The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-05-16

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c~Ontented. The present school svs-
tenn mas been compared to a railway
system, the branch lines re~prosentlpe
| the common schools-the feeders the
main line h higher educational sys-
TENS. Less than five per cent Of those
VINO start in at the common schools
reach the main track. About 80 per
cent get off at the end of the seventh
grade. BY establishing the farm life
schools You are building branch !ires
which leads to the 80 per cent of the
whole people, not leaving tham help
less to repa as best they can for
their daily task.
Mr.. Joyner explained that the work
Of the school was to p for Civ
ing the boys and girls a practicable
knowledge in those things which al
fected their lives: learning the boys
farming and stock raising. the girls
house keeping, home making, cooking,
canning. etc"
Keep Woman in Her Sphere.
His statement that the woman be
longed in the home when taken from
the nome and put in other things. was
striking a blow at the very root of our
civilization, brought applause from the
audience.
Demonstration Work.
Besides teaching the growing gem
erations better methods of farming
he said the act provided that demon
STATIONS should be given at the school
so all the people Of the community
might see what is taking place, and
might come for short courses Of in
struction. He said hat the farmers
had talked Of wanting him to put ag-
riculture in h public schools-'I
want to help you" he said. but I
cannot do 1t as long as we have women
teachers in the schools until we get
them filled full Of love and knowledge
OF those things pertaining to agricu,-
turp and Until thew have 9nnl1jra6 that
confidence which enables them to IN
dertake to teach agriculture. You have
got to get the spirit in the teachers,
the enthusiasm and confidence With
such farm life schools, you can gel
teachers here and instil into them
the spirit Of farm life and you viii
make your educational system four
hundred fold more effective, You have
got to begin teaching them in the
formative stage of life"
Youths Will Remain on Farms.
DR.. Joyner said that he, as we'll as
his audience desired to prevent the
strongest blood Of the farms being
drawn to the cities. He alluded to
some sections Of Georgia where whole
counties are owned by ten to twelve
men and declared that no community
can be a strong one with a large ten
ant class. He thought the farm life
school was a means to awakening in
the boys and girls a new interest in
the things about them, a making Of
the cOuntry attractive. The isolation
and barrenness Of the farms should
be broken up; farmers should install
modern ideas in their homes. He
referred to a place where he stayed
In Robson county, where the farmer
had electric lights and bath rooms in
his house-the soil had paid the cost.
Conditions in Yadkin.
DR.. Joyner spoke Of his recent visit
to Yadkfn county, one Of h best fruit
counties Of the State, where the peo-
pie had migrated away-in Winston,
Yadkin county people. The people
hadn't been educated to mix brains
and soil. He declared a quarter Of a
million people had migrated from this
State to all parts Of the earth, because
they were not trained to make use Of
what they had before them. There
was no other way to stop the tide ex-
cept by education. The time had come
when we wanted educated people Oh
the farms.
What Must Be Done.
He then briefly explained tina the
act provided the county provide by
bond issue or private subscription or
both at least $4,000; and provide
$4,000 annually for maintenance, the
State to appropriate $4,000 annually
assessment of about s22, 900, 900 to q
special tax of about one and one
half cents on the 500 for the bono
issue and maintenance.
DR.. Stevens Address.
DR.. F. L. Stevens, of the A. and M.
College, spoke for a short while upon
the advantages of a farm life school
This was an age of competition he
declared and the farmers of North
Carolina were competing with those
Of all the other States on various
things. 1t therefore was urgent tina
they be the best equipped they could
He showed that farming could bt
taught, and used as Illustrations. thu
work Of DR.. Knapp. He called at
tention to the dairy industry, how Dali
ryman j. A. Conover had found tina
half the cows of this State were no
making enough butter to pay theil
board. His talk was quite instructive
Prof. n. Y. Judd Speaks.