The Prescott daily news., 1914-11-07
SCHOOL MEETINGS FOR
 BOTH TEACHERS AND PUPILS
Will be Interesting and Valuable Fea- ture of Profitable Farming Cam paign Throughout Arkansas.
 Begins Monday the 9th.

One Ot the most interesting ana val uable features of the Profitable Farm ing Campaign throughout Arkansas will be the school meetings for both teachers and pupils. There will be about a dozen or more of these meet ings in each of the counties covered by the campaign.
 The schools of Arkansas have made unusual progress along progressive practical lines, and George B. Cook, State Superintendent of Public h. struction, expects these campaign meetings at the schools to be of imme- diate benefit to pupils and teachers. MT. Cook has prepared some striking charts that show the progress of edu- cation in this state within the last several years. These charts will be, added to the Holden Charts on "The New Movement in Education" Prof. c. W. Farr of the Agricultural EXten- sion Department of the International Harvester Company will have charge of these school meetings. Associated with him will be four or five of the most practical school men in the country.
 All of the work will be with the idea that education should fit the child for the real duties of life-that every boy and girl in school should learn those things which will be of use to them in later years, and that the subjects should be made so interesting that the child will work with pleasure and with a purpose behind the work. One of the leading subjects will be poultry. All of the boys and girls will b eshown what an interesting occupation poul- try raising is and how profitable it is. The practical side of the work will be taken up in detail so that any child, whether in country or town, can at once begin raising a few chickens. Those parents who can afford to do so will be urged to give their child ren some chickens, a pig or calf. This will inspire them to work and to form habits of thrift and saving. The practical side of home economies will be one of the principal topics.
 These special school meetings have been arranged with the idea that the future prosperity of the country and city depends in great measure upon the interest that the children of this day take in the land and what it can be made to produce. It is generally believed by those who have watched the changes in the last few years that the farms of the future will be far mero attractive and profitable than present day farms, because of this new practical move in education. Men who have studied the problem realize that much of the best brains of the country has been going from the frams to the cities and that this must be stopped by teaching agriculture in the schools and by showing how inter- esting and how profitable farming can be made with the right methods.
 Prof. Farr has had wide experience in this work. He has interested thou sands of children in various parts of the country in the raising of poultry and livestock and in taking care of and helping their parents take care of the gardens, yards and homes. He is looking forward to this special school work in Arkansas to be the most eff fective that he has ever undertaken in any state.