Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-26
WISCONSIN FARM
SCHOOLS PRAISED
PROF. r. A. MOORE OF STATE UNI
VERSITY LAUDS INSTI-
TUTIONS.
OTHER STATES INTERESTED.
Badgers as Pioneers in This Branch of
instruction Are Now Widely
Copied.
OTHER STATES INTERESTED.
FARMERS ENDORSE MOVEMENT

MADISON, Wis, June 90 Special
Prof. r. A. Moore Of the university is
a believed in county agricultural schools.
The average high school is not the farm
cr's boys school, he declares, and it was
never intended to be. The county school
carries ON the work started by the agrI-
cultural department Of the university and
reaches thousands who would otherwise
never be reached.
FoGr Of these schools are now in sue
ccssful operation at MenOmOnie, Wau-
sau, Iarlnette and Winnecone and APP
preparations have been made for the es-
Enlistment Of four others. One Of the
latter four has just been given to Onalas-
ka, another VIII probably be established
ut Gays VI lis, Crawford county, and
there - an agitation to establish one at
PlHtteyiie for Iowa, Lafayette and
Grant counties
Other States Interested.
The first schools were started as the
result Of a bill introduced by former
Senator W. IL. Uatten of New London,
aud passed mt the 1901 session Of the
Legislature. The plan proved so feast
bic that succeeding Legislatures have
voted for additional schools and the be-
lief is general that the next session Of
the Legislature will make provisions for
two more institutions.
The experiment stage has been passed.
Minnesota. Illinois, Iowa, Michigan and
even New York have watched WlscOn-
SINS efforts and are now building up
similar systems. 1t is claimed that
Wisconsin discovered that only a small
percentage Of the boys from the farms
OF this state can attend the agricultural
college. So in order to provide for
wide dissemination of the benefits Of ed
ucation III agriculture, the state has
brOadened its policy.
Work of Wide Interest.
Perhaps the works of widest interest
in this line is the farmers course con-
Quoted at Winneconne and Marinette
during the past year For one week
farmers of the vicinity were asked to
attend the school, and a group of pro-
fessors from the university were sent
up to give instruction on special topics.
Over 500 farmers attended the Whine
come school alone.
In connection with the agricultural
work given in these schools there is
domestic economy course for the girls
from the farm, and i'll every one of the
county institutions about one-half of
the attendance is girls. The school at
MenOmonie being the Oldest, has the
largest attendance. Nearly one hundred
are registered there. About forty-five
are registered at each of the other
schools.
Moore Talks of the Schools.
'The 300 or 400 students who annual
iy attend the short course in agriculture
Mt the university are but drop in
bucket when compared with the total
agricultural population of the state"
said Prof II. A. Moore. '"The county
agricultural school is sort of a dis
tributing station. 1t takes the agri-
cultural training to the people Of the
state whom the university cannot reach.
TO educate the boy on the farm we
must have farm schools, where practical
information is impaired. When boy
has finished 4 common school course he
may enter the agricultural school. The
work of these schools is attracting gen
eral attention. Prof. l.. S. Bailey, dean
of the department of agriculture at Cor
nell university, has made several visits
to the agricultural schools at Menomo-
ME and Wausau and is highly pleased
with the work they are doing"