. The American rural school : its characteristics, its future and its problems. time for the meeting came, the farmers were told they might stayaway if they cared to. This meeting was for the boys, who were there by scores with their-•5» com. It was judged by an expert from the stateagricultural college andpronounced as fine a dis-play of com as he ever hadseen. But the farmersthemselves were there, too,— over SCO of them, —and the problem hadbeen solved. This was in andothers organized simi-lar clubs. The schoolstook up the scientific ampiam. inearawingluus- „4.,,j„ ^f „^
. The American rural school : its characteristics, its future and its problems. time for the meeting came, the farmers were told they might stayaway if they cared to. This meeting was for the boys, who were there by scores with their-•5» com. It was judged by an expert from the stateagricultural college andpronounced as fine a dis-play of com as he ever hadseen. But the farmersthemselves were there, too,— over SCO of them, —and the problem hadbeen solved. This was in andothers organized simi-lar clubs. The schoolstook up the scientific ampiam. inearawingluus- „4.,,j„ ^f „^,^. „„u„„ltrates proper rooting. (After Minnesota ^tudy of COm, SChooI School Agriculture.) gardens and experi- mental plots multiplied, and before long the movementhad spread to other states. Influence of Such Organizations upon Education. —No expedient made use of in recent years by educators,in their efforts to solve the farm problem, has metwith so tmiversal approval as has the industrial appeals to the average farmers self-interest. He is. ELEMENTARY AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRIAL CLUBS 223 quick to recognize its value by tangible results. Likelyenough, he may experience defeat in the com contest atthe hands of his own sons, whose com commands $2 perbushel, while his own brings the customary 75 cents. Butthen it gives a certain satisfaction to be defeated by onesown offspring! Such farmers will become the stanchsupporters of the new schools, and pull for a bettercooperation between farm and school. The influence ofthe industrial clubs on the education of the farm youthcan hardly be overestimated. They are rearing the na-tion a new generation of scientific farmers. The boys,according to Mr. Dick J. Crosby, of the United States De-partment of Agriculture, have learned to observe moreclosely the crops and things affecting the crops; they havemet and learned to solve some of the problems in theimprovement of crops; they have learned to keep sim-ple a
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