The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1911-03-17
OREGON SCHOOL NOTES.
Many Pupils See the Farm Special
drawing in the Fifth
Grade.


City to see the world champion COW.
Josephine. from the school of agficul-
ture Of our state university. The
board OF education gave leave Of alb.
sence To all pupils In the eth and sth
grades and the high school vino dr.
sired TO attend and scycnty.iiye pu-
pills took the opportunity, sixty Of
them being In the high school 80 that
there was no session In this depart.
mcnt Friday afternoon and students
and faculty all visited the farm spr.
cial.
The lntcrurlan officials made a
rate Of one fare for the round trip
We certainly appreciate this kind
ness and encouragement. We not
only had pleasant outing school
folks always appreciate and enjoy a
change In the regular roui inc Of
school Workout We saw wcll.brcd
well.kept, world record Missouri milch
COW that gave more than three thou.
sand gallons of milk t3asjgallons, last
year, worth nearly 500 ~ scents a
quart. We saw the ten Ives, ears Of
corn In the world grown last year by
one Of our Missouri boys. We SAN
the best beef steer IN this great state
and three ur the hest sheep Ia Mis-.
souri, and a. line specimens uf wheat.
oats and grasses ~ grow anywhere.
But best of all We caugh, a real,
live idea. We heard the lectures and
saw before our eyes praciir teal illu>,ra.
lions Of what the speakers were say.
ing. When II was all over We began
10 see that W. have ~ good soil righ,
here In Holt county ~ there j. IN the
world. and that lay proprl, pr"srry.
Ing and caring for lids land. iiorul,
and carefully rultivaiiug II. and ~.
Letting only tlir best seeds. W. can
raise n good rorn. small grain and
grass, and Just ~ hpuniiful crops on
these farms ~ any body can grow amy.
where. Furthermore. .InsrplIinr's
record IL exceptional 10 br sure. Int
The results are not due to any excess.
i've ~ cNpcnsi," feeding. hut Ia breed.
Ing and 10 feeding for milk and only
milk. u l. just ~ ruSll, aud trou.
blossom" to raise. feed. miia COW
thai gives 1D gallons al uiik per year
A. II J. 10 k,"pa COW that gives l2,n
Ia l'an galloi,s per year. - win beef
cattle, sheep. chickens and horses,
the best are tie cheapest. and are
none Too goud In Holt county farmer
boys aud girls. The nrNt generation
Of farmers must moi only realize
these thing, bui they must ralilr
ON them. Turn ~ III" agriculture
light, the bread and batter uf every
one Of rs drI"ni> upon u.
The board at education has had
made 10 order Two record hooks. oIic
for the high school and one for the
grammar depart mrni. These books
are threr.luarlcr Russia binding, pat.
cnt Nat opening back, leather back
and corners, lc,trred IN gold on back
and printed on No. ~ DENY Defiance
Ledger paper. They carry ~ names
10 the page and with our present en-.
rollment have pages sufficient for 30
years, allowing ~ per cent waste In
arranging names by classes and
grades. With the population Of the
city doubled these books will carry
the records for 10 years. Thus will
le preserved u neat, complete. access.
lille record of every pupil who comes
within our gates. These data will in.
crease In interest as the year 20 by.
II would be practical for all our
schools, rural ~ we'll ~ town and
city, To keep complete and permanent |
record 0f school matters iu- their dis |
trict.
Tomorrow, 18th, Is Rural Educa.
tiOnal day for Holt county. Already
a large interest II manifest IN this
event. The meeting Is to extend our
acquaintanceship and exchange ideas;
the exhibit OF work done In the rural
schools, the prominent speakers from
various parts Of the state, the en-.
couragement and impetus given to
our schools, all will make This day
worth while. The pupils OF the Ore.
gon school will do all they can 10
make our visitors welcome and our
citizens will extend the glad hand,
The music committee recently pur.
chased fifty new song books for our
high school. These books contain 10 |
new songs each. Our morning sing
ing will continue to increase in inter
est.
The fifth grade, Miss Green's room, |
have been doing some good work In
drawing. They are going to place
this work on view Friday this after.
noon. Parents. you will be pleased to
see this work. The children and
teacher will be more than pleased to
have you visit them. Can't num-