Milford chronicle., 1919-10-03


dren OF the neighborhood they wer
human beings.
Under the school code one scboo
building has been closed which fol
years was disgrace to New Castl,
/ county. The other day it was BRANDED
4 Dy a prominent farmer as being unf
TO house hogs. Only two wears acc
thls school was closed for a time be-
cause there were some desks so close
I TO the old stove that they caught on
ire and others were badly charred
The pupils of the school which has
been closed are attending a more mod
: ern school where the temperature of
: the room is watched; where fresh air
/, Is a constant visitor; where the light
2 comes through the windows so arrang-
ed that the pupils eyes are cared for:
= where conditions are entirely improv-
ed and the teachers are Of higher
standard and the children are getting
a higher education.
Agriculture n New Course
Among the courses Of study in the
nigh schools this year is agriculture
Agricultural" exclaim many nar-
ents. What do our children want To
learn agriculture for?' they continue
The answer comes back:
Because it is essential"
whether young man is raised on a
Iarm or in a town he can carry along
very nicely the learning about agricuI- I
ture. He can converse intelligentlv
about the breeds and grades of cattle (
lie may tell the difference between q
cochin and a plymouth rock or WAN
dotte chicken. He will understand
why the Holstein cows are kept bv the
FARMER who desires a large weld of
milk. and why another man keeps a
different breed when he desires the
best yield of butter
When he takes a thorough course in
agriculture he will know the differ
ence between a double. mould hoard
plow' sulky cultivator a drag bar-
row, tumbler hay rake, a modern
washing machine or a crow cabinet
There is a difference in them inst as
much as there is between fertilizer
and acidulated sand sold as the form
er. Farmers know many things and !
yet many of them do not know how :
they have been cheated by fertilizer :
sharks Ashes from a railroad round :
mousse have been ground into dust nv -
lne mighty burrs, then mixed with i
South Carolina rock and acidulated =
and when the farmer say the dark y
material in the fertilizer he was told :
Il was bone black. He bought if. he y
paid for it and found that acidulated
ashes did not help to grow hummer 9,
wheat crops. He learned when too ~
ate that sand from the shore at Wood =
and Beach when treated to a drench- n
ng of sulphuric acid remained only Il
weight ?maker when he paid for the IA
Manufactured material by the ton 10
he fertilizer bags could have on themi cl
lowing analysis, but the farmer was n
ot educated in his own calling and ev
e paid too dear for his whistle. ed
We cannot tell when one may change be
Is calling in these days when the of
irmer's sons come to the cities and cit
le city boys go to the country to get by
le pure air, plenty of room and raise wi
nckens, have plenty of eggs, keen on
wv for milk and butter and later n,
ranch out and become one of those ua
rmers with the big farms, big herds cor
cattle, big crops. an
Expect More Consolidated Schools Gle
The auto bus plan to carry the chill liz
'en to school is getting a fair trial. of
Id It is the opinion of many who have mo
en- them in operation that next year tbe
III see many more schools consoli- ~
tea and more busses in operation frs
king the children to the consolidated u-,
hools. Calls for efficiency are heard des
)m all directions and the vane is
lntlng to consolidation and higher 70
ucation in the consolidated school -
foundation of which has been laid sio,
der the school code. 80
Delaware commenced a few years oro
to prepare her teachers for a bet h,,1,
educational era. The State sent D.
graduates to normal schools, the 10,
inner school were established and ~
N came the great teahcing center fbo
Newark, the ,WOmens College of ~,
laWare. All of this is already be- Tbi
mig to tell in an improved grade of hnt
chers for our rural schools. ~,
ears ago people died from internal resr
ubles. Then surgery stepped in and ogat
skilled surgeon with the knife is s1cl
~ saving the lives of large num- emo,
S OF our people. Everywhere you tba
everyone you meet, can tell you a ro
so-and-sO, after long suffering, was
fully recovered and is in better con,
Ith ever since he went under the VIC
ration. oa,
ducation in Delaware has been - 5,,,-
for years and years, but at last eboy
gone under an operation under fbin'
direction of the school code The MI
aged appendix has been removed. won
incision has been sewed up. the was
hes removed Great improvements sboy
e been demonstrated in a month. at+e,
he school code has cut away the Of n
pidated. antiquated. unhealthy enc naan
ii sUiIUOi where teach and pupils of +
ted their time and money from the # IN.
e brought poor results. Better emf
hers are in the consolidated v,ou1
'ols, there are new studies, the grin.
hers have fewer classes and more for +
to give their pupils. know
le people owe it to the present and fbere
re generations to give the school conn
fair trial. With a higher edu- zion
IN the people will love their coun- tronI
and State better. They will be and I
70 ulscuss ana understand the ma it wa
Al and international subjects of sailo-
lay. will
gheT euucatioh Is the automobile cases
me cohsoliuated ana higher troub
aIiOn SCHOOL is the Iast automobile first
tle one or tWo-room school with onto
conditions and surround No,
IS the oA-cart OF the past, deserv- First
the same treatment-never to be tion
again. cinIee
memt
ADAMS CROSS ROADS yate
are e
J. James White has returned home Legio