The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-02-07
Q. r, Flostad POlnts Out ImpogtaNoo
d 3eheel ef fOrestsy
Argues That Future Of The School
10 important IN Farm
Development

in behalf of the School of
Forestry might not be out of
place will ask The Courant
editor for a little space in his
paper.
The School of Forestry, as
| the name implies, was founded
with the object of giving in
struction in forest culture and
; other arts and sciences to he
determined by the board of
directors.
The legislative assembly of
1907 passed an amendment de-
claring that the school should
offer instruction as given in an
agricultural high school. laying
special stress on horticulture
and forest culture.
1t seems that there would be
a great need of an agricultural
school in Rottineau county.
With it's great natural resources
fully developed Bottineau
would be a banner county.
The development of it's agri-
cultural resources will be great
in proportion to the intelligence
of it. Farmers. H.
Education of the farmer is
one of the great problems of to-
day and one of the ways to ac-
complish this will be to educate
the farmer 8 sons and daughters
in the things pertaining to
their life work on the farm.
This would have a great ten
dency to keep them from 60
ing to the city and we might
have a class of people on the
farm that would love the soil
and understand it.
The School of Forestry stands
ready to fill this need. The
policy of the board of directors
has been and will be to make
this school where the farm
er's boys and girls can obtain
an education with special re-
terence to the duties of farm life.
The course in agriculture will
be strongly emphasized dur
ing the next few years to meet
the present demand.
The attitude of the state also
seems to be that this school
shall have the character of an
agricultural college and ex-
pertinent station where expert
ments will be conducted to
prove the best methods Of farm
ing adapted to local conditions
in the northwestern part of the
state.
1t is up to us, the farmers of
BOttineau county, to wake up
and realize the importance of
this institution and give it the
support it deserves by sending
our boys and girls to the school.
1t is only by receiving such
support and having a large at
tendance that the school can
develop and the full benefit be
received. The legislature will
not make appropriations for
improvements unless h e
demand justifies it.
The faculty of this school is
we'll qualified to give instruc-
ton in the various subjects and
no advantage is gained by
sending a boy or girl to over
crowded eastern schools. The
moral influences will be much
better in small city like Bot
tineau compared with a large
city and this is a consideration
of great importance to parents.
A detailed description of the
| various courses cannot be given
in this short article but those
who may wish to get informa-
ton may have the catalogue by
writing to the school. | wish,
however, to mention the agri-
cultural course giving instruc-
ton. in the study of soils and
their treatment, selection and
handling of seed, farm grains
and grasses, crop rotation.
animal husbandry, including
study of breeds, breeding. feed
ing and care of farm, animals,
laying out Of the farm, arrange
ment of farm buildings and
fields, construction Of build
lings. farm machinery and gas
engineering.