Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-11-03
PRAISES GOVERNORS POLICY
Colleges Doing Good Work but
They Cannot Reach All the
People-Present Schools
Are Crowded.

cultural High schools" before n small
audience. The speaker was intro
duced by Governor Mead as one un-
usually we'll posted along agricultural
lines and he regretted exceedingly
that so few werc present.
In opening the speaker said: I'VE
have heard n good deal in the past
two or three years of the conserra
ton of our natural resources. Con
sorvation. take II, does not mean
simply saving. II IS not boarding up
our resources without making any use
Of them. The commercial standing of
a CITY IS no. rated ~ !ts teapot and
stocking boards o: god not alone by
savings bank deposits out ny clearing
house records by tho business dore.
by the use made % money So con-
servation OF our natural resources
consists in making the hes. possible
use of our resources.
CONSERVATION OF SOIL
Conservation of soil does not con-
sist in letting the soil lie idle but in
using 1t intelligently so that it may
not only produce large crops and con-
tribute to the wealth of the present
owner, DEt may dlS' w VIZ ''''N' '''''
preserved for future occupants. The
same is true Of our forests and our
waters. We do not conserve the
water Of our streams by dammins
them and holding back all of the
water from the mills and their irri-
gated farms. but by damming them
in order that we may have the water
to use in running our factories and
in watering our crops
The success Of any comprehensive
scheme of conservation depends upon
education, upon the intelligent co-opera-
ton of all people. The people must un-
derstand what conservation means and
this general understanding of the prob
lem car only be brought about by wide
spread instruction through all the avail
able educational institutions. Our re-
source are largely agricultural and
hence a well organized system Of agri-
cultural schools and colleges is essential
TO the successful carrying out Of a con.
servation program.
PRAISES MEAD'S PLATFORM.
IL had p ve- interesting talk thi,
morning with your honored and dstin-
EuisEed Governor who told me that the
platform Of his administration was: q,
better schools; t9 better agricultural con-
dtions; go better roads. This is splen-
did platform and its very simplicity and
comprehensiveness as an outline for the
development of Vermonts most import
ant resuorces is an Indication of the
splendid mind that conceived IT,
he'''r SCHOOLS pet'er agricultural
oo.''''o"H anu pettcf ROADS are INSOFAR
III '"f successor III Scheme
a"' '"e '''P' o' e'''e"' ~ '"H"'uons IN Il
So -'ee's "SI ''"'"raI as vermont.
"s '"''ies ""tuI"'' N'S largely along
N'e ''e' vi "SrIr"'t'raI 40 icatl"n and
-'' pi'Si"'i' ioi iei''i'lehl progress in
s'Nu''"i"' euu'auoH """Id ihclude: Cd
'Pi'''' 'o' Una 0td'e asri'uItural
''e'+ 'O"o'''' w asT''"It"ral teachlng IN
P""'' "'sH SNh"oIs me question
"' nS"'''' WHY Hol reverse thls or
"'i anu pee'HAIhS with the elementary
= schooIs' WORK mp 10 the college. This
e""e'"e "aS 'Ieu years ago mere in New
h'ns'p'o' Ou' II ialIed. The agricultural
co"eses "'e DONG splendid work, but
theF are not reaching all of the people
thht they should. This is no fault of the
colleges nor Of those managing them be-
cause II can never be expected that a
single college III the State can train all of
the leaders in agriculture and all Of
those who expect to follow farming as a
business, Furthermore there has not
Deen, up to the present time any real
vital connection between the AGRICULTURAL
colleges and the schools below them
Ed GATED AWAY rpoNt t.pN
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-''''' Wv l"illS' me TEN
VI ' tou''e VI STUDY IN 'he n>ne-
' VI u"e mig" s'nools III ms country
a. "o'' 'he agricultural college and
away rum rural pursuits tnder such
that rranu %, ~, "a. an s',anse
have fewer students than thew are able
to accommodate"
Mr.. Crosby went on to show why agri-
cultural colleges do not meet the needs
OF secondary institutions in agriculture
and enumerated the agricultural schools
In the several States with their sources