Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1910-08-27

MS lie work.
Farmer Needs Technical Advice.
In just the same way the farmers
should benefit by the advice OF the tech
meal men who have been trained In
phases OF the very work the sfarmer does.
l am not now speaking of the man who
has had an ordinary general training.
whether In school or college. While there
should undoubtedly be such training ~
q foundation 1.-THE extent differing accord
ing to the kind OF work each boy intends
to do as . mani. II 10 nevertheless true
that our educational system should more
and more be turned in the direction OF
educating men towards. and not away
from. the farm and the shop, During
the last half-century we have begun to
develop system of agricultural educa-
ton at once practical and scientific. and
we must go on developing It. But. after
developing 1t. It must be used. The rich
man who spends q fortune upon fancy
farm. with entire Indifference to cost.
does not do much good to farming: but.
on the other hand, just as little 10 done
by the working farmer who stoiidiy re-
fuses to pront by the knowledge OF the
day: who treats any effort At improve
ment as absurd on Its face. refuses to
countenance what he regards A. new
tangled ideas and contriyances, and 3eers
at all book farming" wish I could
a, 49,. - inr- T.,sra -,hsre 7 live 10
nav. ,h.,a 80. Nat No. neen dome not
a. rh,,.rthrocv hut a. = main business
rroro,,t,nr NV man connected with tho
Ions I.Ia ma railroad Who believe II nays
n ercourar. rho drvelopment OF farms
along the line Of that railway. They have
put practical men In charge Of expert
mental farms, cultivating them Intensive
Iv and using the hest modern methods.
not only IN raising crops. but In securing
the best market for the crops when
raised. The growth has been astounding
and land only nifty miles from New York
which during our entire National lifetime
has been treated as worthless. has within
the last three or four wears been proved
to possess a realIv high value
~. ,ar,ro. h.u.var ,,,st M, or,v
49, ~. ,a.,s 49,, ~. -. wet r,.ls
no,,rtrv 10. ,s.ara.t,. ,.r h,,nsa,, ana
,or ut. Wiz ans ~. .en. sra aan,ht.rs
r.rmer. shnnIa is.rn how .n comh,re
srsct,,.,, -. 10. 49, sora In ,nau.trv
am narticn,.r,v gIaa "a .neak 10 tbe
cron.a ~ haa.,,i,, h.,,.v. ~ ,.rrsr..
orpan,yat,on,. .rd Nv. should all wecoms
every st.n taken toward. nv increasing
co-oneration among farmers The ,mnor
tapce of .uch moven.rt. carrot ha ovsr
estimated and tbrouph .uch ,rta,,,yen,
Joint action u will no nos.,hla IN imnrovp
the market Just as much as the farm
Country life should be as attractive
as city life. and the country people
should Insist upon having their full
representation when 1T comes to deal
ing with all great public questions In
other words country folks should de.
mand that they work on equal terms
with city folks in all such matters
memberships Of commissions and coun-
ellis: in short OF all the organized bod
les for laying plans for great enter
prises affecting all the people am
glad to see on such bodies the names
that represent financial interests but
those interests should not have the
right of-way and in ALL enterprises
and movements In which the social
condition of the country is involved.
the Agricultural country-the open
country-should be as we'll represented
as the city. The man OF the omen
country Is ant to have certain qualities
which the city man has lost These
Qualities offset those which the city
man has and he htmself has not The
TWO snoula De put on equai terms aho
oanort,,ritv ne ~. n,.n taia,t 80 az
nrass ,t.aI, ava 70 oan+rthr,a ~ ~.
ws,fara ~ ,ha world IN which ua ,,va
me country church shouid De mads
true sociai centre aiVe TO every neeo
OF the community Standing Tor ofoaa
lnoiVlauai OUTLOOK ana oeveiopfneh1
TAXING the ieao III WORK ana IN re'rc''
tion caring more ior cohouct 'han toi
Dogma. more 1or ethical' spirltuei'
practicai pettermeht thah lot mercy
1ormai piety' me country iair oHers
1ar greater possiniiltles Tor CONTINUOUS
ana healthy usefulness than IL al pres.
ent aHords' me country schooi shoulo
De mace Vitai center ior economic,
social ana educational co-operation' "
is naturally ntteo TO DE such center
Tor those engaged In commercial iarm-
ing. and still more Tor those engaged
In domestic farming. TOT those VINO 1--WE
on and by the small farms they them
selves own. The problem OF the rarm
Is really the problem or the lamiiy fha'
lives on the farm. On all these cues
tons there - need or intelligent study
such as marks the DOCKS OF PROFESSOR
Bailey, OF cornell AND OF Sir horace
Plunketts book on the Rural Life
problems or the united states
cora,,,or ~ r.r r.,.
one feature OF inc propiem shouio
De recos n'@eo ny 'ne farmer AT once,
ana an eHort maze 10 zeal with H.
IS our auty ana our business 10 con
s'der the Iarm laoorer exaety as We
eohsioer the FARMER NO country ny
can De satisfactory wheh the owners Oh
iaf"s tehu' LOT Whatever reason 10
20 away ~ hVs IN ci'ies 'nsteao Oh
WORKING tneir FARMS ana moreover
IL cannot De reaiiy sauslactory wheh
the iaoor system 50 Ihanaseo Una,