Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-03-24

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Of which nature study and elementary
agriculture are important features"
These special and extended courses
are generally given with only a slight
II any, charge for tuition and entrance
organizations are not required.
. $50 great has been the recognition OF
the ihportaace-of agriculture that inl
nearly all states, 1t is taught in theI
common Is dolls. A typical four-year
high school agricultural course in
cludes such subjects asstudy OF haI
seeds OF grasses, grains, and vage'
tables; methods Of preventing ard oia.
dicatfng weeds; physical features Of
the soif,- their composition and has
havior under different treatments,l
diqercnt types-ef soils. and tAeir~ehar
.acteristfcs; chemical constituents Of
'-soils ana e1acbs- Of rotation of crops.
and dilfossfit. stems Of s1alahingf
shrdedinE, feeding. care and. judg as d
.-swine. .iegsa ~ sgd sesaas;s priboiNes
sos fruit gros5a n sodc ,i9a anu climate
=
--tAlih Sc, terdlizing, blsntsng, diseasesr
in,bcts, epl-lg sis,es7< plll'ia 5i-etc.
Anotifer iiil aa lhase. OF present
day Agricultural cdNMNeris the iai-l'
e1s' In titutes Of Whicir Oyer 1850 o.
are he'd annually under state OF gert
eminent au pipes. rgnaing nom oa4 o
several days in ddration They taks
up a great variety d subjects whica
ut the rparteala 'nsads OF the looality
where they are ned. Attendance Is,
alV.ays free.
The government department Of
aglicuitupe Stands ready 60 assist farin.
els. in 'evesy' way ii can, even to tha
.eXteat'':6fi sending experts to Their
farms when these experts are within
reaching distance Often this is done
without any expense to the farmers,
if the question ral ed is one of general
Importance. II The farmers question
can be answered by correspondence or
by sending publication. the expert
does not so to visit him; If the inquiry
relates to SOME new problem OF sen.
eral Importance, the expert goes to tia
farmer 1919 ~.
Just. to show what can be achieved
by man that is determined to be a
Scientific farmer, note this: A man
who has followed the ministry and was
ordered by his physician'to get into an
outdoor occupation, used his savings
and a mortgage, to acquire Is acres
and a. few cows In Pennsylvania
The land wasn't worth much, and he
knew nothing about farming; but he
got into communication with agricul.
tural and dairy experts in Washington
and did things as they should be
done in light of modem scientific
methods.
i'At the end. of three years he had
80 " blooded COWS, was employing
tour men the year round, had paid of
the mortgage, and was clearing $4,000
a year from the sale of cows, calves
and farm products. He raised from
these Is acres more food than his
go cows consumed -. though it is
held by dairy farmers generally that
usually two acres are needed for one
COW, and for one acre to furnish SUN
cient sustenance is rare
Perhaps your boy, it is safe to say
after learning that he doesn't need to
be the. TRADITIONAL cIodhopper because
he is a farmer, but can be as cultured
a gentleman as anybody else, will not
protest when he discovers that you
have the farm in mind Tor him.
After he has got all the education he
feels he cansaford he reaches the prob.
lem of how to get a farm There Is
no end of avenues. He can go to work
to fix up his fathers farm, as most
would probably do, or can get a job
as farm hand for a neigAboE who will
pay him $40 to $50 month and board.
He can save at least three-fourths OF
this, and by the end OF two years or
so can make first payment on q tract
Of land somewhere. ~
I; & young man can
: g ~ - : farm, the requirements
are 80 Obvious ana simple; but with
the scientific training he has had he
viii probably have a situation offered
him or another avenue win be opened
up some time before he leaves school.
The mere schooling along scientific
agricultural lines he can get, the more
competent he viii he. OF course, and
the more clearly VIII he be able to out.
line the future Numerous swell-trained
young men are employed as supegin.
tendents on large farms or find their
openings in rcauscitating socalled
Exhausted farms. m n
If your boy should wish to gowest,
a postal card sent to the reclamation
service Of the department OF the in.
terror will bring information how to
acquire Irrigated lan6-where the
problem of rainfall does not exist
for $50 an acre in ten annual payments
without interest; and at tie same time
he will have even closer cooperation
OF government experts.
Anyhow, your boys place as a scien.
tific farmer win be an envlable one.
particularly as nowadays owing to
improvements in all lines OF activity,
every farm in a populated section can
have its own telephone and running
water, apd~trolley lines that will take
your hoy to- the city in a-short time
will run by his. door or nearby. Aud
the farmer that knows his business
and succeeds. is always the one his
neighbors delight to honor whether to
elect him president OF the local orange
or alliance or to send him to the legls.
lature W e'f A
Copyright, 1910 by the Associated Lit,
fA -tsf eTarV lar5ee