The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-07-14


complishments that have crowned the
efforts OF Dean lddings since he came
to Idaho. AS an administrator all the
readers of this paper know him anu
as an orator he needs no introduce
ton, for it is quite safe to say that
more people in the state have heard
Dean IddingS than m other man
within the confines of the common
wealth.
What is the Value of 1t?
In all my ramblings with the dean
among the flocks and herds, across
fields and pastures, l have been I'M
pressed by his wonderful capacity to
appreciate pastoral panorama. Poss-
IDLY the more aesthetic lover of ma
ture might forget the economic value
of plants in his exuberance. Take
the dean out for a hike" and begin
to wax eloquent over some plant, and
then do not feel surprised if he will
ask Q how much value you attach
to that plant in the ever expanding
agricultural program for Idaho.
The fact that the dean was born
and reared on a farm and has, dur
ing his entire life, worked and assocl-
ated with farmers and live stock men
has imbued in him a firm belief in
the desirability of the calling and
faith in the great part that agricul-
ture is destined to play in the eco
nomic and social development of our
national life. You can meet MIN
wherever you may and from his very
presence you are made to enjoy his
wholesome and helpful attitude to ag-
riculture. He is practical in all his
work and thoroughly conversant with
the problems of our agricultural PEG
pie.
All But the Mule
| know him best in his speciality,
namely, in the field of animal hus-
bandry. In this work he feels Ut ease
and is always ready to talk more and
better live stock on every farm. He
measures all breeds fairly SO long as
they give evidence of maximum use
fulness for the purpose for which they
are being produced. Personally | feel
that this is an extraordinary attitude
ia take for a man in his position. AS
a matter of fact I have heard lectures
by him on all breeds of live stock, ex- !
cept perhaps on mules, and probably +
the reason for this is that the dean
always favOrs pure breeding and a
noble heritage, conditions which are
absent in the mule, "who claims no
pride in his ancestry"
His "fireside tales" take one back
to bonnie Scotland among the herds
and flocks, or to Britain's grassy
meads and pastoral life. They nay in
vite you to the Isle of Guernsey or
Jersey or to more familiar scenes in
any of our states in which pastures
green are trodden by the golden
They may take o into the
or upon the open range where
The "cattle roam in thousands with
many a different brand" I have en-
listening in to his tales as his
nlnd sweeps owe a wide horizon,
as it is with a powerful mem
Dry, with which he draws On days
past and gone in a most interesting
manner. / have appreciated the won
range of his talks, and they
Ire modest and impersonal, drifting
gently from one subject to another as
lie dwells on the mighty past, touch
ng with kindly tom some Of the vag-
lries Of the present.
Associated with the dean for many
happy years has been a spirit as
JOung and enthusiastic as his own,
which has afforded him a support and
.ompaniOnship that has never been
urpassed in comprehension or charm
If you please-Mrs. E. J.. Iddings.
If / were to sum up in a short par
graph what my impressions are |
hight proceed to make myself clear
y using what / remember to pc
bout the deans own words on many
ccasions when he has voiced his trib-
tie to the agricultural cause of Idaho:
"It would be a dull mind indeed that
Ould exist in Idaho or the great
orthwest for any length of time and
nd no stimulation and incentive in
lie infinite possibilities involved and
lie engaging problems encountered
/ the effort to ilu prove her agricul-
Ire by the various methods how
.own to the science of agriculture.
I this vast field man is working In
partnership with the infinite
rec that rules all nature. The deep
his insight into it's laws the closer
Is communion with it. the fuller his
ealization of his obligations in the
.artnership the more certainly and
will his vocation react on his