Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-10-04

haOor-SaVing implements and devices.
II there had been more general ap-
plicstion Of the sod It is possible
thst under none intelligent systems
OF management the charge Of popula-
uon from rural to urban witnessed
IL the last quarter q a century and
TIE preeent degree Of unrest brought
about by the present high cost Of
living would Lave been obyiated.
With. such knowledge svailat,e
thousands of persons who have seen
the value Of their holdings depreci-
ATE would easily have paid off the
mortgage, established a savings bank
account. educated their children. i'm.
proved their homes and become more
valuable ard successful citizens from
every point of view.
There is much talk at tie present
time Of the movement back to the
lard. The great need is to point out
10 the land OWNER and to the boy ant
glri owing in the country the possibii
lties Of farming where scientific poli.
cles are fnaugurated, and when this
Is done the urban movement viii
nave been checkmated. The nation
Is about to lose its economic eouiljb.
rum unless the citywand movement
Is retarded. Could any more crucial
situation develop than this? The mag
nioude of the issues involved has not
oeen appreciated as it should be-. or
else greater effort to stem the
Tide and rehabilftste rural conditions
would have been made before the
late date. There is now a lack Of co
heslon among the rural population,
and no spirit Of cooperation in the
true sense of the word. Under the
conditions buying and selling Is not
carried on satisfactorily and low
prices continue to disheanten the
farmer. Without social or business
organizations to protect or inspire
MIN, he loses interest in his bushes,
and drifts away from the land.
Formers obviously need help il
many directions, and 1t is essentia
that 1t be brought to them as quick
~ as possible and in the most accep
table and easily understood manner
one who has given any thought t
the situation realizes at once tha
scientific knowledge as affecting tn,
problems of the farm has entirel,
, outrun practice. Agencies have beel
developed for the last half centur,
which through research have discoy
, cred am array of facts which put int
production and make it possible fo
the farmer to dominate nature in ,
hundred ways where she now DOM
mates him because of his lack o
J technical Information nelating to hi
; business. The oft-repeated sugges
, ton that an agricultural revolution
! may be brought about Is not a mytl
OF The imagination, but one Of th,
!, iacts now as well demonstrated Al
mans mastery of electricity; but 4
. spite Of all that is known or appre
| ciated concerning the matter. but III
tie has ever been done to put tn
+ knowledge which is to tring ,abor
E this desirable result in an accepts6l
form within the reach of those VIII,
e must possess ii if the end sought 4
to be attained.
3 What Extension Teaching includes
e An intelligent consideration of mi
3 teaching of extension work calls NJ
: a definition Of what extension teach
ing may properly include. The tern
is difficult to define because of th
:. cariety Of subjects embraced. Gen
e orally speaking it may be regarde,
= as a method of disseminating infor
; nation on all topics related to ayr
S culture in the broadest sense Of tn
[ word to those who are non-resfden
: in an agricultural college and not Il
o a position to avail themselves Of til,
S course offered therein. The stupen
4 dous nature of this task is not am