The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-11-04
COUNTRY LIFE HALL

What do you think of the plan and
purposes Of this community center in
the open country?
Should vastly more farmers get di.
rect benefit from the experiments and
publications of the National Depart
ment of Agriculture and State Ex-
pertinent Stations, as we'll as from
the better methods of farming tried
out by other farmers, maybe only a
few miles away from their own farms
and should the millions spent annual
ly for all this valuable agricultural in
formation be SO largely wasted?
Should these better ways of farm
ing be worth thousands of times
more than they now are by being
made available to each farmer in his
daily business of farming, and where
could they be made more available
than in Country Life Hall located
in every consolidated school district,
the hall to be used for different kinds
of meetings and social gatherings, in
Guiding its use in common by the
grange, Farmers Unions and other
organizations?
Should Country Life Consolidat-
ed school district containing 10000
acres more or less of productive farm
land, producing gross income Of
from $3.50 to 5000 per acre, or a
total gross income Of from $3.50, 900
to $1,oeo.ooo year, on a total val
uation Of 500 an acre or $4,000. 900
for the land, afford salaried secre-
tary for Country Life hall, the hall
TO be situated near the center of the
district. the farthest boundary /, OF
which being about three miles? u
Should this Country Life Hall sec
rotary keep a record Of the different
kinds Of live stock and farm crops
produced in. the district, the quantity
Of each, when and how much Of each
is ready for the market; the secre-
tary not buying or selling any of
these products, but simply keeping
complete record and furnishing the
information which would make 1t
easier for all buyers to get in touch
with the producers?
Should the Country Life Hall con-
tain a complete description of how
market quotations of farm products, +
thereby keeping the farmers in touch
with market conditions, as we'll as
files of agricultural papers, so that
any farmer in the district could have
access to the information contained {
In all Of them? I
Should the national government {
award prize ribbons or banners cost +
ing only few cents, to the farmer
N each Country Life school district h
who raises the best corn, the best Il
wheat, the best fruit, the best cattle. e
he best poultry, and so on, to be t
awarded by score cards grading the t
POINTS of excellence, and should this
'e an inexpensive way of singing out S
he best farm methods and bringing t
hem to the notice of farm neigh bors S
Who could and would adopt them? a
Should the Country Life Hall con- G
attn a complete description of how a
ach one of the neighborhood prize q
Winners raised his prize winning
rop, SO that every farmer in the dis b.
riot or every visitor could know how m
was done? v,
Should the Country Life Hall with al
II this available information at hand
esult in increasing the gross income =
'om the land of at least five dollars
er acre, or an increase of 100000
nnually for the consolidated Coun- F,
y Life school district Of 10000
,res? he
Should the Country Life school of
ant be built in cooperation with be
e national government, the state pl
'vernment, the county and the CON- wi
unity, and consist OF at least 10 w
res of land, its site being one of ma
e best in the central part of the be
strict, and include teachers cot go
&c, community hall, athletic a