The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-04-19
BETTER SCHOOLS FOR FARMERS.
The Farmers Union Wishes the
schools 10 Educate 10 the Farm In
stead of Away From 1t.

stead Of Away From 1t.
The Educational Committee OF tho
Farmers Union, Messrs, II. D. Eyer.
ton, r. l. Little and w. S. Cobb re-
Gently held a very satisfactory inter-
View with State Suerintenpdent joy
ner with reference to proposed agrl-
culture instruction in the schools.
The following statement has been sent
to the Unions:
To all Local Unions:
The May school for teachers will rs
held at the North Carolina College OF
Agricultural and Mechanic Arts. Raj
eigh, May Ii to IS. 1910. This
school is intended to furnish for
teachers in the public and private
schools of the State a brief course IN
agriculture that Will enable them 70
roerly present 10 their pupils the
primary principals as agriculture and
nature study. The great interest and
marked Improvement in agriculture
in North Carolina within the past We
years has hardly a parallel in any or
the other industries of the State. Our
people are awakening to the tremend-
Gus possibilities Of our climate and
soil. and are realizing as never before
the dignity and profit of the farming
profession.
Good roads. good school and rural
telephones constitute a trinity OF IN
dustriai forces that is swinging the
pendulum of migration back to tha
farm. The profit, the lepasure ana
the power of the farmer are greater
than eve before. and ii is our desire
that the on-coming generations may
be taught the fundamental principles
and laws that govern natures work.
and that the sons and daush-
ters may learn in our schools the
things that will best fit them for hfes
work. The more we learn about ma
ture the more attractive the work OF
the farm becomes.
To this end the Educational Com
nittee, together with the president
and secretary OF the North Carolina
Farmers Union conferred in Raleigh,
on February LIST, with the State
officers. 1t was the unanimous opfn-
ion Of these officials that more atten-
ton should be given to agriculture
and domestic science, and that one OF
the best ways to promote this cam
paign was the teaching OF these ALI
important subjects in our public
schools.
Now what we recommend ADD ad-
wise is this: That your Union cndeavor
to have your local teacher attend this
school. 1t will be worth much to
your community. both in the real
benefits that will accrue to the chill
dren Of the community in gaining q
better knowledge Of nature and its
work and IN making the work on the
farm so attractive as to fix and hold
the young men and women on lne
farm. 1t may be necessary for your
Union to render some substantial as
%sistance in order to secure the attend
ance OF your teacher at the May
school,, but We are sure that if this 10
necessary you could not do better
work for yourselves than to do this.
U to ptlle present very few of them
have had any SpecifiS training along
this line, which means SO much TO us.
And why should we not have special
attention given to training men for
the great Agricultural profession just
as for medicine. law, engineering and
the other professions? This time IS
now here when this must be done if
We are to fully reap the harYeSt that
awaits us.
We are advised that State Super
intendent of Education Joyntr is now
preparing and will propose to the next
Legislature a bill looking to the prop
er teaching of agriculture and doInes-
tic science in all of our schools. Let
US who are in the of the
great agricultural movement of the
State show in advance our real inter
est in this proposed measure by help
ing to procure al arge attendance OF
eachers at Raleigh. This will i'm
press THE entire State with the sin
ceritv of our desire for agricultural
teaching.
Brethren, farming is one more to
the front. 1t is ours both as an OPP
coming years the Golden Agep OF
Agricultural Industry in the Old
North State.
Fraternallv.
w. S. COBB. Secretary.