquen,s.
lArvc gifts at land ana money have
also been made by cititcns here To
establish an agricultural training
school Tor dependent and delinquent
children. Il viii b. known as the
southwest Texas luVcnilc Training
school and will b. operated In con
nectioa With tNs Juvenile courses cs'
tabhshcl by the last legislature, A
charter Cor this Institution has been
Applied tor and It's establishment Is
only matter of organization aud
detail
Mes, urssn, Need.
Il Is but natural that such an edu
cational movement sAoald develop IN
Texas Witch Is, primarily, an agri
cultural StAtc. of the lSs .0Vo. .oOS
acres ~ land In TEXAS. Il Is cstimat
ed tha, nearly iVe,ec0.0ec acres ar,
arahles ~ these. LESS than lt,ooo.00'
acrcS arc In cultivation. ALREADY, II
the hroAking up of the old cattl'
ranches. an immense agricultural de
Velopment has begun In this State
and the growing scarcity ot oheal
aud productive lands viii inevitably
carry Il u still ErcA,cr proportions
Consequently. agricultural training o
a scientific character. IL the most uT
gcat neca ot the rising generation.
Intensive Fsrraina Profitable.
SclvAnsic and intensive farming. .
which this educational movement 4
the retex. IL rapidsy replacing th'
old Aap-hasAra methods. Farms con
dasted like factosics-with every pos
sihlc waste eliminated. and every pos
sihle profit drawn from the soil-ar
nov found In every community IL
this part ~ rcxass Such methods
have made single acre produce sso'
IN sS0e = war, and have drawn man,
e0llege-hr,.d men into farming. Al
k>Altarrlas. south ~ this city. is I
cOsOny ~ seven oi e.eAt such, and a
the ~CrNsS - ranch In n,mmi,t coan
~. a number ~ school teachers hav'
started a farming colony,
Marketing Successfully,
Farmers In Southwest Texas hav'
learne1 H. comNlne In marketing thcil
products Hy means ~ truck growers
and trais erVwcrs' associations, the,
are rcAplag Immensely greater protits
Fur example. The southern Texas
Truck Growers Association In iSO'
lacNASe>l their receipts Cor the oniot
crVp that nllea zee cars, or tour cal
kAAas hess than that ot the preceding
YEAR,
cemsnd Must be Met
TEXAS farmers are leArning 10 b
practical business men, aud are de-
nsAnalng that taeir oSiliren shal b
trained In practical kNowscisc oi
the sOll aud the methods ~ market
las It's proaacts, rataer than 81 the
trtlls ~ NookllcArn,ng. The TART tha,
Texas has the largcst permanent tr,ee
SSSAN endowment NJ any state "a
lA, Cnton. an endowment amoantsn<
~ aearly SeA,NSNl. .Ns,A. of which over
SSeNNNASNN Is In cash. bonds and land
NcleS sna he balance - lands, makes
Il lSNSSSStt' sec 4 svs'Nra ~ agrtcNllu.
raj c>lVcA,i0a ~ Ia arN,lclsaa quickly
IN this state AlrNSds no ~xCSet an
sc~pc ~ tAls Kind ~ public scho',l
traialNS In this state raises Il to dis
nltS ~ movement In c,iWcation. watch
very prVlerly AsS. u not its initial
saggNSttoa, es Creates, impetus In
the largest agricultural state in the
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