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s^ffi journal; ■sr or Garden w VOL. LXV INDIANAPOLIS, MAY 28, 1910. NO. 22 THE COUNTRY LIFE INSTITUTE. By Chas. Preston Foreman, D. D., Dayton, Indiana- Editors Indiana Farmer: The "Country Life Institute" was held at Bellefontalne, Ohio, May 9-11. an husbandman. As an husbandman the farmer of the past was "married" to the land." He made it his home for life. The difficulty now is we are passing through a transition period. The farmer ls no longer "married" to the land but in too many eases is an al together in demanding sobriety on the part of those in their employ, thus raising the standard of efficiency. Why not the farmers do some such thing? It can be done through a socialization of the farmers, but never through a continuance of the dominance of individ- many have gone into this work as a life business? Under the existing conditions, how many can go into it as a life business? As the problems of the country schools can only be solved by the country teachers, then provision must be made to get the best, and to Six-horse Team Owned by J. Crouch & Son, Lafayette, Indiana. As we think of the splendid addresses made, the deep significance of this new movement on the part of the church, the propaganda on which the movement will proceed in the future, and its already far-reaching influence, we must confess that the task is rather difficult to bring a fair report of it within the scope of one newspaper article. The Institute was under the supervision of the Presbyterian Board of Home Missions and Rev. Warren Wilson Ph. D. representing that Board was present and was a large factor in its success. The superintendents of Home Missions in the Presbyterian church in the synods of Ohio, Michigan and Indiana had much to do with directing the affairs of the Institute, yet it was not strictly a denominational affair. Its purpose was to study the financial, educational, recreative, agricultural and spiritual problems as they stand related to the country church and country community. ** Dr. Wilson delivered two addresses, the flrst on "Getting a Living in the Country." He pictured the farmer of the past as a pioneer, an exploiter and sentee owner and tiller of the soil. This of necessity ia having a large effect upon the social, educational and spiritual condition of the country community. Many of our modern conveniences, such as the telephone, have had a bad influence on the social life of the country community. Mr. Graham of the agricultural department of the Ohio State University made this significant remark: "While the telephones can do the business of the country, the people must develop the social life of the country." Dr. Wilson also spoke on "The Farmer and the Community," and among other troubles with the farmer, such as his "Loneliness," his "Objections to Book Farming," etc., he mentioned the "General Dominance of Individualism." The farmer's need to socialize ls imperative in this day of medical associations, mechanical associations, educational associations, etc. The farmer can no longer stand alone between his plow handles. By such a socialization of the farmers of different communities the standards of each community may be lifted to the level of .greatest efficiency. By way of example, the railroad corporations stand ualism, by which our country communities have been and are now characterized. President William Oxley Thompson, of the Ohio State University, who by the way is a minister as well as a practical farmer spoke of "The Country Church and Country Life." He discounted the idea of absentee ownership as not being an ideal condition for the development of country schools, country churches, and a higher type of life in the country. He said with great force: "Agriculture does not call for a larger number of men and women to live on the farm, but for a higher type." Also this: "You can't keep a high class people on a low class farm." Thus the need of more scientific agriculture, that the farm may be brought up to the class of people which is needed in the country. This shows the relationship of our educational problem in the country, in its general connection with this whole question. This phase of the question was emphasized by Prof. W. W. Boyd, Dean of College of Education, Columbus, O. The problem of the country school must be solved on the field. We have 250,000 teachers in rural districts, and yet how worthily keep them there. Prof. Boyd spoke enthusiastically of the centralized school, such as our Indiana township school. Then he believed the whole course of study in our country schools should be so rearranged as to deal more with the practical needs of the country. Hon. A. P. Sandles, Secretary Ohio State Board of Agriculture, gave a stirring address on "The Call of the Nation." He called attention to the fact that our agricultural life is, to a very large extent, the foundation of our national life. He spoke of the two rapidly approaching lines of our needs and products. At the present rate of increase of population by 1950, only, forty years more, the United States will have 200,000,000 people, while today we are producing enough to feed only 100,000,000 and the amount of our products is decreasing instead of increasing. In 1909 the output of wheat, corn, sheep and hogs was far less than a dozen years ago. Just a few years ago one man in the country fed one man in town; now there are two men in town to be fed by the one man in the coun- Continued on page 9.
