The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-09-25
ARMY CAMP OPERATING
VERY sue ESFUL FARM

Farming Instruction Il Now Of
lntensively Practical Type :
for All Students
Solving the food problem is one
Of the most serious problems that
confronts this country today. AT
/. least one place has, to an extent,
!, solved this. We refer to the expert
mental farm Of the government at
Camp Grant, ILL.,, the home OF the
Sixth division, U. s. army. Agrlcui-
tural training is one Of the important
phases in the wonderful program be-
ing carried on At the army schools
Ut that point, in addition to thirty
two other trades and professions. &
s. Like all Of the other courses at the
army school, the farming instruction
ID Of IN intenSiyely practical type.
During the winter months, class room
work Is carried on in soil study, crop
rotation, farm machinery, its care
and use, stock breeding, etc. This is
carried on under the direction of pro
fessional teachers, in steam heated,
well lighted class rooms. With the
advent Of suitable weather, and the
/ enlargement Of the schools facilities
for practical outdoor. work, much
progress has been made. +
/ The farm school consists OF four
hundred acres on which a, diversity
Of crops are rotated in twenty acre
units. Small grains, corn and forage
crops are grown on these plots. AS
the men progress in their work under
the direction Of scientific farm ex-
perts, each thing they do is explained
and the reason for the method OBJ
served. Thus the men are stimulated
to think for themselves and are en-
abled to meet their own problems az
they will later find them in civil lie.
The work in general farming IS
accompanied by truck gardening, the
+ vegetables raised being utilized IN
the camp messes as an agreeable ad-
dition to the ration. A complete
course in horticulture is being con-
Quoted in connection with the six
established orchards on the farm.
besides one new orchard which will
bear for the first time this season
and a quantity Of small fruits which
have also been set out this year. :.
Pruning, spraying, grating and
cultivation are taught by men who
are experts and the students get
ample practice in these lines.
A mule barn, sheep shed, poultry
house, hog house, stock judging pa
: vilion and implement sheds are being
erected at present. The dairy is be-
ing remodeled and hog tight FENCES
placed around the farm. All types OF
farm machinery are used and the stu
dents are instructed in the care and
use: sof each. {, Tractors are used Tor
thu work Of blowing, narrowing and
caring tor. crops. Special stress rs
laid on proper care Of machinery, 9
point on which great many. farm
era have been lamentably careless. Z.
: The. leading breeds Of stock are
kspt 20 that the men may be. familiar
with thu characteristics and relative
merits 81 the many, varieties. The
Jersey. Guernsey, Holstein, Short
horn, ...~ Hereford, Aberdeen-Angus
strains of cattle give students expert
ence with both beef-producing and
milk producing breeds. In the hog de-
partment are kept Duroc-Jerseys.
Yorkshires, Tamworths, Poland
Chinas, and Chester Whites. Sew
eral breeds of sheep and poultry OF
all kinds complete the animal hus-
bandry complement. r.. L. Leach,
formerly Of the University of Illinois
and a recognized authority on stock,
a. we'll as practical instructor, is
in charge Of this feature of the
work. =.
Dean C. B. .Waldron, formerly Of
the North Dakota Agricultural col
$ leee, heads the faculty and the farm
manager is G. H. Pollok, of North
Dakota and Cornell. Each branch OF
the work is in charge of an expert
in that particular line.
The work at the Camp Grant farm
is Of a non-spectacular type and Of
the efficient sort that is calculated
to produce men who can run rea
farms, not mere show places and un'
profitable toys, but real workable
farms where old time practical crop.
raising is made more efficient by
application of scientific methods, but
also where science keeps its feet
solidly on the ground.
Many farmer boy, ambitious tc
make farming a life profession, but
who is unable to afford course al
an agricultural college, will be inter
sested in the new army plan, whereby
he gains this education and is paiG
4, for it at the same time.
ATTEMPT MADE ON LIFE
OF MAJOR STRICKLAND
=" Dublin, Ireland, Sept. 25.-An at.
tempt to. take the life of Major Gen.
eral Strickland was made in Cork last
!. night. according to advices received
here by military authorities. Strick.
land was motoring thru the crowded
streets when Sim Feiners opened
to- Thn oho,