The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1912-09-06
SCHOOL FARMS
Are latest
Plans Fer Raising Money
For Education.
Seventeen School Farms 0per-
ated Last Year With
Gain Of $1,000.

Nss,iing more money for their s,loels
than WIS b,lns raised 10y taxation. the
| Inhabitants of wake county. Moth
Caro- ira. ADOPT d the unique eNpAitnt
! Of cu.,i, aiing land surrounding the
schools, the money obtamed from the
sac OF the crops being use-i for the
snefit of the 81 DOL. Scventeen such
schoo. farms wor, operl;ed last " ar.
They werc work d by 1900 persons.
men. women and chddicn. who con-
tribute their 'ator free. THE mt gun
from the enterprise was nearay S. 30.
This new NOV mant to raase al li.iona,
funds for the country sitool IS de-
scribcd by A. c. Monahan, assistant
in rlra., .duca,eon in the United S;s,;es
Bureau of Education. la "a m,oosrai,h
just issued for free distribution by the
buroau. MIR. Monahan writ ~:
1.-The plan has ben cai,ed the school
farm moveman and c,nor ,Sa MS the =
tab tsl n.ent Of email farms Of from
two to tn acres in connection with
every county school. This farm is t.
be cultivated by the children md their
parents, working tos tedIer on certain
days termed school fam working baas.'
THE working bers' are glthe;in IS
for sorial purposes as well as for the
cultivation of the school and. ELcn
school farm is usul.y given 30 one
crop. 4 regular system OF rotation Is
p,annal. The ayricutii work l.
do-e under tha supervision of The
best farmer in the vlu.nJty, 50 that
good m Athois are ussi. Every per-
son, therefore, .aking part Is given
the opportunity to observe t.e most
successful systems OF raising the crops
under cultivation.
The !ccoIne rec ivod from M sac
Of t,e prnduucts rnlsod on the school
farms is used for genera. sclrol pgr-
pos :. II is hoped by this movement
to accomplish three tlTngs: First. 20
mine HloiA-N 10 o. uSu IN supp I'm N
ing the school fund; second, TO offer
an opportunity to max. the teaching
Of ayricuture in the rural sshoo'
anti,ey rrac ii al and to iiusfrat,, hoy
peasant farm work can be mlte an Ter
proper condt.iors, and third. 20 offer
rural communities ofpor,unti : ipr
gatherings to develop the social side
Of farm life, with the Sonoolllouse the |
sooias inter- of the community AMI
the principal occupation of the psoo'e-
farm,ng-the clnter of interest.
THE first work was done at Holly |
Springs, where two " airs ago two ncres
of and were planted in cotton. The !
.fshter work was done by the women |
and chilirn of the community, while |
the man did the heavy work. A con,- !
muni!y dinner was a part of the pro-
gram for each gL.hsring.
Two bats of cotton ware raised
nstirg the school slls The next year
the pan was tri,d at elev.n sshnp,s.
the crops raised Including cotton. cor.
tobacco and wheat. On the Steven farms
l20o PARSONS participates in the WORK.
Nhe net profits was n,arly 81 90
Last year six additional farms were
making a total of seven-
teen farms.
THE children of the COUNTRY want
those school farms and the other pee
pie are in sympathy with tine idea
The resu is have baon an ancraascd
int rest in the schools and the sali,ol
work, an Improvement in tine appel'
lnee Of the buildings and gnounds
mi the lengthen of the s1lo1f
yoslT; also the davd oImcnt of n bet
.er community spirit and nn amproye-
ncnt in general farming in tine roul-
ry."
Tie school farm movom mt WAS a.
'e.oped under tie kadcIslip of u. v.
Iuid, the county sup .rntendont of
'ubllc In struc.iOn New York SIN