No. 6. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 4M 



awake in the morninjjj and said: "John, I had a dream hist night." 

 ''What did you dream, my dear," said John. "I dreamed that I wa» 

 at a public sale where they were selling husbands, and do you know 

 some of them brought |8.00, some^|l2.00 and |16.00, and one or two 

 went as high as |2,00()." John said: ''Is that so?" And after think 

 ing the matter over for awhile said: "And my dear, what did hus- 

 bands bring like T am?" And she said: "Oh, they were tied up in 

 bunches like asparagus and sold for fifteen cents a bunch." 



The influence of the home is wonderful. I think this is a great 

 country, because it is a country of homes. A man will shoulder the 

 musket on account of his home, when he would not do it for a 

 boarding-house. 



There is no reason why the country home should not be beauti- 

 fied as well as the home in town. This is why I paint my house 

 only one coat at a time and oftener, so as to have it look better and 

 more attractive, so the outside world will like it as well as myself 

 and family. 



The CHAIRMAN: We are now ready to hear the last subject on 

 the program for this evening: "What Constitutes a Practical Edu- 

 cation for the Farmer?" by T. D. Harman, of the National Stockman 

 and Farmer^ of Pittsburg, Pa. 



Mr. Harman's paper is as follows: 



WHAT CONSTITUTES A PRACTICAL EDUCATION FOR A 



FARMER? 



V T. li. Hahman, Pittsbiii-ii, Pa. 



A question of the most vital importance. A question that the 

 best scholars are unable to answer definitely. A question which 

 would take more time to answer than could possibly be allowed for 

 one speaker at a gathering like this. I shall, therefore, only attempt 

 to skim a little of the cream oft" the top, churn it into butter, avoid 

 any adulteration, and pass it out to those who know how to breed, 

 feed and milk the cow, skim the milk, churn the butter and digest 

 it better than the speaker. 



It never occurred to me that I was to speak to an assemblage of 

 educators, when I accepted the invitation to talk on this topic, or 

 you would find a vacant chair on this platform to-night. Believing 

 in the old adage that "Wise men can sometimes learn from a fool," 

 r shall offer the suggestions which follow, hoping that a few grains 

 of wheat may be found among the chaft". 



