Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-07
Boy on the Farm
Things Talked to Him and About
Him at the Omaha Corn Show
reported byt,Arthur J. Bill for the II

tReported byiArthur j. Bill for the IL
iinois Farmers Instituted
The Nebraska state board of agri-
culture made appropriations to es-
tablish our boys and girls corn
shows. These have been carried on
efficiently by the deputy superintend-
ent of public instruction, aided by
the university, and in this work the
past five years many thousand boys
and girls have secured advanced
| ideas of corn growing and domestic
science which will not only be of
practical value TO this generation but
will be handed down to posterity
At this exposition can be seen many
creditable exhibits made by these
students which exhibits bear silent
testimony that these meetings have
been of inestimable value to the well
fare of the state of Nebraska-W. r.
Mellor, secretary Nebraska board CT
agriculture.
The college of agriculture is not
! only helping to improve the farm
and make farm life more agreeable.
| but is lifting the educational stan
dard of our farm boys and farm girls,
and l believe that as result we are
going to have more farmers bred in
the schools and prepared for active
| participation in all walks of life; we
are going to have more of them in
1 the legislature, in congress and ia
public life. And with men thus rep
resenting great agricultural commun.
!.
tiles, men who themselves know what
the farmer needs, and understand The
disadvantages under which he suffer.
we arc going to have some attention
given to the farmers interests-WiI
liam Jennings Bryan.
y. ID. Shamel formerly of Illinois
now breeding plants for the IT, S
department of agriculture, made
fine lesson out of the work of james
l.. Reid, a plain Illinois farmer wht
|, has followed one purpose for hi
whole lifetime, simply selecting
Reds yellow dent corn for highes
production. Mr.. Reid is man with
-. ont much schooling, but this simpl
work of corn breeding has adde,
5 enormous wealth to several states
Mr.. Snamel has enabled more boy
5 to go to school than anything else
it has stimulated a great interest il
, agriculture and in corn judging; thi
is the judgment of many people;
has been factor of tremendou
service. Mr.. Reid, a kindly gra
haired farmer, told from the sam
platform few days later about hi
a fathers starting the Reid corn nea
D Delavan, ILL.,, in IS47, and of hi
!, own simple method of growing il
. Referring to the work of Mr. Reid
: James Riley and J. S. Leaning, who's
% methods were, similar Mr.. Shame
lsaid, lit is worth while to read, stud
land know the work of these tire
greatest corn breeders the world ha
lever SEEN"
Mr.. Henderson, of Nebraska, say
that in many cases tits the boys am
: bition that takes him away from tn
farm, and that he would not so
: his father allowed him to own liv
stock and it's increase and especial
:. if he would give the body his POI
ton of the land or make defnit
agreement as to what he would civ
the boy, instead of waiting until hi
death to divide the property.
Mr.. Hanson is a Y. NJ. G.. A. il
, sLructor who has had decided success
=, in organizing clubs of farmer boy
Especially in Green county, Iowa. II
= reports their excellent work an
large attendance upon the class eve
g in a busy season. He believes
:. would be a great help to the farme
:, boy if his father would let him HAY
, Saturday afternoons to play has
n ball, and especially if the fathe
g., would so into business partne
4 ship with his son.
Governor Warren Garst of low
n believed that no other money inves
II ed by that state for agriculture gay