Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-06-30
BREEDING UP DISEASE =
RBsfBTANT POTATOES


From the interest expressed by sew
eral farmers in the subject, feel it
will be of interest to good many
farmers. and maybe of financial value
to some, to know my method of breed
ing up disease.resistant potatoes. As
potato digging time is the time TO be-
gin the work, now is good time TO
explain the method, giving you lots of
/ time to think il over, and nourish your
determination to carry it out. If you
have any fear of forgetting any of the
points, il might pay you to save this
article for future reference.
Before beginning on the main subject
/ please let me express few thoughts
on the simplicity of and the sources
of knowledge.
When | was a youth | read the fol-
lowing incident: ga certain poor wo-
man had worked in certain large fac,
tory for years. She had little blind
child of three summers who had grown
up in the factory, and, having sweet
gentle, unobtrusive disposition, was
loved by everybody AND given the free
iuh VI AhO ElNNA hullulHHs Out uuN u
certain intelligent gentleman came to
visit the factory. The little one asked
him if she should sow him around.
He laughingly assured ner he would be
able to find his way. After wandering
around and inspecting many different
departments, he was ready to leave the
building, but after trying for some time
he discovered he was lost. At last in
his wanderings he ran across the little
child, who, at his appeal, kindly show.
ed him the way out. -
The thought brought out in this lit.
tie parable has staid by me all my life.
Many times | have stimulated myself
to perseverance by saying it is prob.
ably so simple a child could understand
it when it gets the run of it. once
had a puzzle given me. / worked on,
off and on, for two years. l sat down
one evening and worked it out in a
: few minutes. feel humbled even now
, when l think about il. 1t is so simple
even child can understand the science
of it. If had permitted any one to
explain ii to me, it being 10 simple,
: would have felt the disgrace of it
all the rest of my life. The main rea.
son for the difference in progress in
their studies of students is not differ.
ence in mental ability, but mental lazi.
ness, The average person gets sleepy
or thinks they have headache when
given book to read that is rather
dry and difficult to understand.
The last year l was VI the Nebraska
School of Agriculture l was given the
short course boys to instruct in the
separator section of the dairy depart.
ment. Prof. Stacker, head of the dc.
partment, often said to me: "Pretty
! crew. How do you manage to handle
those fellows the way you dot" / did
not understand the real reason at the
time myself. know now. 1t was be
cause / impressed upon them the sim
plicity of everything undertook tC
explain to them, and made them fee
/ considered it matter of pure lazi
ness on their part if they failed to take
hold of and comprehend it.
|. Next to laziness fear is the deepest
river we have to wade in reaching the
land CT knowledge. There are many
< people whoSif they had developed thei
: ideas along some worthy line OF
thought with the same zeal they have
developed plausible excuses to keeI
from branching out into new channels
would have their names go down il
: history.
There is quite fad among the so
:, called educated class to hide their de
feetive knowledge in gaudy ornament
such as nice quotations and big sound
ing words, to strike awe into and da2
zle the .untutOred. If the untutOre,
would work up spunk enough to pr,
:, beneath the mask of their so.called ed
ucated prosecutors, they would fin,
t they had more of the real stuff il
themselves. The ability to spiel of
/ long quotations, use big words and tall
about distant lands is all very nice
i but it will never 60 far toward helpin,
a body through life. Those accomplish
r ments any fool is capable of acquiring
L 1t is a sad fact that if we extracte,
3 the ornamental trash from the mind
C of the average college graduates ther
would be little left. But ! hear low
y deep, indignant muttering coming from
the laboring classes, demanding prac
/ tical studies for their boys and girl
so they may be a prop instead of bur
den for their parents in their declinini
& years.
Ie The ornamental graduate is nne tn
average young lady of today who GOV
crs up her personal defects with pad
ding, paint and powder to win the un
wary youth, and scares the honest am
0 thoughtful young man out of the nc
v tion of getting married for fear whe
he gets the padding, paint and powde
= scraped off his bride he will nave nc
- thing lett. l have stood and istene
II on street corner to a crowd of youn
men telling their imaginary stories 0
what we would probably find beneat
that padding, paint and powder, till
]. would have the nightmare so bad tina
y when | woke up | would lay and tren
It BILE for an hour.
e. | once made custom of going [
r hear certain preacher. For thre
O. months | had to consult my dictionar
RS for an hour after each sermon till q
last l became acquaiuted with his v,
20 cabulary. He was really talente
m man, but few strangers came to hea
him the second time, for they cOuldn
Or comprehend his big words. Most q
st them trembled at the idea of talkin
rs with him for fear they would sho
e. their ignorance. His influence in tht
r world will be little above zero. Dee
and pure thoughts expressed in earne,