Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-17

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tenant farmers. The activities Of
these tenants are controlled by nom
resident landlords, who insist upon
low rates for taxes and will not al
low liberal provisions for school pur-
poses. In such districts directors
are chosen to carry out these wishes
and schools have the cheapest
teachers and the meagerest supplies.
Thus 90 per cent of the rural chill
dren are denied the opportunities
their due.-School News.
The second Wisconsin country life
conference will be held at the col
lege of agriculture, Madison. Feb. 1
and 2. The meeting last winter was
decided success. Among the speak
ers first secured are DR.. w. H. Will
son, head Of the church and country
life department; Professor G. w.
Thomson of the economics depart
ment of the University of Minnesota;
G. ]. Zimmerman of Racine, ]. Phoe-
nix of Delavan and ]. c. Brockert Of
Wisconsin.
The Academy of Agricultural SCI
ence is a recent organization of In
diana experiment station men who
meet bi-monthly to broaden their
views of agricultural work. At the
meetings a man from one of the var
ious departments discusses some
phase of his work. During this dis
cussion many questions are asked
and the specialist in another depart
ment has his views broadened and
is put in touch with the work Of the
station as a whole.-Indiana Farm
| er.
The farm, above all other places
furnishes the best opportunity 70,
! developing a strong, vigorous man
hood and womanhood because of the
healthfulness of its surroundings CT
they are not healthful it is general!
the farmers own fault) because o
the opportunity it affords for the de
velopment of habits of industry anC
because of the small opportunit!
which it furnishes for developing tn,
habits of extravaganza which ruin S,
many of the sons of the well-to-do
1t always has been and always will
be the preferred breeding place 70
strong meen and pure women.-Ed
itOr Henry Wallace.
We all need more faint in farm
ing. The farmer who is not afrait
to invest money wisely for the up
building of his farm is the man t.
whom the farm shall bring it's hes
rewards. 1t is a place always of SAT
investment, especially if we direc
our labor and money toward in
creasing the productive power of on
! farms. An old fnancier once sal
that st requires a good deal NOR
, brains to invest money safely than
, does to make it," So we would sa
that it requires "a good deal NOR
brains" and faith and study to VI
build and increase the productiv
value of farm than to decrease il
And so the farm always portrays tn
, character and ability and faith of tn
\
standing advertisement of the ma
! behind it.-Hoards' Dairyman.
a A most interesting and promisin
9 farmers class or club has been star
ed in the country near Arthur,
Moultrie county. 1t includes bot
> men and women, meets the secon
: and fourth Tuesday of each mont
at the town hall. 1t began wor
! Nov. with Is or 20 members an
a the attendance has increased. A
? first only a few women Joined, bJ
, in December several more came il
a The subjects discussed in the fir!
y few meetings were hogs and corr
and so thoroughly interested WEI
the people that they couldn't clos
: the session until about II o'cloc
and a motion to make 9 o'clock tn
closing hour was voted down. TIL
O bids fair to be a very successfl
farmers club of the right sort. TIL
president is L. d. Seass and the SCI
rotary Miss Bertha z. Seass. TIL
club is called the Farmers Glass {
e Cemtser, the last name being that {
the school of the neighborhood.
Y fight by the state on the drea
: malady, pellagra, by a rigid inspe,
T ton of the corn from which meal
d ground is one of the probabilities {
the future, although no official actio
= along this line has yet been takel
h 1t is safe prediction that the positio
= of inspector of corn and cornme;
e will be created within the near Fl
ture, or that the pure food and drus
e inspector will be given an assistaI
= whose duty it shall be to enforce I
s the letter the pure food law as al
plies TO cornmeal. Although no 0
e fetal announcement has been mao
g to that effect, it is an admitted IA
a that the health authorities of II
0 state lean to the cornmeal theory