The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-07-10
TEACH PARENT
!. TO FARM ALSO
Work Plannei by Instructor in
Agriculture and Hor6culturs
in Lower Naches
WOULD EXTEND BENEFITS
As FAR As POSSIBLE
Busch Urges Dreetors Of YAk;mA
County High Schools 10 Sur.
port Introduction AZ Coursc ia
Their Schools

"A new development OF the agricul-
tural work being planned for the
high schools of Yakima county is to
De IN the nature of extension work,
which will give the opportunities for
agriculture study not only to the stu
dents but to the parents and other
residents of the community about the
school. At the Lower Naches High
school, where E. e. Cuisine is to be
instruction in agriculture and horti-
culture during the coming year, ar
rangements are being made to hold
the farmers institute in connection
with the regular courses in agricul-
ture and horticulture, and other. plans
for extending the scope of the work
to benefit as many OF the people Of
the district as possible are being.
worked out by Mr.. Cuisine, with the
approval and assistance of County
Superintendent s. s. Busch.
Will Not Need Central Schools
The development of good courses
in agriculture in the high schools
says Mr.. Busch, will not only make
1t unnecessary to esta blish centrally
located agricultural schools according
to plan which may be proposed In
the coming session of the state legis-
lature, but will have the added ad-
vantage of carrying the work to the
very doors Of the people who need it.
b Taking that view of the matter, Mr..
Busch is making every effort to get
all of the 20 high schools in Yakima
county to adopt as fast as possible
the courses now being arranged and
If, possible, to adopt the full course
with an expert in charge of the work
and with full laboratory equipment,
at least to, have spmei teacher give
enough time to 1t to take up the ele-
nentary parts of sthe courses.
Many Are Interested
Already a aumber Of schools are
making arrangements to carry out
the full course as it is now being
worked out. Mckee, Lower Naches,
Selah, sunnyside, Grandview, Wapato,
Toppenish, will have the courses with
a teacher giving all or at least part
time to tho work. Outlook, Cowiche
and Wide Hollow will probably ALI
three take up parts of the work, with
a view of including the full courses
after another year. Springdale will
probably be included in the list.
The directors of the Green Valley
school, between Sunnyside and Nab
ton, have already invested more than,
500 in equipment needed to carry
out the courses, and are displaying
a hearty interest sinc the plans of Mr.
Buschlri p -g9eNsis--+ QH IN
- Must Be Near Real Farms sg9l
"In order to be successful" said
Mr. Busch, "the teaching Of agricul-
ture and horticulture should be done
near the ranches. where the work isl
actually done. There is no better way
to accomplish this than for the d.
rectors of the high schools Of the
count to give their support to the
establishment of these courses III their
schools.
at is probable that in the next
session of the legislature a proposal
will be made to establish in the state
a number of central agricultural
high schools 1t is my opinion. how.
ever, that - the directors of all of
Yakima county's % high schools en-
courage the establishment of good
courses in their schools. with the
buildings and equipment they now
have, there will be no need for a CEN
trail school in this county"
Demand Must be Met
Mr.. Busch also quotes in support
!of his contention an article from A..
w Nolan, of the department of Agri-
cultural Extension of the University
of Illinois. who says:
Agricultural colleges, educational
leaders, city commercial clubs, and
farmers organizations, are all say
ing that the best results in agricul-
tural education and in the extension
of scientific agriculture in the future
arr to come through the teaching Of
agriculture in the secondary schools.
Some believe that separate agricul-
tural high schools shuld be estab-
lished and others hold that agricul-
ture should be introduced into the
already existing high schools. OF this
we may be sure,--if the existing hign
schools do not open their doors TO
admit agricultural courses into their
curriculum, the demand for the sub
ject will cause the separate schools to
be established. and this result may
not be the best thing for each of the
schools
THE agricultural colleges have
be IN too far, in every sense of the
word, from the country people; the
country schools are not equipped With
teachers or other means of doing eff
fective work in agriculture; but the
high schools, now almost within reach
of every farm home, are the natural
and logical institutions to develop a
system of agricultural education,
which shall bridge this gap and hand
over to the farmer and his children,
the stock knowledge known in the
colleges, experiment stations and on
the best managed farms
Courses in Local school
In the local high school the courses
lin agriculture and horticulture will
be carried out as planned. Prof. Sell
den Sniyser who has had charge of
the. work so far, will probably have
supervision OF the more extended
courses.
The courses being PLANNED by Mr..