The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1921-12-21
Course Increases
Interest In Farm
Work In High School
Makes Students Realize Ad-
yantages Says Waite
OUTLINES ACCOMPLISHMENT
OF STUDENTS DURING YEAR
Responsibility of Miniature Farms
Rests Entirely on Boys Under
System Being Used

To Keep the boy on the farm, .
is the prime motive of the work be-
ing done by the high school agricul-
ture educational d e p a rt m n 8
throughout the state of Nevada, ac-
cording to Noble Waite, instructor
in agriculture and chemistry in the
Churchill county nigh school.
Heretofore the boys of an agri-
cultural community have had an in
different attitude regarding farm
ing" said Waite, due to the fact
that they have had much hard work
and little or no profits as result of
the work. Consequently they are
anxious to go to the cities and towns
to get work where their wages are
their own"
In an effort to remedy that condi-
tion, the high schools are giving a
course in practical agriculture in
which the boys have their own land,
do all the work, pay all the expense
and finally reap all profits from the
crops, he said.
The boys, in the meantime, get a
scientific knowledge of farming I'm
der Instructor Waite the students
work three times a week in the class
rooms and on two afternoons a week
they get out in the field and apply
the theories that they have obtained
from the books. In this connection
the boys study soil and soil prob
lens and fertilization "And as a
result agriculture is brought home
to the boys" is Waite's opinion.
Pay Rent for Land
Ten boys Of the Churchill county
high school are at present enrolled
in. the agronomy course. All of the
boys have plots of land that are ex-
cldsively in their control. Some of
the boys have rented the land from
their fathers and others are using
a five acre plot near the high
school. The boys that are using the
county land plan to pay rent and
the boys who are using their faith
ers' land also pay rent.
In this manner the entire respon-
sibility is thrown on the boys, and
according to- Waite, the Churchill
county students have shown much
enthusiasm over the project
Although the boys are working in
cooperation with their fathers and
Waite, they do all the work them
selves. If they receive help from
parents or relatives they are sup
posed to pay wages the same as
though they hired labor.
The five acres of land at the high
school have been prepared for win
ter fallow and the boys can choose
any crop they desire to raise ON their
individual plots. The only require
ment is that the crop must be suit
able to this locality, said the in
structor
Looking to Churchill County
Other schools throughout the
state that are doing work similar to
that of the Churchill county high
school are, Gardnerville, Overton,
Bunkerville and Panacca. How
ever, Churchill county is the heart
of agricultural Nevada and the high
school is second largest in the state
and the people of the state are con-
sequently looking for the results OBJ
tanned here to Judge the feasibility
of the courses" said Waite.
The question of keeping the boys
on the farm, is in Waite's opinion,
one of the most important questions
facing the people of the state and
the country. In order to do this the
high schools are trying to- make
farming a live topic to the young
people and help them to develop a
keen interest in the work If the
boys can learn that farming is a
profession with many of the advan-
tages and few of the disadvantages
of other vocations they will be more
apt to remain in the agricultural
communities and on the farms, he
added