Object Description
Title | Indiana farmer, 1910, v. 65, no. 22 (May 28) |
Purdue Identification Number | INFA6522 |
Date of Original | 1910 |
Subjects (LCSH) |
Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
Subjects (NALT) |
agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
Genre | Periodical |
Call Number of Original | 630.5 In2 |
Location of Original | Hicks Repository |
Coverage | United States - Indiana |
Type | text |
Format | JP2 |
Language | eng |
Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
Rights Statement | Content in the Indiana Farmer Collection is in the public domain (published before 1923) or lacks a known copyright holder. Digital images in the collection may be used for educational, non-commercial, or not-for-profit purposes. |
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Date Digitized | 2011-04-08 |
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Title | Page 1 |
Subjects (LCSH) |
Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
Subjects (NALT) |
agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
Genre | Periodical |
Call Number of Original | 630.5 In2 |
Location of Original | Hicks Repository |
Coverage | Indiana |
Type | text |
Format | JP2 |
Language | eng |
Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
Rights Statement | Content in the Indiana Farmer Collection is in the public domain (published before 1923) or lacks a known copyright holder. Digital images in the collection may be used for educational, non-commercial, or non-for-profit purposes. |
Repository | Purdue University Libraries |
Digitization Information | Orignal scanned at 300 ppi on a Bookeye 3 scanner using internal software. Display images generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000s; file format for archival copy is uncompressed TIF format. |
Transcript | s^ffi journal; ■sr or Garden w VOL. LXV INDIANAPOLIS, MAY 28, 1910. NO. 22 THE COUNTRY LIFE INSTITUTE. By Chas. Preston Foreman, D. D., Dayton, Indiana- Editors Indiana Farmer: The "Country Life Institute" was held at Bellefontalne, Ohio, May 9-11. an husbandman. As an husbandman the farmer of the past was "married" to the land." He made it his home for life. The difficulty now is we are passing through a transition period. The farmer ls no longer "married" to the land but in too many eases is an al together in demanding sobriety on the part of those in their employ, thus raising the standard of efficiency. Why not the farmers do some such thing? It can be done through a socialization of the farmers, but never through a continuance of the dominance of individ- many have gone into this work as a life business? Under the existing conditions, how many can go into it as a life business? As the problems of the country schools can only be solved by the country teachers, then provision must be made to get the best, and to Six-horse Team Owned by J. Crouch & Son, Lafayette, Indiana. As we think of the splendid addresses made, the deep significance of this new movement on the part of the church, the propaganda on which the movement will proceed in the future, and its already far-reaching influence, we must confess that the task is rather difficult to bring a fair report of it within the scope of one newspaper article. The Institute was under the supervision of the Presbyterian Board of Home Missions and Rev. Warren Wilson Ph. D. representing that Board was present and was a large factor in its success. The superintendents of Home Missions in the Presbyterian church in the synods of Ohio, Michigan and Indiana had much to do with directing the affairs of the Institute, yet it was not strictly a denominational affair. Its purpose was to study the financial, educational, recreative, agricultural and spiritual problems as they stand related to the country church and country community. ** Dr. Wilson delivered two addresses, the flrst on "Getting a Living in the Country." He pictured the farmer of the past as a pioneer, an exploiter and sentee owner and tiller of the soil. This of necessity ia having a large effect upon the social, educational and spiritual condition of the country community. Many of our modern conveniences, such as the telephone, have had a bad influence on the social life of the country community. Mr. Graham of the agricultural department of the Ohio State University made this significant remark: "While the telephones can do the business of the country, the people must develop the social life of the country." Dr. Wilson also spoke on "The Farmer and the Community," and among other troubles with the farmer, such as his "Loneliness," his "Objections to Book Farming," etc., he mentioned the "General Dominance of Individualism." The farmer's need to socialize ls imperative in this day of medical associations, mechanical associations, educational associations, etc. The farmer can no longer stand alone between his plow handles. By such a socialization of the farmers of different communities the standards of each community may be lifted to the level of .greatest efficiency. By way of example, the railroad corporations stand ualism, by which our country communities have been and are now characterized. President William Oxley Thompson, of the Ohio State University, who by the way is a minister as well as a practical farmer spoke of "The Country Church and Country Life." He discounted the idea of absentee ownership as not being an ideal condition for the development of country schools, country churches, and a higher type of life in the country. He said with great force: "Agriculture does not call for a larger number of men and women to live on the farm, but for a higher type." Also this: "You can't keep a high class people on a low class farm." Thus the need of more scientific agriculture, that the farm may be brought up to the class of people which is needed in the country. This shows the relationship of our educational problem in the country, in its general connection with this whole question. This phase of the question was emphasized by Prof. W. W. Boyd, Dean of College of Education, Columbus, O. The problem of the country school must be solved on the field. We have 250,000 teachers in rural districts, and yet how worthily keep them there. Prof. Boyd spoke enthusiastically of the centralized school, such as our Indiana township school. Then he believed the whole course of study in our country schools should be so rearranged as to deal more with the practical needs of the country. Hon. A. P. Sandles, Secretary Ohio State Board of Agriculture, gave a stirring address on "The Call of the Nation." He called attention to the fact that our agricultural life is, to a very large extent, the foundation of our national life. He spoke of the two rapidly approaching lines of our needs and products. At the present rate of increase of population by 1950, only, forty years more, the United States will have 200,000,000 people, while today we are producing enough to feed only 100,000,000 and the amount of our products is decreasing instead of increasing. In 1909 the output of wheat, corn, sheep and hogs was far less than a dozen years ago. Just a few years ago one man in the country fed one man in town; now there are two men in town to be fed by the one man in the coun- Continued on page 9. |
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