The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1922-01-26
HELP THE FARMER.
I'd, Pioneer Banker, Farmer,
Plain Talk On County
Agent Question.
tor of The Herald:

X0 tor of The Herald:
III Fears ago, in Iowa, there came
s50H Srt of rattle Drained specimen
~ of sty, something like the peo
p1e kfroit considered Henry Ford
WITH sars ago, and began to advo-
Ne farmers of that state the
: = - 4@ S211 they would receive in great
from their crops by plant
seed, every grain of which
xout, grow and leave no vac
a&k "a the fields of corn, so num-
\ Iet1 that state. In accord with ma
1fnations of certain humans,
@>soS>s t64f6 re buzz of doubt as to the
coxfeek6e of the venture, but in the
u m6Sn S man was successful in his at
tenn IN one year he saved to the
;. farmes1 is Iowa $5,000,000 The idea
>- spxaad fhroughout the States, blessing.
ln61kiu1 We are not informed wheth-
a RIer no good Lord gave him the proper
credit III Heaven. What he earned will
neYbx ~ paid for on earth.
nm %xeHter success accomplished
w1x &1tting those farmers to dol
4QSdE out of the ordinary routine
worn out preacher down in
j l(fhe III Gend country who couldn t tell
i f1xie barley from a banana, was
fflkx0NH npon his own resources, and
=. had N feg, borrow, starye or work.
He oho1a The latter, and in doing SC
i = picked ~ be thought the easiest thing
ia Rhe knew how to do-raising potatoes.
on ]aIn TIM years, he cleaned up 100000. /
Notice of his successes came to the at
tention AZ \ railroad company. He has
gone b1Sk to preaching for that com
-Or pany st ~ annual salary of $4,000,
tks text for each and every SER
- mon ii fEotatoes.' -
reop In l020 ut the Inter-S State Fair in
Is ipe Spokane, the writer encountered a
f net bunch III Nezperce prairie boys, 10, IL
q ESQ. and A Yc4rs old-each in charge of a
pi6 *h8k they had fed and cared for
va that 66me summer for exhibition, and
evsu thd doep interest these boys displayed
,,nns1 in their assumed responsibility was a
and LESSEN IN business that would pay older
bu,. heads IN Emulate. '1Coming- events
H.. cast tteir Shadows before.'' Wher.
:. ever fato may cause these boys to cast
s.. their future lot, each and every one
! !. viii be ! leader in that community,
.on. long before quarter of century
e :. rolls around. "With malice towards
none, ne would not be afraid to
wager ranch against ruble that the
''' names of the parents of the boys of e
tho tPi9 Club are not on the petit |
ton of 240 to fire the county agent.
ivp'' ,'4' All the same fair a girl of IL years,
''a Of st. 4aries, Idaho, bright, healthy, t
as' of an energetic nature, took the prize =
for the best pig, and the glib, pleasant
way she had of telling about her pet i
E was enough to set one to thinking ser
'sia' iously about the training and education
z Of an tho children of our country for P
'n' future sarvice; more especially, those c
who expect to follow agricultural pur- "
suits
What IS money anyway, but to spend .
for the good of the children who are D
expected to execute the functions of 0
life and 3 nation9 We work and t
Z (schcme like sin to lay up fortune and i'
vsome may succeed Along comes
Ashyster and carries off what we have,
and we mourn foT what we have not.
Not long since, there blew into the 4
county from the somewheres man K
who was hired by the county as agent Y
and instructed to earn his money. At
first the boys had to chip in to enable a
the conntvto pay his salary. The ego v
tisticaI old cusses with heads swelled d
with farm knowledge that WASH t there >
kicked at the idea that any one could v
tell them anything. This young man g
didn't wear a plug hat, nor broad le
cloth suit, nor a silk shirt, nor silk =
socks, nor auspenders, but q blue shirt,
overa1Is, coarse shoes, an old slouch tt
hat that had the appearance of hard
usage for Is years. He got all over m
<Nthat county in tin Lizzie helping,
4 laiding and assisting anybody and HI
| Everybody that needed it, and, to cut "
Is long story short, when the grasshop
Viper seourge came along, and the farm
- ers were handling "a pretty scuttle
q fish, trembling in their boots as
to The outlook of the future, he direc- Sl
ted tAe farmers in doing the proper at
thing to destroy the pest, and A. e.. b'
Wade IA one year saved Lewis county ST
$225, ,000. And they fired the county ii
agent. Douglas V. Dowd. CT
F
Peter Thompson will leave in the
morning ~ business mission to Spo- W
L - e.