The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-09-09

dEiltulbutdi ItSOuiCtS Vi NOul COuntI.
The State Department of Education be-
lieves that the establishment of an agri-
cultural high school in each county will
go far toward solving our rural school
problem. The State gives 81 900 annual
ly toward the support of one such school
in each county. The remainder must
be raised by local taxation supplemented
by the usual amount the school district,
in which the agricultural high school is
located receives from the State and
county. A very small tax levy in most
of the counties will be sufficient to
maintain such school.
Il submit that these schools are no
longer experiments. Massachusetts,
whose agricultural resources are ex-
tremely limited, maintains twenty such
schools. The people of Wisconsin, where
there are numbersl of such schools, have
developed their agricultural resources
and are educating their children in these
schools. Numbers of western and
northern States are dotted with agrcul-
tural high schools. The interests of the
people of Mississippi are more largely
agricultural than any other State in the
Union. Shall we not develop her re-
sources? Shall we not give her childrei
better educational advantagess Can
you afford to make this levy? Is it not
better to spend money to make strong,
earnest, influential men and women than
to sacrifice children to save money? Do
you want the rural schools in your coun.
ty to be stimulated and encouragedY If
so, provide this school in order that the
boys and girls may have better oppor-
tunities to look forward to when they
complete the course of study in the rural
schools.
"You will appropriate money for
bridges, good roads, court houses, jails,
courts, ETC., and this is right, but why
not appropriate money to be invested
in the childhood of your county? You
believe with all thoughtful people that
the only intelligent and logical system
of education is that which carries the
best school advantages to all people.
Will you not help develop such sys-
tenn? Are we not educating our people
away from the life around them? Are
we not training our children to become
lawyers, doctors, preachers, school teach
ers, orators, politicians and statesmen
only? More than so per cent. of our
people are engaged in agriculture.
Would you reach the many as well as
the few? Do you not think the time has
come to give intelligent direction to the
hand as well as the mind? Do you not
think we ought to give dignity to labor =?
Shall we not develop our agricultural re-
sources through these schools as other
States are doing? Finally, SHALL NOT
THE CHILDREN OF MISSISSIPPI
HAVE OPPORTUNITIES EQUAL TO
THOSE IN ANY OTHER STATE?
Il beg that you will give this matter
the serious consideration it merits, and
if your county has not already estab-
lished such school, will you not use the
influence at your command and the
power placed in your hands to give to
the struggling children of your county
a better chance in life?
Fifteen counties have already taken
advantage of the splendid opportunity
the State offers. Why not yours?"
Keping Out Weevils.
Almost every farmer has some remedy
that he believes effective in preventing
the ravages of weevils in corn cribbed
in bulk. Some of these, at least, are
effective. b. H. Sutton recently wrote
the Mississippi Department of Agricul-
ture concerning remedy. Outside OF
the regular bulletin information, the
practice of those who have been keeping
them out is desired.
There are undoubtedly many good
suggestions that might be offered by
those who have actually kept them out
If you see this, have a plan that has
proven effective, please write it out and
send in for publication. Twelve thou
sand farmers will read what you have
to offer, and some will be benefited.
Don't hold back for fear you can't
write a good article for the public. 1t
will be fixed up and made as concise
as possible to tell the story. Let your
fellow farmers have the benefit of your
experience along this important line.
The East Mississippi Alfalfa Associa-
ton was formed at the annual roundup
last month. Those interested in this
splendid crop got together and perfected
an organization, with the purpose of get
ting together for their general good. A
list of the members has been asked for,
and this department will cooperate in
every way possible. Let's have articles
on alfalfa for the purpose of acquainting
those who do not know, concerning it.
The association has the means of doing a
good work and will doubtless prove all
that it's friends expect.
The commercial club at Hattiesburg
has adopted plan for giving barbecues
to the people in its territory, whereby
the town and country people are brought
together and better understanding eff
fected. Two have already been given in
different sections of the county and the
results are all that could be hoped for.