The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-10-27
TEACHING FARMING
SCHEME OF THE PRESIDENT OF
THE FARMERS UNION TO
Establish In Each STATE School to
Teach Actual. Practical Farming
sieans Much
Neans Mach

The movement recently orcachet
by President Charles S. Barrett o'
the National Farmers Union LOOK
ing TO the establishment OF schools
in each State Of the Union CO purely
schools for actual teaching OF actua!
prac;ica! far,uing-!n other words
farms and schoo! conjoiaed--is the
NOS; move! and radical movement OF
the kind ever conceived by anyone
In discussing the matter W. N.
Sheriff.. Of Denver Colo. says: .!
have recently read in The Atlanta
Constitution a lengthy article by M.
Barrett. giving his idea OF the pos
siail.,y and p7actlcab!l!ty OF such
schools and must say his idea.
while novel and radical. as before
said. seem to me both sure aad prac-
tica!.
For instance. his idea that there
shall be one great national training
O. farmers school centrally located
and subsidiary small feeding schools
to not only teach. 5u: practice sure
enough old-SiEe farming (aot pid-
d,!ng) Is certainly movement, II
carried out. would mean al absolute
il farms and farmers eV-
e,ywhere-especialiy in the South.
Mr. Barrett as Is we'll known. !s q
practical. cultured. sane man: and he
says his idea has been in his brain
many years: that he Is going to work
the scheme. and pronulgase and eas-
~ It out In every detail.
I: Is known eha. so many farmers
Ia the South. say IN No7:h Carolina.
South Carolina and Georgia. are
dragging not g living. scarcely. but
q hand-to-mouth axiseance on old
wo-nout red gully hill sides and
Sales. It Is his aim and determine
lion 10 show those worthy men (noae
more worthy on Cod; green ea.th)
hat chese conditions are wrong: need
aot be so: can be changed by actual
training schools for young men. max
.ns farming what it surely and real
" !s-a study and science.
We all know, X once some OF the
dear oid-time farrers could be got
10 see that "book-farmius" is not
aonseese. not oussooo. but aeces-
dty. ii farming Is to be rightly doce.
say IL these schools csn De run
% as 70 show them. through train
ng their soas IN farming schools.
..anseorm With high intelligence and
Intensity and 70 bring mp" the so
:a!led worn-out farms (ao, worn out.
Is supposed al too ofseo). II the
.arm school can do any such work
IS this. their esea ablishmen: will sure
> mean more for us all. whether II
own or country. than any movement
!! have heard Of IN great time.
Mr. Barrett Is already at work:
seys be has money and support be-
.ind him: is not talking IS visiona-
": has studied the situation. aud is
seing 70 do what he has long felt
aad desired and ought to be done.
In what write ! 90 not mean
% place the farm head and shoulders
above other occupations We are to
the thousands OF wasc-earn-
.rs and all other classes. l do mean
that. 50 much depending ca riga.
farming. that the farmer OF all men.
needs schoolins-just as the lawyer
Or the doctor or the minister must
have sach TO have any success or
standing whatsoever. lido 10: think
this a movement to turn the beads.
80 70 speak. Of this class. Where
lid right schooling ever do such?
But l do believe II sane and ceces-
sary aad feasible movement. which
heaven knows I wish hearty succcss-