The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-06-20
ROUS|NG RESOLUTIONS
FOR FARM LIFE SCHOOL
PROMINENT WORKERS AT DUR
WHO HELPED TO CARRY
AT THE MEETING.

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struction; President d. II. Hill. of
the A. & NJ. College. and Mrs. W. n.
HUT, Durham county sent through
rousing resolutions for one Of the
farm life schools, not a dissenting
vote being heard when the CALI for Il
vote was made.
The unanimity~ with which it car
ried almost makes certain that the
election to be held later Will author
lZe it. The farmers, inclined to sus-
piclon when new things are offered,
were carried away with the addresses
and promised to become evangelistS
the they emerged from the
court house. Chairman j. w. I'm
stead, Of the meeting, besought them
not to allow themselves to be talked
out Of 1t. especially by men who pay
no and reap the greatest pos
sible good from it.
The meeting opened at IL o'clock
with Colonel B~ennehan Cameron, the
promoter Of Durham's interests. max
ing explanatory remarks. He men
toned the counties that have already
securedd these schools, Craven an
Guilford. and the six other counties,
Wake. Warren, Fender. Stanly, Robe
son and Durham, asking for them.
Quick work would win, he said. He
then called John w. UmStead to the
chair and made him president pro
tenn. Prof. c. w. Massey and mem
bers OF the press were secretaries.
DIR. Joyner spoke first and explained
the provisions of the act, which ne
drew, and stated its aims. He quoted
from the second section Of the act,
which sets forth the schools work
briefly as the preparation OF boys TOT
agricultural pursuits and T lie,
and the girls for home-maklnS ana
housekeeping on the farm. lnt
maintenance of the school, he SAID
rests with the locality in Whlcn It IS
situated and upon the State. s2.ooo
BY each. the county and townships
and the State. AS to equipment. ne
pointed out that the buildings must
consist Of recitation ToomS Win iap-
Oratory and apparatus necessary y
the work. dormitOries and barns ~
the site Of good, arabic land. Inc
minimum number ttendln must oe
twenty-five boys and twenty-five
girls. The maximum bono issue must
nor exceed $4,000.
After giving a hasty resume OF the
act and Of it's intents. Dr. Joyhe[
went into a discussion Of the demands
for such schools and declared thar
eight-tenths Of the pOpulatioh o.
North Carolina live IN the county;
The drift from country Ito town had
been steady and he pleaded Tor pre-
%seryation Of the rural
lutte aside from the ready pehehls
to be derived from trained men anu
women and improved farms ana
households, he mentioned tne niolal
effect that the school will have in the
community. Every one of these, he
declared. would become an eloquent
evangelist and living OF
better and more prosperous farming
and SWeeter, more attractive nome
making.
The speaker invited questions which
| came frequently and with possibly
one exception, in the greatest OF
respect. One man wanted to know
why it was necessary to establish such
a school when men have to pay their
A. and NJ. Of Raleigh. DR.. Joyner
quickly replied for the same reason
that the intermediate and high
schools are established to pave the
way to higher education. The fellow
had moved out before he had the an
swer which he evidently thought was
a killer OF a question.
DR.. JOyner was followed briefly by
Dr.. D. H. Hill. who gave the reason
for establishing the schools They
| grow out of the scarcity of new lands
to take the place Of old soils formerly
abandoned for the new: they become
necessary on account of h scarcity
of labor and are necessary because
of the multiplied wants Of the peo-
pie.
He said people are beginning to
see that gullies are not essentials and
hat CALLED places do no good. The
elements of chemistry will teach how
the soil should be treated. He esti-
mated that the difference between ed
| ucated farming and the present meth
DDS, that is to say. so bushels of
corn against IS under Old ways would
make the enormous sum OF 90O,-
900 in the country in a single year.
DR.. Hill spoke less than ten minut
and was followed by Mrs. w. n. HUT
, who was introduced as Mrs Hunt"
She began by saying: Il am going tc
correct an error right now. My name
is not Hunt. but HUT, n OF the
hut L am going to talk to you to-
day"
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