104 STATE POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



expansion of our educational S3'stem so that the State becomes so 

 its citizens can make the most of it. 



It is time the elementary theoretical in education gave way to the 

 practical, that the vast army of our coming population who must 

 live b}' labor, and upon the results of whose labor depends the wel- 

 fare of our State and country, have educated hands as well as heads. 



THE INDUSTRIAL IDEA 



ia education has a broad scope. It takes us beyond the range of 

 the school room and college curriculum, to the farm, the shop and 

 ihe various vocations that go to make up a busy life. 



The foundation of every industrial business venture, is the market 

 to be found for the products produced. The business world to-day 

 runs in specialiies. The idea is becoming prevalent in agricultural 

 operations. Specialists in this branch or that carry the work to the 

 highest state of perfection. This educational idea before spoken of 

 comes into play here. But not affeclirg all alike for all are not nor 

 ■will not be eminent in like lines of farming. The man who makes a 

 success of dairying may not be especially interested in orcharding, 

 and soon the other hand the successful orchardist would be a decided 

 failure as a milk man and butter maker. 



To be successful in any special line of work the rule holds good 

 that the individual must have a love for that particular work. You 

 can't stop a square hole with a round plug. There will be a leak at 

 the corners. Special lines of industrial work call for special fitness 

 for the work, as well as for special education of the idea to be con- 

 summated. 



The industrial idea in education and training w'll overcome the 

 dispariy, in a large measure, which exists at the present time in 

 relation to the co-ordination of agricultural specialties. This is to 

 be the basis of much of education in the near future, as it is the 

 training of our agricultural colleges at the present time. In the 

 future, far more than in the past, the orchardist will be an educated 

 specialist, educated in the practical units of the business. 



