The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-09-04
BUILDING UP AN
AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY
BY Prof. B. E Porter.

ne"4ea al the start. and the latter may
! ne according TO circumstances Tho
| Hlet mas everything to gain, and the
-%'IeI. thougn more or less conriDnal1y-
changing, may be disconnected s+ag.
| nant, damned with selfsbness ~ :.
may be JOYOUS and productive of all
1Ae Ioss. Ole good which every individ.
| Ia! should have q right to share and
enjoy. 'l-'1
| Inc Nation : ideal is the home from
"hleh radlates strength. purity. honesty
. anu uprghtneSs. No mean. selfish 40.
sire can come from such a home
unit IN a well-formed communitv-and
! no lack Of brotheriv interest which go.
! Inents the ties Of good fellowship and
! promotes the welfare and esteem of +ba
! helshbor viii be wanting. Then new
communities, however. as we'll as tha
! older ones. viii have homes that viii
seek good roads. meetings for social
"eTare ana the best schools that can
| be obtained
10 realize the several desires for the
| homes IN the various communities ar
| large, organizations and societies have
: sprung INTO being. Farmers mutual
banks, mutual telephone companies. AZ.
socia'Ions for buying and selling prod
uce and consolidated schools have had
tAeF formation. These movements for
mutual benefit and many Others of Ike
nature are making the country stronger
anu more nearly what il ought 10 he
For many years the national govern
ment has been lending a strong hand
to It's people 10 assist them in material
progress. The establishment of the az
rleultural colleges and experiment sta
tons has set forces into action which
nave done marvellous work that will
always bear abundant fruit. In fact.
so much has been done by these insti-
tutIons for the progress Of the basic
INDUSTRY that prosperity has extended
ner hand to other industries which are
50 largely dependent upon agriculture
Tor material and supplies. Again, more
over. IN these institutions men have
been made more efficient workers. and
the Nation has been made to rejoice.
not only in the possibilities of her
people at home, but in the new honors
brought to her by trained men who
have been called to build up the fields
OF industry IN foreign lands.
\ strong, healthy community reioices
n the work of her sons and daughters,
either at home or in a foreign land,
but Of late a greater premium has been
placed upon the agricultural graduate
than ever before To have the bow re-
turn 10 the home farm 1nd apply his
learning to the management of the field
and the livestock has been one of the
strongest and most potent forces for the
lupbuilding Of that community. The eff
feet Of his going back and Of his being
IN the neighborhood is wonderful. Elk,
ample and courage to put into practise
| the truths and best practises of science
have won for him undisputable honor
| as well as dollars and cents. New
| fields of grain, better orchards anf
gardens. higher quality in animal prod
ucts and better methods of marketing
have set progressive men TO thinking
and studying. Then. again, the force
| Of the example by the young men re
turning to the farms has largely in
creased the attendance at the agricul
turaI colleges on the mainland. Any
young man who attends one of thess
institutions and equips himself witt
knowledge related to agriculture anC
then acquaints himself with the bes
business methods of handling account
IS beyond price for any rural com
munitv.
Every State in the Union is reioicin!
over the success of her agricultural
graduates and Is placing a high valua
ton upon them by appropriating large
u for the respective colleges. Severa
OF the biennial State appropriations 70
the colleges have approached or passet
the half million mark, notably in Mon
tana (s4S7 .000). Pennsylvania 1926
000) and Kansas (S671 ,000). For agri
cultural buildings a number of State
have spent large sums of money. TIL
more important We're the following
Georgia. s100.00O: Iowa, 100000
Michigan. $4,000; Missouri, 100000
while California has 100000 build
ing under the process of erection.
There IS no denial of the fact tina
the added facilities for instruction ar
equipping young men for the feel
where they are most needed. In fact
Young men equipped for rural life an
all its wholesome activities are Of NOR
value to the State than well-equlppe
armies and navies, because, of truth
without the first there would be no nee
of the latter.
To me the above figures in regard I
| the ? oenditures for agricultural ed'
cato. mean that the severa! ota't
are bidding high for the agrlcultura
graduate to build homes and mas1t
- nroblems of the State. DO no