Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1913-11-21

supervision OF public health and
sanitation; of isolated and i'll organi-
zed social activities, and of inferior
intellectual provisions.
The Country Child Versus City Child.
Consider the position of a child in
the more remote sections of the rural
districts in America today, and ask
yourself what his opportunities are
for training and development and eff
ficiency as compared with those of a
similarity endowed boy in an urban
community. The latter lives in a
house supplied with running water.
the purity of which is protected by
ample means; walks on sidewalks
free from dust and mud; drives along
adequate roads; has access to many
of the things that minister to the
legitimate pleasures of living; has at
hand the training of physicians and
surgeons; publicity maintained hos
pitals; well planned schools of every |
grade from Kindergarten to the pro-
fessional schools or college. And !
most of these things. he securesi at a |
minimum expense through rela.-s
lively low rate of Litigation. The /
other picture is easily drawn. If We
may confne "a ouis Thought for -a a |
moment to the schools alone we fnd1
fth8t outside OF New England, which |
has solved the rural school problem
largely by eliminat nigs the rural pop
ulation. all that the average country /
boy has access xfofE iss.s an ung1aded
school, usually taught in one room
by a. girl with sless training than all
high School graduate, receiving $40.
or $50 a month for seven or eight
in thirty or more classes a day. If
by any. chance a boy survives this
and desires to. go further it is neces-
sary. fer his father to put him on a
train, buy his transportation, send
him to town, pay his board. his tut
ton, and lose his services during thel
session. and probably lose him per-
mapeptly- from the countrYszIs have,l,
said it before and ! am not afraid to
repeat it that I do not quite see
how father and mother who are
ambitious for their children can gain
their own consent to continue to live l.
II. remote rural dis,ilcts under ex- u
sting conditions. %
The People the Greatest Undeveioped
Resource,
The greatest undeveioped resource |
IF any community. as our great am
oassador to- Great Britain has SO efn=
phatically said, is the people, And !.
# we devote more enlightened atten-
lion to the conservation and develop
nent OF the people we shall be re-
ieved of much of the concern about .
he conservation and development of ,
1ur~ natural resources. !
Where there is so much TO be done,
waste -that--comes- from antagonism
and duplication is criminal. The ,
average state college of agriculture !
,an render its best service through
-esearch and inquiry into the needs
If its community. through the sue +,
,essful operation of short courses 4,
md above all. through aggressive
md active service to the adult farm :
ng population. It is of the greatest {
urgency that all the agricultural :
lgencies of the nation shall put their !
reads together and coordinate their =
activities Unquestidnahl.- in the !
vast there has been much useless
OF effort, no little waste
# money and energy, and on incon- .
ideratle amount of hostility ard
rictioa.
Ong of the most gratifying devel-
pments of recent years has been the b
isass recoenuion OF the evils grow d
~ out or lack Of systematic plan J
lng and eoordin allan Of aeffart and I
he state colleges of agriculture, the q
ederal department., and congress- are A
etsrmined TO eliminate them. o
Secretary Houston then reviewed h
riefly- the many and varied activi- Il
les of the department, which he Il
aid would .sstound those who con- {;
iders sitI AM tag gency for the distribu- a
Ioh of garden seeds. 81 2
Mr.. Houston continued: ,oJ b
iecomends Diseontinuanee of Pres-c "a
ent Seed Distribution. as1e e'
fY5 Y51t ina s5fte ftfefAst edIs 10 know p
nat in the. estimates just submitted e'
coifsfess iittihass'ts3eh feeommend n
that the distribution of ordinary b.
eRt4Able- Ssids flowzsff se1tfs be dis fs
ontinued and that part of the $780, Il
ose be used to procure. prognate oi
I'd d4lptti4bufs5s sarasSe me pf1c,ple, new b
nd valuable seeds and pIants.l If | II
5rafsres4 seesftftf4n Its ~sisdotn to ac- g'
apt the recommendation, particular te
rtentioh win bei given' 'tosSthe seeur- ia
lg and distribution, of new and val M
abe Seeds and plants fncluding for- 1ito
ae Fcrop seeds. whose character and Ut
uafity win Be thoroughly Known and p'
.sted; and pains will be taken in IN
-ery instance to see that snffi- dc
ent supply is sent to make-it WORTH w
lille for the individlIal farmer to IN
axe an experiment. ~ al
Work to be Extended, m
heretofore the work Of the depart-
ent hss- lain chiefly in tho field ef h
-o8nttian. ard e-en In this field it W