Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-01-09

become stenographer or a clerk know
girls in my own neighborhood old enough
to marry who could not prepare meal
fit 20 be eaten. Are these girls | ask
you fitted to be the wives and mothers
of the farmers OF the future?
81 am glad to say that there is great
awakening taking place i'm education per-
tanning to agriculture. Professor HIS
has been working for some time to secure
the passage of a bill for agricultural ex-
toneIon lie tells me that Vermont is
the only state which has not fallen into
limo in this work. Last year we passed
n resolution endorsing il, but | am afraid
that the outlook for the passage of this
bui during the present Legislature Is not
very bright. Later he is to tell us what
We will do with it if we should get It,
beIievo we should urge upon our repre-
sentatives and senators the necessity for
the passage of this bill. Concerted action
on the part of the members of our assoc
citation at this time would have great
weight at Montpelier. Sit down to-day
and write a letter to your representative
urging his support for agricultural ex-
tension. Every two years we elect men
to represent us at Montpelier They go
They fail to make the necessary appro-
priations for the various needs of the
State, and why? Because they are afraid.
They are afraid they viii be called eX-
travagant. They practice economy. Econ
omy in many cases is a synonym of pc
nuriousness The only difference Is the
point of view. The man who practices II
calls it the former, the other leiloW
whom 1t affects, the latter During the
past five years it has been my misfortune
to be placed at the head of two organi-
"a lions which were almost hopelessly in
| debt. The policy ! inauSurated aroused
storm of protest. | would ruin them.
To-day no word of condemnation can be
heard. Why? Because the policies were
successful You cant make something
out of nothing. You can't build high
ways from air. You can't carry on agri-
cultural education without money.
1--WE need head organization to work
! out the problems and to systematic all
! the efforts now being put forth. | do not
! mean an organization which Will con-
/ denim and overthrow what has already
| been done, but national orr anizati IN
! into which the various State organiza-
! tons shall fit and which shall aid and
! direct their efforts to make one grand
harmonious whole. In union there IS
! strength. Cooperation is better than
! competition.
THE farm is the greatest educational
| institution in the world. More than 4
! per cent. of the men filling the high posi-
/ tons in the. world began their education
/ on the farm. Here they learned respon'
/ sibi1it,. and no mower which lies in work
! The farm is an experiment station II
J which the farmer can educate himself
/ The farmer whose mind is alive to every
! thing pertaining to his vocation is the
one who will be the best educated. MOI
only in his particular calling but also II
! other subjects if he will, for the haol
/ of study and research has a wonderfully
| broadening effect Educate your boys L
! be the best farmers and If the world ha'
need of them in other professions 1t WI
! come and seek them out. You often hea
| men say there are no opportunities on
! farm Emerson said: Let man maxi
| a better mousetrap than his neghbor
| and the world will make a beaten pati
| to his door This is natural for the WorI'
Is always looking for the best mousetrap
Let a man make himself a better farme
than his neighbor and opportunities VII
come seeking him out
come seeking him out"