The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-02-16

produce a greater quantity of grain
than any other cereal.
Seed corn testing should be espec-
tally looked after this winter. The
hard freeze Of Oct. 18th. weakened
the corn and the yet weather follow
ing has made it necessary to test every
ear to pc used for seed the coming |
season. have made several tests
Of seed picked fromthe field at husking |
time and some picked from the crib
after the last freeze. From % to 40
per cent Of it is worthless for seed.
So the farmer who plants the seed
picked from the crib will have to
plant and tend 100 acres Of ground to
get as much corn az his neighbor will
from 60 acres with tested seed.
At no time in the history OF the
American agriculture has it been 90
necessary to utilize every foot Of our
soil az at the present time. II We
make such great strides in the next
decade we will need still more experi-
lnent stations, for the betterment of
agriculture. The government should
help out with this good work Of feed
ing and caring for this peaceful world
instead Of building battle ships every
year. It should have in every county
an experiment. farm. The only ex-
pense will be at starting, for after
that it will pay back every cent Of
and good profit on top.
If the business community would put
Its spare change in an experiment
farm the increase per acre in the corn
belt would soon be enough to put up
fine buildings without issuing bonds
at all. Each rural school could then
run sort of branch station under the
lead and help Of the county farm.
Thus We come to the next part Of
our topic Can the school De Of any
practical help? Ia the first place in
order to make q success Of this good
work we need teachers that are fitted
to teach it. So many think that
all the teaching that is necessary in
the rural schools 10 just the three
RS. or at least all book work.
And SO we too often 60 to the city for
our teacher for the rural school. It
is possible that she does not know q
bushel Of corn from . peck Of wheat.
These teachers are we'll enough versed
in some lines Of education but not in
things Of the farm. and thus we turn
the minds Of our boys and girls not
toward the farm hut of to the city.
Then we set up the cry, how can we
keep the boys and girls on the farm?
There is no easier way than TO train
them to be practical farmers and find
that there is no degrading work at
tached to the farm. but all ia good.
Iclean. honest. healthful employment.
Our rural schools can do more toward
making practical farmers Of the next
generation than any other school.
Statistics give the average age Of the
child in the rural school at l2 years.
Some say it is throwing time away to
teach agriculture when the schola. g
are in no position to know whether
they will be farmers, doctors,
lawyers or preachers. But believe
there is no better opportunity than to
take pupils at rural school age and
Igive them good practical instruction
in nature study and the elements Of
agriculture. Get them to carry the
instruction into the home and field and
put il o'use. 1t will make their work
on the farm and about the home much
more interesting. We admit that
many teachers have hard time get
ting the scholars interested when the
parents ridicule such work. But If
the teacher is we'll fitted and able
to make the study interesting the
lscholars will soon be won over and
see the great benefits they are to
derive from the work. It will then
be easy to influence and win the
parents
y hut here lies the great trouble.
4 We have so few teachers fitted to
teach it in any manner. Until this
problem is solved there is little use
/ trying to interest the school or the
parents in something Of which the
teachers do not know the first
principles.
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