The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-01-16

every farm bred boy should sit up and
take notice.
When the gross returns from q sim
gle COW, (not the same cow, of %eoursel
saved regularly and. kept on interest
Tor fifty will amount to more
than $4,000, what young man will not
feel able to support q family and one
COW that he may have an assured come
petence Tor himself and wife during
their declining years.
a WOman's Opportunity
Nor are opportunities for providing
q competence for the declining years
or life wholly with the farmer The
good wife also has opportunity to do
some ffnanciering. Fifty good hens,
Wen bred, well fed, well cared for, and
All the egg money. likewise placed reg
ulafly at interest for fifty years will
produce q capital sum, the interest
alone from which will support herself
and husband with every comfort, dur
ing their declining years. To accom-
plish this, she may have to rustic SONS
chicken feed at times, but / am sure
ina any decent husband will forgive
MS wife for such offense should his
own plans fail. as is often the case, and
ne pc thrown ultimately upon her gem
erosity, for upper
The foregoing facts and figures
should convince any one of the oppOr-
Lunitles the farm offers to make good
living, without violating the spirit of
Drosnernood = human sympathy and
without permitting eager fortune hunt-
ing to warp the human mind and heart.
a broader humanity could thus be cnl-
tiYated and more home comforts pro-
Yided in the rural households.
Nature has generously endowed this
favored land Of ours. Let MS make the
most of it.
An agricultural state should empha-
size three great principles:
4. To make each cultivated acre
produce its best every tear.
z. TO roster q system of farm man
agement that viii accomplish this end
and yet not iTnpoverish the soil.
s. TO encourage a system Of coop
Grafton among its farmers to sufficient
" control the marketing and distribu-
ton OF their products so as not 10 be
subjected to the speculative forces that
regularly rob them Of their legitimate
profits.
This latter principle cannot be real
lzed so long as farmers produce with
thei hands but distribute by proxy,
They must play at both ends OF the
game or forever eat out OF the hands
or 2 who hold both the producer
and The at their mercy.
Middlen1en r necessary. Middle
men are legitimate, but the producers
OF the country's wealth should deter
mine at least approximately how many
hands their products pass through or
their Journey from field, garden, or or
a to the ultimate consumer. In
other words, the producer and the con-
sumner must be brought closer together,
even II half the unlimited guests that
have crowded in between, to Forage of
both the producer and consumer, must
be squeezed out. If the producers can
not do this, then their case is hopeless
But II they and do not, then upon
themselves must rest the blame.
BY organization and cooperation.
FARMERS may become the greatest. the
sanest, the most conservative power
IN the M Without organization and
cooperation, however, they must re-
main powerless and d~efenseless, fol
the -unorganized forces, in business as
IN nature, become the legitimate prey
OF legitimate forces that are organized
Like the separate but u~norganized Gle
ments of the soil-boundless in volume
ARE yet powerless to resist the alb.
sorptive power of the humblest organ
lied plant.
Miss Stouer,s Address.
The first on the programme last ev-
ening was Miss Minna A, Stoner, head
OF the department of home economics
OF the agricultural college, who adj
dressed the convention on the sIlbiec,
Of The Education OF the America
Girl. This subject p~ersents unusua
interest at the present time, due to the
change in condition of woman's eco.
ON status and to the changed meth.
DDS of living. Miss Stoner made cleal
the dignity and responsibility OF thu
administration of a household anC
showed the vital social influence of its
fAUnrydpu IA cIr0 Oh. g4ana~-#s :. 49,
follows:
The problem of the education of the
American girl is of so great magnitude
that 1t Is almost impossible to know
Where TO begin an adequate discussion
OF 1t within the very limited time al
ones disposal. Parents are CONSTANTS
asking these questions: How shall ]
educate my daughter? Does a high
school and a college course pay for one
who Is obliged to remain on the farm
or In business pursuits? Explain the
advantages Of a short course. OF what
special advantage is a four years
course leading to a degree2 Shall we
select a liberal curse or a vocational
%course for daughter? What is the
purpose or the home economies course3
In order to answer these questions
intelligently it is well to take a brief
survey Of the needs and advantages to
be derived from pursuing a systematic
course OF study, no matter III the
course is for a short or long period OF
time. In the outset every Individual
should be allowed to enter life with nc
less preparation than it is possible to
obtain, considering time, means, oppor-
tunity, physical and mental ability
The seemingly dull student. under care
may show marked aptitude in severa'
subjects. DR.. Snedden, state commits
s1oner OF education OF Massachusetts
declared that some of the studies
which contribute to liberal education
may be presented in such a way as tc
give q basis or means Of choice to sub.
sequent vocational training. For many
persons vocational education given due
allowance for expansion In related
fields of science, art, history, litera,
ture, economies and civics may becom,
an exceedingly effective can of lib,
eralizing the minds OF numerous type,
of boys and girls. especially thos,
least capable of abstract thinking.
Vocational education needs to be lib
eralized and liberal education needs tx
be svitalized by vocational education
No matter what course OF study lis Sc:
lected 1t may Sbe so conducted as K
contribute to the broadcast development
Of the student and to the making If
citizen as well as to the making OF
worker. Two factors stand forth pre-.
Observation-Disclosures adoption, anc
service to the world Of social efficiency
Education is not alone to prepars
those who are bright and promising
for greater things, but it is to helT
those less gifted to accomplish In life
those things they would not have oth-
erwise found possible.
The shifting OF vocational education
from all fields Of industry TO tbs
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