The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-09-10
Agricultural Opportunities
By R. Rutledge Secretary School Of Agriculture O. A. G.


tunities today in dairying are for men
who fit themselves to work on their
own farms. Some choose to work as
superintendents of the dairies of 9th
ers. Men desiring to do this should
remember that their agricultural col
lege is engaged primarily in giving
scientific, theoretical training and that
a man must secure practical expert
ence in addition before securing the
best positions. One particular need
is for county work and teaching in
agricultural high schools. In addition
there is a field for a limited number
Of men for college teachers, expert
ment station workers, and for scient-
lists for the large milk handling and
dairy products manufacturing com
panies.
On all sides we hear of the enviable
position of the man with a few acres
devoted to small fruit and vegetables
But truck growing, like other forms
of intensive agriculture, requires the
highest skill and the best training
1t is likewise capable of yielding the
highest returns. More than any other
type Of farmer the market gardener
can afford to invest in the most ex
pensive land and the costliest farm
equipment. Equally he can afford to
invest in the very best training for
his calling The men who have the
! most accurate knowledge of the prin-
ciples Of modern scientific agriculture
as taught in the agricultural colleges
plus the best practical experience are
the ones who are sure to win the larg-
est success Recently the man who
won one of the highest Of the prizes
for the best managed farms in Eng
land as offered by the Royal Agricul-
tural Society made public the state
ment that he attributed his success to
his knowledge of the principles of
scientific agriculture.
Calls For Trained Men.
There are wide assortment of calls
for the man trained in horticulture.
Some are called to distant states as
well as our own to manage large orch
ards or to act as orchard inspectors.
Many are called to teaching positions,
while still others enter the govern
ment work in one form or another. In
the Northwest competition is becom-
ing exceedingly keen along horticul-
tural lines and it is only the most
scientific and skillful that can sur
vive and win The greatest renumera-
ton. Probably the horticulturists more
than any other type of farmer recog-
nize this and look to the Experiment
Station and college for aid.
The object of the course in GEron-
| omy is to give the student such mas
terry of all the subjects relating to
the soil, field crops, rural engineering
or farm management, as will prepare
him for the highest type of practical
farming or farm management, or for a
successful career in agricultural re-
! search. teaching or demonstration. The
man who knows is always in demand.
As a general statement it may be
taken for granted that competition is
becoming more and more keen and
that the young man with the best
training is the most likely to sue
ceed
In such a brief article we cannot
tell of the demands which come in
for men trained in other lines There
are openings for the entomologist,
botanst, plant pathologist, zoologist,
and bacterologist. Last year there
were twice as many openings for our
poultry husbandry graduates as we
could fill. The course in agricultural
chemistry fits men to become analysts
in fertilizer, cattle food and sugar
factories or fill other positions in fac
tories of all kinds that handle or
make foods and must employ good
chemists.
List to Be Reviewed.
Let the reader carefully review this
list and he will find branches which
open up attractive opportunities on
farms of all types. There are calls for
teachers, research workers, extension
men coming from colleges, high schools,
experiment stations state and county