The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1920-06-05
WV BECOMES BASIS FOR
Boy's ARITHMETIC--DAlRy
FIGURES LIvEN SuBJECl

now bE'oM1S "HS'' ~"
noy's ARITHMETIC--DAIRy
FIGURES LIvEN sUBJECr
II YOU started out TO hnd. among
~ bows Of today in the United States
4. one who - TO become the hrst
AN in the world In relation to dairy
.s the Hrst place you would 20
-ould not be q cotton farm In South
4 Ir.,olina, would it7 But that would
,.vc been the place to 20 on TINT
-,.sion 80 years ago. The present
Nef of the Dairy Division. United
a,.tes Department of Agriculture,
,ould have been the boy. You
-ould have found him, probably
,Aopping cotton or maybe blowing
arm or cutting wheat with an old
.shionei cradle. And you might
,,,e picked him for a leader In any
.ue OF half dozen agricultural
soss. but not for dairylng. because
mere was no market for milk IN his
,ommunity..
How Dairyman Was Made
How do YOU YOU suppose he hap
named to become dairy speclaliHt'
Well. his aunt gave him a heifcr cnc
lime lie cared tor the animal. fed
,sr milked her. sold her calves and
tspt tho mopey, and generally felt
nat the COW was his.--Hik interest
N tba, cow led 10 his interest In all
cows.
That IL one OF the illustrations
nat the Department OF Agriculture
might cite in beginning its work Of
,scouragins the formation Of boys
tov clubs. There are many calf
elubs. Banks have done great oea'
,Ovard encouraging boys 10 own
eslves. The plan. ordinarily. L. to
lend a boy money to buy calf.
vhich he keeps for a year. then 5eils.
and repays The bank. The dairy
peciallsts believe that there should
Ne COW clubs. aiso-and there are a
lev already. A boy en- bo. row mon
~ 10 buy n heller about ready to
reshen. and make her pay for her
sen In from one to two years. pro-
ylded, OF course. that there IL an
.yallable market for his milk or
cream.
One OF the objects sought. cf
course, Is TO interest the boy In cow
and IN dairying. but the dairy spec
ialisis believe that they see q way to
use the COW for deepening the boy's
interest In other things. They pro.
pose. wherever II can be done tnat
The COW become the basis OF the boys
ariihmetic at school.
For the average boy. Il Is pointed
out, arithmetic is not related to life.
The figures are not symbois-thcy
are Just figures. Every problem IL
an abstract times 4. or 8 per cent
Of 3s5, extremely tiresome and unin-
isfesting. because II does not connect
vitb anything that the boy knows In
he everyday life.
But II multiplication means 4
pounds OF cream from the boys own
COW multiplied by 40 cents ut the
creamery door. or if percentage
means the portion OF the milk that
can be sold as cream. then arith-
netle becomes related 10 life. be-
cause Il deals with the things tina.
The boy touches and is interested In
Il Is possible 70 base the whole of
The boys arithmetic on his work with
The COW He would keep track OF all
ihe feed she consumes. the cost Of
The feed, and later on the nutrition
faios from time TO time. He would
keep track OF the milk produced. tho
Fat IL contains. how much butter II
vould make. and what IL would be
vorth at varying prices for different
GRADES OF butter. Somewhere aions
the line he Would figure the cost OF