Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-11-11

settcrs and takers, aud not enough
men who produce. there are too many
broad, rolling acres untouched and un-
tilled--out of use We stick where the
CRIME and the grit is and the streets
with the poor are a-swarm: we're
crowded too much into cities; we
ought to so back To the farm
IF, as a boy, you had been shown
by IN enthusiastic teacher what fun
there is in Harvesting science to farm
chores and how the mysteries and
beauties of nature can be studied at
close range with infinite satisfaction
while meantime you We're fitting to
earn a comfortable livelihood, do you
suppose that you would have been
SO eager to desert the old homestead
for the noisy, smoky, nerve-straining
city," asks the Manchester Leader.
Wisconsin has just created an office
known as the county representative
of agriculture His duties are to adj
wise with farmers regarding methods,
aid in improving. country life condi-
tons help to reform cooperative So
cieties, promote better business meth
DDS and assist in promoting agricui-
tural teaching. If the county Will
pay $1,000 a year toward his salary.
the State will match it with another
$1,000, Selection will be made by the
board of regents, on Recommendation
of the dean of the agricultural cor
lege. Assist in promoting agricm-
turaI teaching" There you have the
KEY to whether, this new job will be-
come worth while. 1t isn't hard for
n bright chap who has had the ri9ht
training to be worth 5000 a. year 70
: county as a leader toward better
forming; for unless he's worth that
he won't be worth anythihss anu :, :,
he 10 worth that he cant very Wen
help being worth many times ,aae'
First off, the boys and girls on lhe
farm will be taught how HE 'iie,.
can be made SO interesting they won
fool the promptness to rush into town.
rrhie can be done because, IN spots'
/ Il has been turning most of the teae.'-
;ng NOW done in the country schools,
witch is foolishly aimed to eXall city
,,fa OF the expense of rural lie, anu
Witch has largely measured success
hy the dollar standard instead Oh III
tor,os of health, usefulness ana IN
dependence.
IA ~ Robinsnn, all his HE IL CIV II
engineer. railroad contractor anu o''o
- ~. contractors who assisted ~
h,,i,ding the Canadian Pacihc haiA o s.o
,oross the continent and wifo Mao ~
70 ,he contractors in building the Sop
So ,iyer Railroad in Alaska has
-, a new life which he cofsiue'S
.s,ao.,ntest mart of his career ne no'
a,,,,o5 an orchard in North Al,eoi'
,,u,o troes and he and Mrs. Repi'
" ~. feasting with the fruits .ie' :,
~" ~. pohinson is state Regent "a
- Dan.,htera of the American -.
-, hut her duties do not "'s o.
- ,ttention from TINS c,''o' -
,rhov purchased the orcharo wv .,.are
.hcre being $50 trees tne' -,
- me yaars old. They nave sn ~.
- r,,,t a50 trees. He has graz. .o1
80. n Raldwins, Mack'n'csn
' oiu -. a,,an started to CROWNS ~ a
-. : ss,.rr,es. He. sultE last MeI -, y
anu nv Of apples for 80 cents ~, ns.l
Fts,ev-.beins shipped TO 49, railroad
r,,,i1inr the. Copper rsN With
~. 1,ohinson became acaoa, ahcst-
y - reach the author oil sese AZ pob-
Ke sisr Ss looks, and. last week. MI of hi his
.snr sent the author "a nohinson
nst" fruit. Mr.. and Mrs ,. sso farm
n pss, built bungalow. az , he'll time
ma t,,av spcndse much OF .ns a. ,heir
l y s,mmer and they believe t ~ nay, nay
IN suite" omterprise in orchardins - rreat
deal of pleasure.
| -. Young newsboy yest .he' Horse
A prisns INC Of the cars 3I ,,se with
marked az od the Custom nou ;1 The car
Raiiroaa spenser, that everyehtvh n petitior
out p.,"nr the signers OF ' ~ ex-Csov-
were eaavnrei the appointmen. the port
sounds funny, doesn't it? "en' =
! darh. to: it is republished from -,
naper which preceded the presen. :,
nress & Advertiser. The i'en ma r. We
p psTs old, last wednesday. Anu .nan No ".
. yea SO friendly with Parso,i M, nU
Ton Ton we'd intimate that sever severn r.xnress s
=; to Wednesdays edition OF the EAp1es<
4 Advertiser antedated this.