Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-10-21
The NEEDS OF and
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to fields, into corn fields, into groves
Visit the dairy barns, the fruit farms
the poultry farms; study every horst
and cow you possibly can. Approach the
study of general science through avcn
ucs of observable realities, and you gc
hold on the student that carries him
10 the completion Of some purposcd
course.
Establish school gardens and expert
mental plots where the students may
apply their book-knowlcdgc and begin
at once to reach out into avenues here
toiorc unthought Of, or dull and unintcr-
csting. Let the boy become a producer
and scarchcr for new truth; get HIM
to grow few trees at home, some
flowers, vegetables and to bud, graft,
cross-fcr,lizc, etc, and you tighten the
cords that unconsciously bind him to
purposcd Study and investigation. His
zeal will become contagious and he IN
oculatcs his neighborhood with desire
for ultimate truth. He sets up in their
minds a noble discomfort with present
conditions and they, too, want to know.
Then cooperate with the county sup
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tests and urge your boys to enter the
contest Procure for them the bulletins
from the agricultural colleges and the
L. S. Department of Agriculture; Bow
man and Crosby's book on corn is a
splendid work Get them to study these
for special points and i'll your expert
mental plats assign a plat to the boys
for this purpose. If the county super
intcndcnt does not hold contest hold
one of your own and turn it into a
corn school for two or three days, get
ting the professors from the agricultural
college and university to give talks in
formally to the boys. and you will es-
tablsh real enthusiasm in your COM
munity.
Take an active part in the county and
state fairs; in the local farmers lnstl-
trte. Cooperate with some of your lead
ing business men in organizing and
maintaining farmers club. Get the
club to meet in the school building, in
viting the students especially when you
have something above the average ses-
sion. Prepare few talks on some
phases of industrial education and give
them to the farmers You will add in
terest and stimulus in educating the far
mer and his children.
Take advantage of the university ex-
tension work as provided for by the
state university and agricultural college,
and it will help to halve the burdens and
double the blessings of Our high school
life.
Let this association urge upon Our
representatives in congress the passage
of the Doliver-Days bill, and we shall
be given federal aid in the establishing
of agricultural high schools in our state,
Then, if we can secure from the state
legislature some legislation looking to-
ward this same end, or more particularly
the county agricultural schools, we shall
be in position to llr:::ilg to these boys and
girls just what they so much need to
cope with the rural problems of today.
1t seems to me that there are wonder i
full possibilities right here in North Da-
kota, if we only 60 at it intelligently and
Systematically and make it vital part
of our educational system. What ire
mendous possibilities lie in these fertile
praireis of our sun-kissed state! Shall
we develop these possibilities and re-
sources and keep the best blood of our
state-cNr young men and young women
right here in North Dakota and on the
farms, instead of sending them into the
various professions and out of the state
to seek employment, and thus arrest the