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The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-02-14
Farmers Letter.
BY CAPT. T. F. PECK

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In the Feb. / issue Of the Pro.
gressive Farmer, is an article, on
the editorial page, opposing the
model or monstration farm,
that demands some considera
tIon on my part, as | am urging
the establishment of County
Demonstration Farms by the
counties Of Tennessee in co oper-
alton with the State Department.
of Agriculture.
If the writer had confined his
criticism to the model farrn |
would have agreed with him,
but when he included the dem.
onstration farm he compelled me
to take issue with dim. lr, my
efforts for the demonstration
farm | have always insisted that
the far. m to start with, should be
typical of the average farms OF
the county where it was located.
Everyone will agree with me
that the average farm in Tennes-
see would lack much of being a
model farm.
would take that farm and
equip it as the average farmer
could equip his farm. | would
operate it as he could operate
his farm. would leave him no
excuse to say that he could not
do the same. would plan my
work and policy for that farm so
that would increase its produc'
ton and fertility each year and
work with a view to ultimately
develop it to the standard OF a
model farm for producing reve-
nue.. maintaining its fertility
and providing the comforts and
luxuries for those who would rep
resent the owners were the farm
privately owned. | would make
the farm a practical object lesson
to, and within the reach of, the
farmers to be benefited. l
would take the farmers q step at
a time-induce them to keep
ster with me. Each step that
increased their revenues would
encourage them to take another,
until in time they would be IN
position to understand and apply
on their farm the results OF tht
Experiment Stations without the
object lesson of the demonstra
tion farm.
At no time have | discounted
the work of the Experiment Sta
ton. l fully appreciate its i'm
portance. ! know that original
research work is too expensive
for the individual farmer. l
know that he cannot do it, and l
know too, that fully 95 per cent,
Of the farmers must have a prac-
teal object lesson in the applica-
ton of the facts if they get any
benefit from the research work.
The writer says: The idea is
fundamentally wrong, and had
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the manner IN winch gOOd 1arm-
ing is atteined. But even at
this late date, however, there
are those in public places who,
knowing nothing Of agriculture,
either Us to the science or prac-
tlce. still advocate the model or
demonstration farm as an educa.
tions.l institution"
the above paragraph was evil
de'ntly intended as a thrust at
me because of my position and
my attitude regarding the Coun-
.ty Demonstration Farm. was
reared on a farm. | had my
scientific training in an Agricul-
tural College and was for five
years engaged in experiment
station work and was for twenty
years a practical farmer and am
willing to compare results with
the theorist-writer who makes
the above criticism, and who,
according to his own testimony,
is incapable of differentiating
between the model farm and the
demonstration farm.
Now, | want to ask him if he
can't name numbers of farmers
who have bought farms for which
they went in debt, who had fam
lilies to support, and, without
side help, have paid for those
farms and increased their fertil.
ity and supported and educated
their families, and that, too,
without a scientific knowledge
Of agriculture except that acqnlr-
ed in the practical work IF farm
ing. Now, if a farmer without
scientific training can do this,
why not a farm be made to paw
with the same practical applica-
ton, strengthened by expert d.
rection that a scientific training
would give, if the farm is con-
Quoted on practical lines? If
his contention is true, why go
on spending immense sums for
scientific agriculture? If far.
mers can accomplish these things
without scientific training, and
he claims it can not be done
with it, it is high time We save
the State the expense Of main
tanning these scietifc institu,.
tions. know it can be done. |
know many farmers who have
made good on farms who did not
have scientific training.
He says: THE state can have
only two valid reasons for main
tanning farms. Such a farm
must be used laboratory is US.
ed to teach agriculture, or it
must be used to find olt new
facts about agriculture" The
writer of this article is looking
at the question from the position
of the man who is doing original
research work and advanced
work in agricultural education
and not from the position of the
practical farmer. l will agree
with him that it is necessary to
have farms In connection with
the Experiment Station for the
character of work he mentions,
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and | know those farms cannot
be made to produce profit, but
the character of the work they
are used for is entirely different
from the character of work to be
accomplished by the demonstra.
tion farm. He loses sight of the
practical side Of agriculture.
He says: Farms maintained
by the State as model or demon
stration farms are not of suffi-
cient value to justify the cost Of
maintenance" If the 95 per
cent of our farmers can be reach
ed, interested aud benefited by
the practical object lessons of
the demonstration farm, the ag-
riculture of the country will re-
ceive a stimulus that it has new
er received by the methods here
tofore practiced. The demon
stration farm, as | have outlined
the particular work that it is to
do of q practical character, has
never been tried out. The dem
onstration farms that have been
established have been more on
the plan Of model farms, to show
the farmer what he ought to
bring his farm up to without
taking him by the hand and
leading him by easy stages and
practical methods to the point
where he can reach it.
He says: Agricultural educa
tion is now suffering from the in
reference Of too many
"quacks."
l agree with him that agricul-
tural education is now suffering
from the interference of too
many quacks, and it is not get
ting the practical common. seuse
direction that it should have to
make it valuable to the masses
of our farmers who cultivate the
greatest area of our farm lands.
