The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-09-23

agriculture bulletins, which are to be
found BY the dozens on the library racks
Judging corn, testing saed, studying
weeds and insects and solving problems
expressed in homsiy, everyday terms.
with which they arc psrfeotly fam Jar.
Such problems, worked day after day.
with practical object lessons always bcx
fore him, made an alert, practical farinl
boy out Of the Bulgaria. confused pasrot.'
blockhead OF yesterday. The effect has
been noticeable in the homes as we'll As
in tho schools Miss Field, the county
superintendent. narrates this actnal OK
pcrience in her county. Farmer 4 want
ed TO buy q attack Of hay from farmer
B, but they could not agree as to the
amount Of hay in the stack, and neither
had a reliable rule Tor computing IL. a.
needed the hay very much and when he
went home at night he looked Sired and
worried AT supper his wife noticed THAI
and asked what was the trouble. Ho
replied. Il can't make a deal for the
hay with neighbor b. We don't agree
as TO the amount in the stack and we
have no rule BY which we can tell the
number OF tons in il. l won't pay for
more than is there and he is AFRAID he
won't ret pay enough, and 70 il stands"
The bright-eyed son looked up eagerly
PA have You the measurements for the
stack Is il wild hayY Let me have
thcm. We learned just last week At
school how 10 measure hay in the stack
SO the number OF tons we're computed
the farmer and the farmer-to- be-with
heads close together over the paper. The
telephone rang up Mr.. and the deal
was made thar night.
'That farmer decided anew that the
taxes which he paid for his school and
its good teacher were the best invest
ment he had ever made comments Miss
Field "Down al that school his boys
and his girls were securing knowledge
they would need 10 use when they were
on farms OF their own, SO that no one
could take advantage of them or pull.
the wool over their eyes in husinessl
DEAL
One Of the things OF which Miss Field
is most proud is the formation Of
Bows Agricultural club. to which every
farm boy in the county il eligible. Not
only are the boys instructed in corn test
ing. planting and judging. but county
contests are held, for which prizes are
offered BY the local merchants How
successful these local shows have become
is evidenced BY the fact that last fall
the Page county boys took first IN every
class in corn for Iowa at the national
corn show held at Omaha, while the
county exhibit as q whole won first
pace a member or rne fS0ys AgrTcall-
tural club won the grand champion
sweepstakes at the Iowa state fair in
1909.
The parents have begun to drop into
the schoolhouses to read the farm papers
and bulletins on the racks and to absorb
ALWAYS with an air Of looking on use-
full knowledge of which they are them
selves in need You know farmer
will never come out and say he wants
to learn new thing" comments one
who now admits his interest was selfish.
sbut if he can look over the fence and
see II ne win sneak home and try it on.
the back forty
And the mothers are learning. too. for
while Miss Field is partial to the boys
she is teaching the girls to sew. to test
milk to raise poultry and to cook good,
wholesome meals.-From Raising
Crop OF Young Farmers BY +. G. Moore
head in Technical World Magazine for
October.