The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-08-25
Statement Of Facts Concerning
The Institution
IS THOROUGHLY PRACTICAL
Students viii Learn to Do by Doing
The Actual WOrk-School VIII be
In Charge Of Practical Farmer and
Crops VIII be Grown, Hogs and Cat.
tie Raised and a Dairy Run.

The farm-life school committee IS
sues today the following statement OF
facts concerning the farm-life school
in order to combat the large amount OF
misinformation that is being circulated
amongst the voters of the county:
The bill establishing the farm-life
school requires that the school shall
own and cultivate at least twenty-five
acres OF ground: that the school shall
be equipped for stock, hog and poultry
raising, and for dairying; that there
schall be school buildings equipped for
doing good high school work-one of
the regular high schools now estab-
lished may be used for this purpose.
The high school will give the usual
high school training. In addition,
the pupils will study soils, their ma
ture and treatment; drainage, the use
of fertilizers; plants and crops and
their adaptation TO certain soils; in
sects in relation to plant production;
animals, their diseases and treatment.
animal judging and growing, dairying.
poultry raising, carpentry, cabinet
making. blacksmith work, tin work.
painting. etc.
The school for girls will teach cook
ing, the economy Of food preparation
and selection; household sanitation,
the selection Of fabrics for. clothes,
etc.
Not Book Learning.
The training Is not a matter OF
book learning and school room train
ing only. For the students must
cultivate fhe farm: must grow the
truck and 5iher farm products: must
grow cattle, hogs, and run the dairy.
They learn to do by doing They keep
records and accounts and learn to do
the things which they do In a profit
able manner. A man who knows how
to do a thing protitably will be apt
to do ii protitably.
There will be in charge OF the school
mature man OF good judgmnt, well
trained in the sciences and In prac-
teal farming. He will be a man who
can run a farm, growing all OF the
crops adapted to the soil. He will
grow. according 10 the best practical
methods. hogs. cattle, stock, run a
dairy and do all these things In a
profitable manner. He will Be 4 man
who can 20 TO any farm IN the county:
give advice as TO the treatment OF the
soil. the adaptablllty Of crops 10 the
soil. the use OF fertilizers. drainage.
the treatment OF plant diseases and the
growing Of stock II will be the duty
of this man to do this for any farmer
III the county.
There will be 4 woman who IL
thoroughly trained In cooking. sew
ing and household management to
teach these subjects Ia the school and
10 give her time to lecturing in diff
ferent parts OF the county when she
Is called upon.
These two expert teachers will d.
rect the practical work which will be
done under their supervision IN all or
the rural schools Of the county
Other teachers as may be necessary
10 do the school work will Of course
be employed.
ss0,0O0.U0g Sent ont Of the State
In 1899 the total crop values of
North Carolina ID round numbers was
s14.0Oo.000. The state imported 10 this
year. as well as can be established.
ss0000.000 worth q products. most Of
which might have been raised here.
Durham county imported far more