The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-11-25
MANY ATTRACTED BY SHORT
COURSE IN AGRICULTURE
,cOnrInaed from rrst PAssJ

Wednesdays Program.
Gam. Orchard Management, Prof
Kerner.
a m. Dairying. Prot S. E
Barnes.
1880 to 1900. Study Of corn. dem
onstration. Prof. Neel.
Afternoon.
D. m Stock feeding. Prot H. A
Morgan.
1:45. Soil fertility, Prof. Neel.
1880 to 4. Judging dairy cattle
Prof. Barnes
Evening Session.
1880. Stories of insect life, Prof
Morgan.
Thursday.
Thursdays program will be the
same as Wednesdays, except that the
afternoon Demonstration will be the
spraying of fruit trees, the place to
be selected.
Friday.
Program will be same as two pre-
ceding days, except that the afternoon
demonstration will be judging sheep.
Saturday.
Saturdays program will be same as
proceeding three days, except that the
afternoon demonstration will be judg-
ing hogs.
Monday Evening Session.
At the Monday evening session Of
the short course in agriculture, quite
a crowd assembled and heard one Of
Prof. Keffer's most interesting and
practical addresses. Prof. Keffer talk
ed Of education as applied to the
young people on the farm. Among
many goo dthings he said the talk
about keeping the boy on the farm
was all nonsense If the boys talents
were such that he was fitted for some
other line Of endeavor, and untitled
for farm work and life. He said some
farm boys were suited to the life OF
the city, and some city boys suited |
to the life Of the country, and that the |
boy should be trained along the lines
Of his talents
He emphatically urged the necessi-
y of iudicious reading for the young
people on the farm, and in the rural
schools. He said this, important mat
er did not receive the attention it
nerited. He said the young should be
ible to read judiciously, and not waste
ime reading stuff simply because it
in newspapers. He said the
chools should be supplied with books
uitable to the neds of the young, not
books which are only in
tructive, but books of the type of
'cm Sawyer, which amuse, entertain
nd broaden the mind of the young.
lie showed that judicious reading
lays an important part not only in
njoyment but in the development of
he mind.
Urged More Pay for Teachers.
Prof. Keffer urged the necessity of I
Using the teachers calling to the {
lace its Importance deserves, and G
aid that it would not be the profess e
ion it should be until it will yield
sufficient to prevent am
itious young men from using it as
topping stone to the law, medicine or
Their professions or calings.
He said the state had made consid-
-al advancement during the past few !,
ears in the realization of the impor- :.
lnce of the schools, and the pay of !.
and If it continued some
me, there is hope that much will be :,
in this needed reform.
The address was enjoyed by all
resent and contained many excellent
;oughts.
Tuesday Afternoon Session. -
The feature of the Afternoon session =
the Short Course in Agriculture,
as the judging of stock, as the man.
cement had brought nice head Of =
lttle here for the purpose of making =
practical demonstration Of how this 9
could be done.
Previous to taking up this work,
owever, lectures were delivered by d
rof Morgan and L. r. Neel. The
,rmer talked of The Composition of i
liant Food and its relation to AMI .
al Growth. y
He showed how the best results II
,uld be obtained in feeding cattle,
nd what feeds were best adapted to
lie various ends to be attained. Is,
Composition Of Soil. N
L. R. Neel discussed the Compost ii
on of the Soil, and showed what d
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