Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-09-23

nv NINNNifi OF NIhlU uNN HlNfh NlhF+
INK what his output costs This VIII
change ~ the present tide OF agurul.
tural education sweeps higher and
higher says the Spokesman. Review.
There is no professional man more
needed iu The community han the ~
fiDultual engineer he 's man al.
most unknown at present IN this cuun.
uy but unless an signs iHil he VIII
become familiar figure within the
most wears BE viii have an office
iu every small town and small city.
Farmers who have no.. themseN 60,
haG The advantage ~ course at on
college will sech his AL.
vice he VIII Law ont the fields. he
viii fuprrvisu drainage. filing. irriEat.
ing. be- VIII loCh ate the machinery
he viii plan farm buildings, he VII
provide sanitary conditions. lac viii
advise whether an orchard shoul be
planned iu e certain place he will lay
OW lam homes and do many other
things thp' viii -ugFtst themselves
TO thv uan on the farm
There is scarcely line OF activity
cn the farm today. aud 10 will be more
uue as time goes on. hat does not In
some way call fur machinery The
making of pair OF cycGors, the fixing
OF the gasoline engine. and many 9th.
a. similar things call Tor the principles
of engineering. True the average
farm hoy rs raised 80 DO these simpler
things, but the more complicated ma.
chimes may require better mcChan'
iCal genius To-day the combined
thrcshor b. used instead OF the Hail,
and 81 takes machnist to run q com.
binc o. binder
How about Tho LAYING OF farm
humc' la the earlier DAYS the home
usually was located near spring,
purely for the purpose of water sup
plv To day u is more likely the FAR
mcr Will dig "a we'll However, Il ia
not unlikely tina; q better location
can be secured for The home. and 3he
supply of water pipod nom the spring
10 the house, VI the principles OF hive
dreuliC engineering are understood
Thousands OF farm homes are poorly
located, and the general arrangement
is worse Perhaps the pig zen ls at
the back door because IL is easy ia
carry the slops that way. The ug.to
| date farmer knows he can run pipe
rom the slop barrel To the pig PEI
and save even the trouble of carrying
it At the same time "a epromlses az,
more sanitary and slightly
The landscape engineer locates II
the city and Lays out the city homes
yet where could the services OF sucl
man be- better employed than ON th,
| farm, whore the appearance OF tn,
| barn, house, cribs, hog peas, the gar
| den, windmill aud various other things
| should be harnOniZed in appearance
| as well as 50 arranged to give III,
| best results IN the way OF health, anC
20 save the most effort IN performing
| the work? How often may the watel
| supply OF the farmer be contaminated
| without ais knowledge? These an,
only few OF the things that appear
at first glance as the field for an agri
cultural engineer
, This is the duy of concrete Some
| farmers possess the mechanical gen
ius 10 grasp the principles of the ar
| with little study bu, there are thou
sands who never will bee able 10 un
| dcrstaud such things To them IN,
I agricultural engineer would be yslu
able Not only will the building b,
constructed better, ana better located
but no doubt It may he done for les
| cost
Besides these things the agriculiur
| al engineer might he made 10 ~ int,
that place where. as yet. no one hai
/ taken possession That H. the roa,
engineer The principles of roai
building are apparently little known
The engineer might take charge O
the road building OF community
alOng with his general practice II
this manner Il would be possible 10
| any community 10 work out genera
plan OF road building which could b.
| spread ont over period of time 81
that the cost would not be excessive
any one year tie could De- employs
| by the road district or by the count
! hoard In the latter case II Is likcl
that he would have little time for tn
general practice II he did his duty b
the roads of any one county Thes
few suggestions will SHOW the genera
scope OF usefulness OF the agriculture
engineer. His coming will be Of groa
benefit To the farmer, because man
u Oi them even now are afraid to buy a
faulomohile they want because OF th
Intricate machinery
| The government estimates that {
1909 there were 3l.7iS onglnecrin
students In he universities and tccl
meal schools Of the country The
were studying mining. civil. mcchaI
zeal and electrical engineering, ht
only few were giving any altcn'io
~ agricultural engineering low
state college is the on'y one that %
fcrs degree Ia this course. but ther
are a dozen or more now preparn
90 build up such line There are -
different branches that may be tangl
in such course They are. Fam
machinery and farm motors: Earn
| structures including rural architeu
, ture; rural water supplies and SAINT,
ton; public roads drainage irrigi
ton OF course. there are some Z
these subjects taught notably that {