The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-30
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGES.

the nrst In the country to take that
position and President Worst and his
associates have always endeavored tn
make that idea paramount 1t seems
e. fully meet the requirements of shv
Equity Publication. TIE editorial was
as foiovF:
The question of educating the farm
er has conferred the attention of the
public upon our agricultural colleges.
Heretofore, the boys and girls upon the
farms have been educated away from
the farm. This was noticed several
years ago and some of the far seeing
| men of our times urged the establish
ment of agricultural colleges for the
purpose of training young men to be-
come farmers This was all good and
WELL and those who led in the work
! performed valuable service. But many
of even these men, like so many others
who have lead out in something or
other during their life time, are now
more or less comfortably seated in some
pedagogue's chair and instead Of being
men Of progression as they used to be.
are rather inactive. A few colleges
throughout the United States, however.
to the farmers of their states, as mem
bers of the faculties of agricultural
colleges, the service to which the farm
ers are entitled.
Education even of the farmer has
ceased to be measured by the number
of readers one has read; the number
of languages one can learn, etc. The
farmer of today demands of those who
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his profession, that they shall expert
ment with new plants and seeds; seek
the cause and remedy of plant and ami
NAL diseases and keep proper record
of their findings, and recommend ac-
ton on the basis of such findings. But
the modern farmer demands even more
than this-and justly so-namely; that
the people shall be educated to the i'm
portance of pure food; and that the
sale of artificial and adulterated pro-
ducts shall not be permitted to take
away the markets for the real and I'M |
adulterated product. Farmers demand |
that those who are paid out of the |
sums appropriated for the promotion !
of agriculture shall take pains and be |
diligent about informing themselves as |
to the best methods of productions and |
farmers young and old, and the peo- !
pie in general the benefit of the infor- |
nation CLEANED, by disseminating 1t |
through bulletins in the public press
and by public speeches.
In short farmers demand that those |
who are paid with money taken from /
agricultural appropriations shall pro-
mote and protect the interests of agri |
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the class room, but on so broad q plain |
that the farmers on the farms may
learn to look out for his own interests |
in every way.
The agitation which the farmers of |
the United States are carrying on to
obtain their. demands in this matter is !
drawing the line closer and closer be- |
tween organized capital and the COM |
mon people, and it need not surprise |
us if in the future we shall find that /
organized capital which has won more
victories of late by silently and quietly |
sneaking about legislative and admin |
istrative halls and chambers than by |
open fight, will show it's hand by at |
lacking those connected with agricuI- |
tural colleges who are endeavoring to |
give the farmers of the country what |
the map.
IsE Keep your head cool and your
spirit humble.
kE The results of the investigation
of the hulk of the battleship Maine
will be eagerly awaited by American
people.
ar Since its refusal to adopt prohibit |
tion--Denver advertises as high. dry
and wet.
EE Colonel Grasse has been in quite !
a quandary for several weeks. He ap-
pears undecided to advise his friends
whether to purchase ice or coal.
a.. Halley's comet may have been
hum digger seventy-five years ago
but the people have seen too many |
strange sights to enthuse over it's pres
ent appearance.
80 The annoying and disease breed |
ing dust in Fargo is to a large degree |
.uncalled for. IL the primary causes of |
most of the dirt and filth were once
removed the rest would be easy.
1H If Legislator Link of Illinois had |
fled instead of confessing to the ac-
|ceptance of a bride for voting for |
Lorimer-what lot of fun the para
graphers could have had about the
missing link
a. The Chinese officials have be-
come indignant over the way ghouls |
have been opening up graves to get /
the hair of dead Cinnamon -and will
prohibit the expectation Of hair. This |
will be great blow to the American