Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-09-02

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per cent and would get more pork in
return.
! Agriculture in Schools.
Schools Of agriculture, the orator
stated, are strongly opposed by many
people while il they were built gen
orally throughout the state great bene-
fits would result. There Is more
chemistry required, argued Mr.. Mere
dith in the science of nutrition, in fig
uring out balanced rations for stock
than in any hospital or sanitarium.
More arithmetic Is used in calculating
the amount of butter fat in gallon
of milk than in the problems met with
in the grade schools. He said that it
would be of far more interest to chill
dren to make drawings Of their farms
than of things which they never hoped
to see or, were unacquainted with.
The boys and girls Of the present
are to be the farmers of the morrow,
Mr.. Meredith stated. and II the COM
munity Is to be bettered they must
be taught so that they will know a
great deal about what they are under
taking. Farm life must be made
pleasant and the youths must be
| taught to respect their business
| if they can be expected to remain in
the country and not move to the
which is one belonging to the resi-
| dents Of the cities as well as the farm
| er. must also be given attention If the
boys and girls are to remain on their
native heaths. The speaker urged the
people to get together and boost for
bigger and better things in Iowa. stat
ing that only through cooperation,
aided by the establishment of COW
clubs, corn testing clubs and other
means for preventing the waste of the
apple and oats crop and the death of
hogs due to cholera can this state,
which is already billion dollar one,
be made still bigger and more pros
porous community in which to live.
Those who do not join in this progress
sive movement, he asserted, are trail
ers and not leaders. .1..,, .....
Community Building.
Lieut.. Gov. w. l.. Harding in his
address. dwelt upon the value Of build.
ing up the community and the good to
come from. : cooperation between the
|
ulation for the .community's welfare.
showing the dependence OF one upon
the other. The address follows:
"You scratch my back and I'll
scratch yours is another way Of say
ing cooperation. The ideal situation
in state like ours is to have the fac
tory alongside of the farm. The closer
the producer and the consumer are to-
gether, the better It is for both. So
far in our history, Iowa is very largely
an agricultural state. The manufac-
turing interests have not been develop
ed, as they might have been. The re-
suit is that our state Is very largely
rural. We have no very large cities.
This however, Is a matter for congra-
tulation. because the modern city OF
size is SO crowded together that one
house is built on top Of the other. to
the great discomfort of the habitants.
A new spirit is breaking in Iowa.
We no longer call the man who lives
in the country rube, nor do we longer
call the men who lives IN town DUDE.
The rube and the dude, II we may use
those terms, have mingled together
SO much that If the types are yet left,
they have changed places. This inter
mingling has taught both that clothes
do not make the man.
| am satisfied that the feeling that
exists between those who live IN the
country and those who live in the
town is such, and their knowledge OF
each other is such that they can CO.
operate in the tomorrow in the build.
ing OF the community of Iowa
| This building must be in the spirit
"You scratch my back and I'll scratch
yours" The city or town that tries
Ito live without the country and be
independent of it, fails. The farm
community that tries to live without
the city or town, or without cooperat
ling with them, fails. The one is de-
pendent upon the other. and there
must be a recognition of the spirit
that the one is dependent upon the
other. and necessary for the others
best welfare.
Depends on individuals.
| !, The question Is, How is this spirit
! of progress and usefulness to be
/ brought about?" I presume there are
as many ideas as there are individuals
on q subject of this kind. The prob
lem OF course is old; and when one
community has solved it for one year
1t may be unsolved the next year. II
largely depends upon the individuals
and their desire to have this mutual
helpfulness promoted.
! i believe, however, that through the
school there is opportunity for some
what permanent solution. We are ir
position to develop strong, vigorou:
men and women. men and women who
can take their places in our state ant
national life, men and women witt
high ideals and pure motives, who viii
realize that life is well spent work
ling to bring about better home con