Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-08
Some Things You Want to Know
Schools for Farmers

trees tsI OF while aezrIv % per cent %
those on the SPRAYED trees renamed On.
when the next potato season came on the
same offer vas made tl pt0lat8 growers
ard the result vas L8 bushels OF Cne po-
a,1es % ne acre Were there we're ninety
bushels -o the are on unsprayed ground
The result vas r1at he mind OF every
farmer VINO saw ir became as fertile ard
1ospirabie t1 the new evangai as AIS land
vas 70 ne new
When the farmer sees these rh-1gs with
his own eyes he loses SONS Of his contempt
fer what he used 20 kd glove
farming, and lowers his estimate q MS
old farming with his sleeves rolled up.
He suddenly becomes a convert from MS
Odd ways. ard awakes To the Importance
II giving bis son a course a. a schIOi for
farmers. Therefore. il is comparatively
easy. Even he may decide himself To Al
rsud some lf the -sr-5av courses mat MS
state university offers. and. a. east H=
VIII attend every farmers Institute ina
comes his way.
The magic lantern has had a truly mage
effect On many a farmer. for In the lectures
that are now being gwen the scereopGeuc
plays no insignificant part On the screen
ne may see scientifically treated and n8n-
scientifically treated crops growing SIDE az
side. Every modern method known TO en-
List me interest OF these VIC are ind cfsrent
Is patiently tried out and II this way ara
being awakened The little red school house.
long the symbol OF popular education ~
America has been partially responsible fer
the LacA II farming education .1 r,e -s-al
schools. a teacher with FORTY pupils. al
u whom she had 70 teach everything -hey
learned. had lt-le tine for anything more
t1a1 the rnree Rs. Eul wnen the con-
soLGa-on ldea struck home. The alg- sgho0.
advantage was brought To every cnld u
the community. and al agricultural course
vas brought within the reach Of every
boy.
Throughout the south much progress a.
ready has been made IN Interesting lie
farmer Good farming gospel trains have
been run over nearly every mile of is
railruads. snd the most approved northern
methods adopted in salisting his interest
Corn raising contests have been iraugrIr-
ated IN every state. la wnich every boy or
gil VINO has A plot Of and a. MS disposal
IS invited 20 become a participant cotton
growing contests. and the like
Il ts impossible TO sstImals fully vhat
an era of improved agriculture WsuId mean
10 the south OF course there always VII
ton Of me benefits OF A fun rea.iza-
ton Of the benefits Of scientific aErtcU.-
lral training LE this section that are not
IN ne way OF other sections. Millions ~
acres are tarmsd By negro tenants vino
nave no interest in the sell ard wro are
satisfied when they can get a bare living
out Of ir. Bur even with this drawback
great things are hoped FOR by those far
seeing southern educators who viii attend
the Little Rock conferences.
There ls another kind OF education in
which the state takes part thar VIII Yield
such great interest on the investment as
the technical training in the art o. farming.
l. mas been estimated that Il eHcr ear If
corn could 5e Induced to Yield ere mere
kernel each head az wheat one more
grain, each hen lay one more egg a year.
each COW give one pint more Of milk a
tag, each steer produce ore more pound
of beef ard so on through the -arasur
Of farm products. If would suffice 70 pro
duce a sum saffiCien=Sa&Hnrd avery per
son wno cared to takR Il. a tnorcusl sdu-
cation ID the art Of farming When once
so educated, the farmer car make the zal
Of corn produce dozens more Of kernels
the hen lay several more eggs. the eos
give quarts more OF milk etc.
Il has been calculated BY someone ina
II al Of the cities Of tire United States
were to john hands in the founding 81
enough schools Of practical farming u1
afford a course for every farmer in ths
land. tina decrease in the cost II living
. through the Increase in production not 0nly
would pay for the establishment OF ths
/, schools. but for their perpetual uairceu.
anca. Color IS lent 10 this statement By
what was once said BY Andrew Ca-negis
, concerning the price Of wheat. He said
there could be put one outcome OF a wal
between the United States and Europe
TIE Withholding OF a small proportion OF
our grain supply would force the price.
I'D 70 such an extent that the popuiacs OF
thar conunent would insist on peace. and
the withholding Of half OF Z would starv,
them into submission.
While IL IS the hope Of the CONSUMING
masses in the cities that increased produc
ton may decrease the cost OF living. the,
assert that the farmer will be no poorer il
the end They calculans that he viii find
: higher net profit in raising forty bushels o.
wheat 20 the acre at % cents than he nov
enjoys while raising fifteen bushels a
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