Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-14
COLD DRAWS FARMERS HOME
Conference Ended Before Time Be-
cause of Anxiety for Stock.
AVERY ON AGRICULTURAL TOPIC
plying Farm schools - Speaker
Adkins of Illinois Lexisla-
ture Makes Address.

Adkins of Illinois Lexisla-
ture Make. Address.
Solieitous over the welfare Of the folks
at home" and the care OF their live
| stock in the extremely cold weather. the
farmers who have been in convention in
Omaha for three days decided to do
away With the session that was TO have
been held yesterday and hurriedly COM
menced their deliberations Friday.
AT its last business SESSION the Ne
brasks Farmers congress voted to meet
. next year in Omaha, following the ex-
| ample Of the Farmers Cooperative
Grain and Live Stock state association.
which early In the convention decided
on Omaha for next year. Another act was
to re-elect the old executive committee,
composed Of T. G. odell. A. NJ. Templin.
L. C. Lawson. w. S. Delano and W. F.
johnson.
Formal resolutions were passed at
joint meeting Of the congress, the Coop
erative association and the Rural Life
commission. Advocacy Of country wide
and unlimited parcels post and the initla-
tive, referendum and recall was reaf-
firmed. The legislative committee was In
structed to draft the blue sky" Law sus.
gested by G. Z. Condra, providing for the
registration Of all investment concerns
operating In the state and investigation
OF their propositions by the state. to
the end that the people may be protected
against putting their money into fraudu-
lent schemes. especially into worthless
land.
Farmers Bank System.
The resolutions provided for a commit
tee Of seven to devise a plan for a CO.
operative agricultural credit system, or a
system Of farmers banks. Consolidation
OF rural schools. with the addition OF
courses in agriculture and domestic
science. was advocated and II was sug-
gested that state aid should not be given
to city high schools under the guise of
agricultural education, unless the rural
schools are given the same aid.
The resolutions pledged the support Of
the farmers to the University Of Nebraska
and declared that university professors
should not be>aliowed to leave because OF
offers of higher salary elsewhere. Re
quest was made of the regents Of the
university for division OF farm econom-
les in the agricultural school, where
problems of farm management, cooper
alive marketing and cooperative banking
may be worked out.
In a symposium on "Co-operation In
Europe" yesterday afternoon at a Joint
session OF the three organizations, adj
dresses were made by L. $. Heron
editor Of the Nebraska Farmer, on Den
mark and the Danes" II. F. BERGMAN.
editor Of the Farm Magazine, on the
Rochedale Stores" and 7. f. sturgess.
editor Twentieth Century Farmer, on
German Agriculture. The Danes. ac-
cordlng to Mr.. Heron. allow no middle
man to take a profit, but control the
course and disposition Of their butter.
meat. eggs and other produce from its
source OF origin to the hands of the
consumer nor do they allow any middle
man a profit on what they buy, as they
purchase practically everything they use
through the means OF their cooperative
purchasing societies.
Avery ON Farm Education.
NJ 'hO loihN mttNiHb III the evening
addresses were made by Chancellor Avery
of the University OF Nebraska and
Speaker Adkins Of the legislature of H.
linois. DIR. Avery said the present prob
lem OF agricultural education is 10 reach
the boy who has neither time nor inclIna-
ton for college study. He spoke against
scattered agricultural schools, saying in
part:
III we go on multiplying schools like
the one at Curtis, 1t would cost, al an
estimate Of 100000 for the first building
and equipment 100000 to place one in
each county, while biennial expense
of $4,000 could be absorbed in main
tenanee with no appearance OF extraya-
gance at any one spot. On the other
hand, few school districts can afford to
install agricultural departments without
additional support from some source or
other
In adopting a system that will not
too heavily burden either state or local
fity. 1t seems to me that our course is
rather plain. Let the university main
tain its position OF leadership in this
pewer educational movement. Let the
STATE maintain a strong agricultural de-
Iartment in each OF our four normal
schools. Let the central school Of agri-
culture at Lincoln and the new school
at Curtis be developed as models in Sec
onaary agricultural education.
Subsidies TO High SCHOOLS.
Then let the next LEGISLATURE 1ss a
bill granting liberal subsidies to those
nigh schools which are making a be-
ginning in efficient agricultural instruc-
lion. Blair, Tecumseh and Holdredge
are already taking steps in this direction.
Valentine might use our substation there
Tor demonstration purposes. Definite
standards should be set, and the prlnci-
pal OF the University School Of AKricuI-
lure might be made the supervisor of
agricultural instruction in the subsidized
| schools. and no school receive aid without
IBIS approval In cities the subsidy could
be used 10 establish trade schools IL
their boards OF education so desired, In
other words. the plan would be to serve
our Industrial needs. and agriculture
being by far our most Important indus
try. would naturally receive the greater
part Of the money granted"
Costly Distributing System.
Speaker Adkins told Of the development
Of the cooperative elevator movement.
incidentally delivering himself Of some
ideas on the reasons for the nigh cost OF
living. ...
Il went into Libby, Mcneil & LAbby's
place in Chicago" he said, and there |
saw whole room full Of samples Of va
rious kinds Of meats and vegetables in
cans and jars, and the woman who waited
en- me told me that with such cans and
jars at her disposal a woman could pre-
pare a good mea. in twenty minutes The
factory had done the work that our
women used TO do. Then when that can
is In the grocery store the farmer won't