The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1920-01-15

Ahe calendar, usually ran 20 gpriDt
and summer months, ending ut about
knee deep IN June" Thomas Hood
did succeed in getting as far as No
vember, but II wasn't a good poem
Oh, II WIS a clever piece Of crafts
manship, and All that but unjust. II
was all negatlyes-"No morn, no noon
no other time Of day; no sun. nc
moon, no tother side the way"-eome
such llbel0us stun as that about a
perfectly gorgeous month. But they
didn't write even negative eulogies
OF December Poe mentioned 1t. along
with dying ember." midnight dreary.'
and such like gobs Of gloom. Just
the same. December might be made
the subject OF very excellent poem.
Indeed. with verse here and verse
there, II may almost be said that the
United States department Of agrlcul-
turc has wri,en a great poem on it,
one Of the dldactc kind that, In addi-
tion TO adorning the tale. points a
moral. entitled 20 be considered poetry
because truth IS beauty. and beauty Is
poetry. The theme Of the thing must
be saiG TO be that December IS such
a tremendously important month to
the farmer.
December Important Farm Month.
Now, having pulled up long enough
TO climb over q period and walk around
the nook OF a paragraph--consider. or
course, December has not been gen
orally considered an Important month
In agriculture. On the contrary, Il
has been very much neglected month
almost n month ignored. None the
less. Il does come very close TO being
the most important month in the year
for the farmer. II Is month OF
such tremendous potentially. a month
whose usefulness may be so spread
out over the other IL.
There is no end OF things that
should be done In December besides
getting ready for Christmas. That.
to borrow phrase from a very old
charge on duty. "ls not on any ac-
count TO be neglected" but Il is due
Ia be coordlnated.
You have read In the old pioneer
stories how the boys had TO work IN
the clearing all summer, started 10 |
school In the winter That ought 20
be true stir for every farmer, no
matter how old or young he IS. De /
rember should mark she beginning Of /
the session In his school. His school
house may very well be I'm his own
corner. He has not much
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all. Now, he does begin 10 have
title leisure-not that he has any time
o loaf, but he has his heels on the
-round. Daring the year there have
,een printed n considerable number Of
,ood textbooks on farming. Special
SITS OF the United States department
4 agriculture and other specialists at
he state agricultural college have em-
,Odled in bulletins the result OF long
md patient labor on various things
pertaining 10 farming, have put In type
acts that VIII mean dollars 10 the
armer who learns them and puts them
nto practice.
Pupils Study What They Like.
OF course. this chlmney-corner
chool Of agriculture allows it's stu
Tents a lot Of leeway. The curriculum
$ largely elective. The farmer may
tudy this and leave the other alone,
Is his interests may dictate. But
here will be enough bulletins that are
Il interest TO him TO make n pretty
ull course OF study. II he has
neglected his education at all and isn't
up TO his grade" there may be a
,reat deal more than he can handle In
,ae winter. The United States depart
nent OF agriculture has been publish
ng bulletins for great many
ears There are more thaG thou
and farmers bulletins now on the
list, and every one of them discusses
that means money TO q
arge class of farmers. Many of the
ubjects have been supplemented and
by state agencies-the agri-
cultural college or the state depart
nent OF agriculture. There Is abso-
utely no reason why any farmer may
lot have all the scientific Information
hat exists on all phases of agricul-
ure that mean anything in his par
lcular operation. All he has TO do IL
0 go to school to himself by his own
reside. If he needs tutoring, there
5 the county agent whom he can con-
ult when he goes to town on Satur-
ay--or he might possibly have the
gent out to supper and a session by
1e fireside some night.
The United States department OF ag-
Iculture maintains printed lists OF Its
arious publications, arranged by sub
ects. Any farmer--or any city dwell !
r or suburbanite who is interested In
hickens or a garden or any OF the
hlngs that pertain to farming-can 4
ave a copy merely by writing for II,
FOR the average farmer 1t is worth
pending an evening over. reading the l