Newark post., 1911-05-10
Horticultural EduCa-
ton In Delaware
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question of extension worl h., .1o 80,
:ege. In a State whose hort;cr, ,t,,ra1
interests are as great as ours thara =
iieed OF man who could % ahou+
Lloll larm to farm, tax over farm
pionielnS with the farmer, offer sug-
ststiolss Where they are needed or
asked tor, be wiling to take his coat
oh II necessary to demonstrate point
IN IN some orchard or garden operation,
ne should be man of fact as well as
khowledge, and consequently such tea
chers nave to be wisely chosen This
peninsula needs such man, or men
to go about among our fruit growers
and vegetable growers and in a short
time, II the right man had been chosen
he would more than repay the State
ior any money expended The hest
way to teach is by personal contact
he men in the Fedora experiment
stations are glad to do such work
Whenever they can; but they are usual
ly tied down with other duties incidenri
10 their experimental. work. and it. is
impossible tor them - he in the 6eit,
al! the time, or answer everv beck and
call
A good extension man need not ne
cessarly be a good experimenter, but
he must be good practical horricul-
turlst and be one who is capable OF
correctly interpreting and applying the
results of scientific experiments work
cd out by others. He should be the
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rhe farmer.
AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT
STATIONS.
The work of the Experiment Stations
IS a phase of horticultural education
that we have not as yet touched upon.
1t is hard to exactly define the re!a-
| ton OF the horticultural department OF
the Experiment Station towards edu-
cation. The aim OF the Experiment
Stations should be the working out of
| fundamental principles and methods
| whereby such principles may BE- put to
practical use The results of such
work usually reach the fruit or vege-
table grower in the form OF bulletins
which are often written in such tech
nlcal terms that the ordinary man
| does not understand them. Such tech
| meal publications are absolutely neces-
Sary Tor the correct chronic, ing OF new
| knowedge, yet there is a need of some
publications that will put the results OF
| experimental! work before the man on
The farm in such language that he can
not help but understand. The social
ed popular bulletins issued BY MANY
| stations do this .i,;,,, II =. =.
practice that should be encouraged.
Under the terms OF the Federal Acts
whereby the Experiment Stations were
established, IT. is impossible for sta
tion to publish with Federal nnds de-
tailed results OF work in other States,
arrIc. .es of information which deal with
facts OF general interest. such as a
treatise on apple growing, green house
construction, etc, unless such work
has been actually done al the station
i'll question. Such information is often
just what the farmer wants and just
what he Experiment Station would
like o give him. Many States pay lor
the publication OF bul .etins out of State
funds, and where this is done. there
are not he same restrictions placed up
on station publications, and the sta
ton is able TO be OF greater benefit to
its constituents.
HORTICULTURE IN SCHOOLS.
One of the greatest chances that is
700 often neg ected. however, for the
advancement OF horticultural educa-
ton, is work in the rura. schools and
high schools. The Importance OF agri-
| cultural education in the high schools
in small towns is secondary on'y to
the Importance OF the Agricultural Col
eegs themselves Agriculture is a
proper and fitting subject for lhe cur
ricuum of any high school where a
'arge proportion OF the pupils come
from country homes. Many high
schools are putting in courses i'll type.
writing, bookkeeping, etc. in order
that their pupils may make a liveli
hood upon leaving schools. Why moi
have courses in poultry raising, fruit
and vegetable growing, or household
science, in order that The pupils may
know something OF better farming
when they 'eave the high school?
In our horticultural districts, how
. ever. the problem goes back still far
ther to the country schools. Here i
the teachers great opportunity to III
terest the boys and girls OF countr,
homes in country life. Here in th'
humble country school-room can b'
incu'cated into the very beings OF tn
children a love for nature and farm III
that can never be obliterated save b.
the hand OF death Educators in som
| ot o,,r E,ct,arp States have been alto