Middletown transcript., 1912-06-29
SCIENTIFIC FARMING
The Educated Farmer the Best
Career For Delaware Boys

him OIL Farmers Day, at the Experimen
Station.
Il is full of wisdom and every Delawar
farmer with boy should himself and Sol
too, read and digest it and carefully medi
tate its application to the career Of hi
own boy or boys. Mr.. Thompson whit
has long been a Trustee for Princeton, hs
we are happy to say, also been recently
chosen a. Trustee for Delaware College
GENTLEMEN:-All the incidents of thi
day, the buildings and labor atOrips de
voted to education for farm purposes, ihG
experimental farm, the very fact of THU
great gathering OF the Farmers Of delaware
at this time and at this zee, are sufficient
indications # the belief in the value c
and the necessity Of technical education
directly applied to farming.
1t wonld he almost an impertinence on
my part to say any thing to you today on
the real work of farming. You are farm
srs; am an agriculturist. You all know
the old story of the difference. But l do
want to call your attention TO some mat
ters directly connected with this institC-
ton. We all know its present value; we
know the useful training it sgiving to the
Young men of this STATE; We know Its past
history, the value and sterling services its
Alumni are contributing TO the daily life
of the State. But we are running on too
narrow lines, We are taking care of the
usual vocational courses in a creditsbe,
but not in a conspicuous way. We are
turning out a useful body of Civil, Me-
chancal and Electrical Engineers: bnt OIL
these lines we are in competition with
great institutions, whose endowment,
whose Faculties, and whose laboratory
equipment make the contest an unequal
one. The University of Pennsylvania,
the Massachusetts, Institute of Technology,
Cornell, Stevens Institute, the Rensselaer,
I
gineering, must of necessity offer better
facilities by reason Of their better equip
ment, and beyond that, almost every in
of the firs-:lass carries with it
that indescribable something. on can call
II atmosphere, environment, or what not
that stands for particular field Of study.
This environment, this atmosphere in IL
.rlf is a wonderful stimulus to the ambi-
,ious student,
To ME it seems the people of this statt
nave a great opportunity of making Della
ware College conspicuous in the educa-
ional woIl1 along agricultural lines. Our
,tate is essentially an agricultural state.
We are surrounded by a great farming
and We have already here
most useful department of this college de-
voted to lhe technical education of farm
,rs. This could be made the nucleus of
much broader institution, reaching out Oh
obger lines. | want to see All institution
lere that is not local. want to see the
name of Delaware College as conspicnou
IL Agriculture as Pennsylvania in Medi-
,inr, Harvard in Law, Stevens in Mechai.-
cal Engineering, Princeton in Liberia
Culture. Nome of these institutions art
ocal in character; their offerings art
ionght after by the young ntn in u
Itates. l want to ste the offerings OF
Delaware sought after by the young men
If Delaware, by the yOurg men ol New
Jersey, of Maryland, of Pennsylvania, ol
Virginia. This is not an impOssitl
lream. With laboratories for research
york in Agriculture established here,
and developed with the SAINT
Iplrit that obtains in Johns Hopkln. Uni
iersity in the field of pure science, you
;ould count on drawing here the best
'Oubg intellect of the country. The value
md ins, ira ion of great teacher in any
ield Of science or culture will always bring
ll6 DeSL OuUk w I've
The very foundations of our national
ife, the whole prosperity of our country.
ests on the intelligent work of the sgri-
u 'tural classes. The development and
of our great national re-
Ources is largely the work of the farmer;
nd yet when We co .lsider this vast and |
work, we do not seem to ]
,e drawing to it in large way the best
oung intellect OF the country. While |
education on agricultural lines |
las grown by leaps, to me it does not seem
o keep pace with the necessities of the
ase. We see year by year. our univerei-
les turning out lawyers, doctors, civil |
md mechanical engineers by the score.
The field is already so occupied in these |
Professions that the competition is hard |
nd fierce, and the reward sma !, except |
o the very best.
In applied science, the fleet of this is
el.- evident: the perfection of manage
nent, the high point of fficiency in oul
nanufac uring industries, is due in large |
,srt TO the great Reservoir of technically |
ducated men that these industries can
lraw from, for their managers, snpelli.-
endents and foremen. The supply is so
arge that very often the positions oi
minor importance, the inconspicuOus fore
men, are found to be college bred men;
nd the college-5red man-if lie has con-.
uoL-.ense, and there is no reason why he
bould not be gifted with that valuable
acull - sill make the best of fort men,
,ecauss he has the power aId fac
lity to impart his knowledge to the
rade of workers below him. All the IL.
IN ,tries in the country are handicapped in
egree hy the lack of trained manual laf-
rers. Our development has been so rapid |
hat we have exhausted the supply of the
Id efficient home-bred labOrer.
Ol account OF this lack of supply of |
help, it is OF first impOI-
ance in every field of industry that our
our lOremen should be
,red with the gift of directing, of impart.
ng their knowledge to their subordinates'
n nOssess the Gift of leadership and cou,-