The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-12-31
AGRICULTURE FOR TEACHERS
Would Have Orc Branch for State
Normal SchooI--Annuai Gathering
Of Teachers in Full Swing.

meeting of the Arkansas State Teach =
ers Association began its sessions
Monday night with an open meeting
in the auditorium of the high scfIuAs
The principal address of the evening
was made by Governor-elect George
w. Donaghey, who outlined somewhat
the policy he expects to recommend
to the state legislature for more am
pie provision for the agricultural
training of the farmers of the state.
Mr.. Donaghey's address was on "A
System of Agricultural Education for
Arkansas
Mr.. Donaghey prefaced his address
with the statement that there are l.
100 school houses in this state erect
ed at cost of less than 500 each.
and Inferred from this fact that there
is need Of lettering the entire sys-
tenn of education in the state. He
then passed to the discussion of agrl-
cultural education and the benefits to
be derived from it by the state and
by the farmers as well.
As means OF proving his point or
the benefit to be derived from agricul-
tural education, he told of the saving
that would be effected in one year II
the proper economy were practiced in
the feeding of live stock BY sys-
| tematic and scientific feeding, Me said,
millions of dollars would be Moved
| in very short time, as the farmNs
| and live stock raisers are careless i'm
| what sort and amount Of feed they
| give their stock.
Another feature emphasized was
! the increased productivity that would
| come to the soil farmed systematical-
ly. Taking a very conservative es-
| innate he said the productivity Of the
] soil would be increased 80 Der cent
| which would mean an added value OF
| $40 to every acre of farm laad In the
state, provided it were all farmed
! along correct lines. Since there ara
| 6,4GO 900 acres of land in the state.
| the increased productivity of the sell
| of the state would mean an Increase
, of millions of dollars to the value CT
| farm lands IN the state.
The need Of trained minds in agri-
| culture. just as in any other work,
was dwelt upon, Mr.. Donaghey say
| ing that education was not so narrow
| that it would prove of benefit to some
| of the walks Of life and moi to 9th
| ers. THE man who attends college,,
he said receives training that bet
ter enables him TO grapple with the
| problems of life, and this same bene-
fit is derived by the man whose mind
Is trained to grapple with the prob
lens of the farm"
| In this connection 1t was suggested
| that in no other voca,ion would the
| state reap such benefits from educa-
ton as it, would from the education
of the farmer "Thes civil engineer,
who is trained at a great cost to the
state, does not become a great pro-
! Queer. but goes to the field where he
has greatest opportunity. The law
! yer is net great producer, although
he is a necessity in the social and
economic conditions of life. In the
case of the farmer, however, he Is the
| great producer, and, consequently, any
| expenditure which benefits his pro-
| ductiveness is well worth while, az
| the increased productiveaess is OF
vital importance to the state"
In explaining his plan for the bet
| tarp,ent IF fba ounnrtuuities for agri-
| cultural education IL thi5 Gtate. Mr.
Donaghey said tho first thing he woult#
| 40 would be to wake the agricu,sL, III
school at the University of ArkanH
sas from its long slunlber and put IN
| In shape to be OF some benefit 10 theS
| students who desired to pNrsue an agK
| ricultural course. 1t should be devel-&
oped and put on a plane with similar2
institutions in other states
| As second means for obtaining
the desired result, Mr. Donaghey sug
gested the establishment of schoolss
where boys could be taught farmings
and girls could be trained to do house
work This, he thought, would com/
nearer reaching the solution of
problem than any other means.
The governor-elect then pledged
| himself 10 recommend TO the next
legislature the establishment of three
of these schools in localities where
they would be of the greatest benefit
to the farmers, in that they would
be so located as to be easily accessi-
Bile.