Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-08


The Southern Ed1calcna. conference
wl-c1 begns ls mseuuRs "a LIZZIE Rock to-
day g a 1ody r-sprssentalve 1t practically
al educational Institutions RI the south.
public and private pr-ma- secondary and
I-glsr IL IL therefore a tacr Of -eme1d-
Gus sElEeancs t1a- the conferences viii
1ey1le is eulre attention ID the subject CT
agrc-ural education. The south has not
JET east-slv recovered s-1m The devasta-on
u VA and the anarchy Of construction
e has always 10 ieaI WIN the race proc
lem. aud Q has not enjoyed a proportion
ara share % .1e great prosperity vllch has
blessed The republic IL ate ysa-s That
the southern farm and the southern
farmer must be- dep nd-d lpUn % bring
ne south gp villa The procession IS the
conviction CT every man vlo 1as studded
ne problems Involved
The educators 10 er--arence a. Lite
Rock desire r1 maze the calling u ne
farmer a profession by giving nm a pro-
t=ssicnaI raining Wherever schools FOR
farmers nave been established 10 IS Je
record rlas the graduate Eas been able %
produce twice as -ucl as he unsducated
farmer on a gwen acrsas-
The south has Eg ~ 900 acres uf improved
farm Land In s1ue u the northern states
.r has beer demonstrated mat scientific
farming Yields about g. per acre more *
1rotr than h~aPnAzarI drudge lArmlug
Down 10 date a. least r5u--ftt1s af the
south g tiled acreage = Beng farmei by the
drudge farmer Applying The lesson OK the
northern experiment aLons L01oG0N
acres q southern farm and ulgn- De made
to yield E4 an a--a more llal g. preseur J.
gain OF more -lan E.Faga lG Tax even
laIf Of T. and slll L1e-a ls an increased
value per year amounting to H+ooaSa
There are many instances o. ne aapnaz-
ard ways that charactarlze the farming cp-
zrau0ns OF the south u0day-snd those %
me aort1 II yesterday. But the most strik-
ing is the experiences Of A large number Of
southern cotton planters. because it not
cnlv shows luw family the system mas
been. Bur also that g1od may grow out Of
evil. In parts q louisiana and eastern
Texas there has been a ErsaL dread q the
invasion Of the 10l- weevil into tire cotton
sleIds. This has ed many cotton planters
TO cease the cultivation of cotton and 10
begin the growing u rice. The result has
been In many Instances that where go
worth OF cotton grew heretofore 80 worth
Of rice grew MS yea-
Intelligent crup citation mas been proved
to be a Boon to Lard. enrichlnE IL al the
while Z Is producing direct wealth On the
other hand. singLe-crgppiug results IN a
positive drain on the sol, in The end mak-
ing IT. 50 poor lnar even the provernLaL
alack=yed pea wiz refuse to sprcut in il
as there is no ether section of the cGunL-y
so favored with .olg seasons and a huun-
ufuI supply OF neat and moisture il fol-
lows that the methods watch have ben
employed 10 maze every north western
state A v~srlrahIe empire within itself might
be followed with even more advantages II
the souzh.
WORKOUT land Is the bane Of the south
srn states. ard yet schuuis for farmers
may work the redemption uf those waste
places anu 444lg L-=m flow with milk and
honey Il 1az oeel calculated that an
educated farmer IS worth HG1g more 70
the commEnirg than an economic stand
point The great difficulty encountered By
those vno would inaugurate scientific
farming methods IN thz whole country
has been 10 AWAKEN the farmer to the
importance Of IS all. so that he would
end a hand In he effort 10 puil MIN Gg'
Of the rur Of impracucabIs routine. Fol
years scienrac farming education has beer
obtained as easily As an education f3i
the law. the ministry. the c~Ounuing-hous'
or the medical profession. Yet the sor
VINO was 20 remain a farmer was not sen
to a school for farmers As the one VII,
vas 10 become a lawyer vas sent &c rs
schno Tor law sTs.
Today the educators are carrying II,
svarggl Of scientific IgricuIrGrs directly
uI the doors o. the farmErs Wher1
bulletins and other advice issued b,
experiment stations and Agricultural de
-partme-rs seldom are acted upan, On tn,
theory tHa-. TINS might be true On sons
other and 6lt IL would not do the sam.
On mine. the sccuLar demonstrations o
me modern agriculture teachers hav.
awakened a 1--we interest and have con
WINGED the farmer NAT il will 10 on M
land.
some time ago he Wisconsin universir.
Agriculture department conceived The ide,
u taking a corps Of dentists 0u- INTO tht
rural districts and experimenting tn
spraying of apples against the coddlini
Moth. The farmers were 70 furnish N
labor ard the state would furnish N
spraying matEriaL- Many rchards wer
sprayed. ana when the harvest home meet
? ing was held ami the sprayed crops wer
gathered, il vas shown to the large mum
Der Of farmers wh0 attended nat al bu
: per cent OK the apples IN the uuspraye