The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-09-05
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Schools Are Now BeginniL
OF Learn the Cash Value
Of Agriculture.

wAsHsGToN. sept. 10
prove that farmin g-the right kind
of farming pays. IS one of the
tasks which "a e rural school has en-
phaticaily SET tselE Il IS partieu-
iarly essentIaI To make the school
children realize the money value of
q s. culture. not as theory but a
a practical fact. and one 81 th best
IS avs 20 rdemons grating It has beel
shown to be to let re children ac-
tualiy farm q bit or ground and col
|1ect the proceeds. Recently the
Unted States Comm Toner 81 Tcdu-
atom. DE- L Claxton, had oeea-
sion to welcome q party Of southern
boys and girls who were on 6 light
seeing tour % hin gto1 With
money earned IN their own farming
.,Real farming did said aIr::
claxton. in describing the expert
ment. s.Tlie money earned from
their IndIyi dual garden patches IN
connection with the study Of uI,-tcs-
date farming paid the expenses OF
those 90 virginia school children.
The children came from the Second
Congre ,onaI district agricultural
school at Driver, near NortoIlz. The
party was in charge of Mr.. b.
IL DeJarnette, the principal Of the
school, and he was a busy man IN 3
deed during the three days spent IN
seeing the sights OF the Nations
capital
tomatoes and other produces
paid the full cost OF this trip which
was Just $13.7s for each pupil by
the way. This amount was only az
comparatively small part OF their
total earning fro the year. The
children come from one OF the best
gardening regions in the south, and
their school has. an unIque place.
in that particular community. The
school has an Instructor in argfcul-
ture, who teaches three days week
and spends the other three in farm
Demonstration work applying ON
the farms OF the district the theory
he imparts IN school"
Further inquiry showed that this
Is not the First time the children
have learned that intelligent farm
ing brings in a cash return. Each
student makes regularly q profit Of
from $25 to 500 on the individual
garden patch he cu1tiyates. In adj
dition the children help in working
a school farm, which after paying
air expenses. including the wages OIL
the man who serves both as a farm
hand and school CANTOR. shows al
profit OF about 81 90. Mr.. DEAR
nette is confident that with 75-
acre farm, which he hopes to hayel
soon, his boys viii be able to earn
their own living entirely while att
tending school.
The state OF virginia Is amongt
the rapidly increasing number OF
states that are beginning to realizel
the Importance OF ADEQUATE agricul-I
tural education, and money has been
appropriated to aid the school.
There have also been private bene-
factions. A new Se5. 600 butldingt
is TO be dedicated in September and
DR.. Claxton has promised to be pres
ent at the ceremonies.
The experiment at Driver. Is only
one of many indications OF what the
American rural school can ana
should do. All over tho country eff
forts are beng made to bring home
to the country districts the signifi-
canoe ana value OF agriculture. The
rural school is the essential link in
the chain. and the United States bu-
reau OF education is endeavoring to
drive this fact home so deep that It
will never be forgotten. for the pu-
reau maintains that the rural school
must provide the KIND or training
that will not only Fit boys and girls
for rural life, but will serve to IN
terpret lie in the country SO attrac-
lively that when the children grow
to manhood and womanhood they
will be glad to remain on the farm. /
-GRRRO