The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1914-06-04
WHY DENMARK PRODUCES BEST BUTTER, BACON AND EGGS


His teachers we're mature. well.trained
men OF good intellectual ability, well
paid. and. In most cases. community
leaders and organizers.
From fourteen to eighteen Is an age
when Danish boys and girls are grow.
Ing physically and working at prac-
tical things. for the young Dane can.
not enter the folk high school until he
Is eighteen.
Farm Apprenticeship.
Tho prospective farmer. however.
has not stopped his educative proc.
esses during this period. There Ia In
Denmark n recognized system OF farm
apprenticeship for tho future farmer.
II IL n common practise here for the
father who wishes his son to become
three years upon some OF the accredit.
cd model farms OF the country. Gen.
orally he stays on one farm for ono
year. moving on to n second and then
n third In order that he may get eff
ferent and broader points Of view and
may see agriculture specialized along
different lines upon the different farms.
On these farms he Ia given an oppor.
tunity TO learn. but for the most part
his time Is spent in haru labor. lie
learns to farm by farming.
Folk Schools and Patriotism.
After his apprenticeship Is complet-
ed he goes for ut least n few months
TO n OF the folk high schools. which
arc In the broadcast sense schools OF
patriotism. Inspiring lectures are
used for instruction more widely than
are text books. The history and liter.
ature OF the country is the theme OF
many an hour, Every class IL opened
with n song. either patriotic or re-
llgiou3. and each day extensive read.
ings upon patriotic and religious topics
are given. Practical political economy
and sociology are included In the daily
work. No one under eighteen may at.
tend these folk high schools. but many
an older man or woman In later life
finds there that for which there was
nc opportunity In youth. The schools
arc co-educational. but are co-educa.
tlonal In q thoroughly segregated
way, for the men attend In winter and
tho only In tho summer
months.
These schools are privately owned
and not absolutely free. The cost OF
five months instruction and board for
tho men for tho winter months Is
about s55. while the women. who gen.
orally attend these schools In summer.
pay only about $50 for three months
instruction. including board and lodg.
Ing. Small as these fees seem TO be,
the state has various ways Of re.
ducing the fees. especially for the sons
and daughters Of the small holders.
the total number Of students in these
summer and winter schools the last
few years has never been less than
ten thousand.
University Extension.
These folk high schools have. too.
m extension form OF education some
what similar to the university extern
sion courses given by some OF our
American colleges. The high school
P'oiuoSoio bSpuShNy ~ out w ~
.schoolhouses for popular lectures upon
history and literature. and upon soci.
illogical subjects. Generally q little
association Is formed for the course OF
from six to ten lectures. Possibly n
crona (twenty-seven eents) for the
year IL charged, or there may be a
charge OF twenty ora -four cents) for
each lecture. Here at the high school
building they also hold In the fall a
special community meeting for three
or four days during which three lee
lures per day on subjects similar TO
those taught In the school are given.
and In addition men OF learning or re-
nown from the outside are brought In.
At this folk school the young farm
er who has had his common school
training. with all It's contact with the
realities OF life. and who has learned
In three years apprenticeship how to
farm. has an opportunity to learn how
to be a citizen and n patriot. But he
has not yet completed his school work.
Upon the farm he has learned how to
do things. He has yet to learn why.
So he goes to an agricultural college
and learns the theoretical and scien-
tinc why which IL back OF the prac-
teal how. This Ia the story of Dem
marks farmer In the making. through
common school. apprenticeship. folk