He asks the question, why
has the model or demonstration
farm been q failure and why
must it ever remain such?" |
would answer him that the mod.
ell farm has been a failure be.
cause the farmers have been
shown something that is imprac-
ticable for them in their present
condition. They have been ia
ken to these model farms and
shown land in a high state of
cultivation. They have been
shown equipment that they
could not afford. They have
been shown that those who oper-
ated those model farms had an
unlimited supply of money to
maintain them, and very natur-
ally they would say that if they
had the money, the equipment
and the land. they might do The
same: but that they had famil-
les to support, their land was,
not so fertile, they did not have
the money to buy the equip,
ment, and they went away dis
couraged and said that it was
impractical for them and was
out .ofstheir reach.
Thenreet icsl--- demonstration
farm for WITCH | am insisting
sfass' L.
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does not have these objections
1t meets the farmer on his owr
plane. 1t works under condi
tions similar to those he encoun
tiers. 1t accomplishes its re-
suits with equipment within his
reach and shows him how he can
do the same, aud when the farm
is operated along such lines it
will enlist the interest and &C
tive cooperation of the farmer
who has been negl ected hereto
fore or offered something practi-
cal for him.
. He says that the model or
!. demonstration farm is a failure
because the conditions are diff
ferent on every farm. He loses
: sight Of the fact that the farmer,
while he may not have the tech.
meal education, will compare
favora bly, with other men in be-
ing able to adjust the practice
to suit the conditions on his
farm that might differ slightly
from those on another.
He says that the results are of
little value with the farmer as
object lesson unless the farm is
self-sustaining. | thoroughly
agree with him that it must be
self-sutaining, and not only that
it should produce a profit and
should show increased fertility
each year. The fact that this
has been lost sight of in the
model farm has done more to
make scientific farming unpopu-
lar with the masses than any
other one thing. The writer of
the article mentioned is not
broad enough to separate the
work or original research from
that of practical demonstration
We do not want to interfere
with his research work. We
simply want to take it and give
it practical application for the
Der eft of he farmers who can,
not grasp it without the aid of a
practical object lesson.
Now, he urges demonstration
work as it is being done by the
United States Demonstration
agents. We have no criticism
to make of the work Of the Unit
ed States Demonstration Agents.
We regard it as of great value
and have given it every encour-
agement we could give it, but
as it has been carried out it has
applied mainly to cultural meth
DDS. 1t has been good so far as
it has gone, buC any man who
has a practical knowledge of
farming can appreciate the inn
portance of practical demon
stration farm where the farmer
can have opportunity to see CON
tinuity Of effort in soil building,
In rotation of crops, in economic
farm management. The boys
and girls in the community can
have opportunity to learn the
possibilities Of taking land in
their home section that has been
neglected and rnu down, and re-
building it and carving out
homes for themselves where
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lney would not be dependent
upon some one else for their
daily bread.
Ii ever We make any progress
in rural life problems we must
give the boys and girls an op.
portunity' to learn how they can
improve the land and make il
produce revenues that will en-.
able them to provide the com.
forts and conveniences that they
naturally desire. The County
Demonstration Farm can be the
center for community interest,
Its educational value cannot be
questioned. In connection with
the High School of the county,
lit will stimulate interest on the
part of the farmer in the High
School because of practical les
tsons he can learn while his bows
and girls are acquiring their
general and practical education
Now, there Is no one who ap.
preclates more than | do the
value of the work of original re.
search, aud it is because of its
value that | want to place il
within the reach of the farmers
of today who have not had the
advantages of an agricultural
education. They have families
depending upon them, children
they want to educate and equip
for life's battles better than
they were equipped. If we can
90 to them with q demonstra
tiop farm and show them how
they can improve their soil, in.
crease their crops, how they can
eliminate the waste caused by
bad farm management, how they
can improve their cultural meth
DDS, how they can give their boys
ana girls opportunities to learn
that farming can be made prof
table, that the comforts and lux.
uries are as easily attained by
the boy or girl on the farm as by
their city cousins, we will have
no trouble in keeping them on
the farm.
In building any substantial
ructure, the sensible man be.
gins at the foundation to build.
If our agricultural institutions
are to be filled with seekers af-
ter knowledge we must get more
of our young people interested
IN agriculture. Then this ele-
mentary work is necessary be.
cause the percentage of our peo-
pie engaged in agriculture who
60 to the agricultural colleges is
so small that if our agricultural
classes get any appreciable train
ing they must receive it from in
stitutions more within their
reach.
If we are going to improve ag-
ricultural conditions in Tonnes
see we must reach, interest and
help the backward farmer better
his conditions by increasing his
production and improving his
methods. The County De mon-
stration Farm conducted along
practical, common sense lines
will do it. The bill now pend
ing in the Legislature, if passed,
will make it possible. The far
mers intended to be directly
benefited by this bill pay the
special tax for providing the
demonstration farm in addition
to these State taxes, and should
receive the advantages the Ooun.
ty Demonstration Farm provides
and it should be an injustice to
them to divert this fund when
they are entitled to its benefits.
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w. 9, Barnett returned last week
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: Col. Wescott Robertson has re-
covered from a recent mdisposition.