Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-09-02

i given a chance by way OF CONTRAST To-
see the difference between the kind oi
COW that his father keeps and the real
dairy COW. His study IN this depart.
ment will be a lifelong one For
there are 30 many phases Of dairylng.
an 81 which must be mastered n the
student wishes TO make a success Ia
this branch Of agriculture
2. The necessity OF tho improve
ment Of the horse u altogether too
evident to- need discussion before o
body OF mission teachers. A team
that will reach a railroad station sl,t
hours after the train " due IL in great
need OF Improvement. Al each 81 the
farm schools ought 10 be kept a. least
three types Of teams, There ought 20
be good draft team well fed and
Well cared for for all kinds Of henvN
farm work There ought % be a type
81 general purpose team which VIII
be useful on both farm and road. stu
dents ought 10 be taught how TO prop4
erly care for and drive such animnlsl
Then. In contrast. II the school cau
AFFORD the expense. there ought TO be
kept q typical native team cared for
and driven (if the humane society did
not interforel as such teams arc
usually cared for and driven. Students
should Oe given an opportunity To-
drive these teams az different kinds %
work and thus learn by actual eNper-
lence the economy of n good team welF
cared for. And those who viii choose
horse raising a. their life occupations
perhaps will realize that they can
raise an animal which viii sell fon
ff50 instead Of from SIS 10 $50.
3. Likewise, with the raising OF
sheep, q has already been demon
strated by some ~ the most progress
sive herders that q sheep shearinG
from eight to twelve pounds can be
kept M easily as one that will ahear
only from two 20 Ave pounds % wool
Moreover the offspring has about
twice the value for meat as IN, mon
Rrei. And a. 20 the raising Of goats
the reader has had n vision for sew
eral years Many people for good
reasons are severely prejudlcod against
the BILLY and Nanny. But this Is not
the fault OF Billy and Nanny as much
as Il Is their owners Very few peo-
pie know the medicinal value OF goats
milk. and the excellent flavor Of
goats cheese. Many quotations could
be given from authorities and medical
Journals on the value OF goats milk.
but one viii suffice. Mr.. Peglor, ~
German authority. recommends u
most highly. Bu. this quality OF milk
cannot he secured when Nanny must
depend on rusty cans and IN y rags
for her food II some genius would
Introduce a milk strain Of goats and
properly care for them he could rea-
lize thousands OF dollars by supplying
the numerous sani,nriums and tuber-
cular cainps throughout New Mexico.
| And our boys living In the more re-
mote regions could learn To produce
a cheese that would compare favor
ably II not EXCEL the famous swiss
goats cheese that has Worldwide
reputation
4. Improvement OF general farm
Ing ought 10 be done by way of dem
onstratlon az our mission FARM
schools That II. the conclusions ar
rived at AZ our more expensive agri-
cultural colleges ought 10 he applied
at these schools. Thus we WOULD
avoid she costly process of expert
mentlng. which will do the student
little or no good. In this manner the
student will see how TO grow double
and treble tho quantity that his father
Is accustomed 20 growing and he VIII
90 10 his home community with "a de-
termination and ambition 10 Improve
on his fathers methods.
r. II " by this time well known
that there are certain parts OF New
Mexico well adapted 20 nearly all
kinds 81 fruit growing and truck'ng.
Rows coming from these districts
ought to be taught how to grow fruic
scientifically: and when II Is grown
they ought Ia be taught how to mar
ket the same.
G. The wisest use Of human energy
Is by no means the least important
branch 10 be taught az our farm
schools The success 81 all the aboVe
depends largely on how the young
man Is going 10 use his muscles
whether he Is WORKING for others OF
for himself he must know how 4"
make the most Of every turn. IN
other words he must learn To think
about his work while he Is WORKING
and he must mix great deal or BRAIN
energy with every muscular move
one Of the chief functions OF our
school then ought to be 10 teach the
youth how 20 do a real days work
And here. I am afraid some of ms may
bo lacking. After several years OF
| association we begin ~ form the hao-
It's Of our associates instead Of bring
ing them up to the level Of an honest
DAVIS work. when / first came u
New Mexico / was amazed al how IT.
tie fun grown youth could accom-
plish In a day. Now very often hnd
myself saying when small daN
work has been done: well, thar u
lnbout all one ought TO expect An'
this IL a grave mistake. We oughl
not 10 compel ourselves to he satisfied
with such activity. We ought Away
10 expect q real days work ana " We
have sufficient instructors we ough
10 see TO IL that the boy learns nov
to do a real days work
I do not believe that II ~ Away
the mck Of interest ar the Lack %
ambition that prevents tho youtl
from doing fun days work Nerl
often he wishes 90 do a fun dny
work, but he fails because he does no
know how. n IN our business, thefc