THE CALL OF THE LAND 



mastered by all men students, who must also 

 acquire the power to handle and sharpen 

 tools, to build, to repair, to renew parts, and 

 to paint. 



The judging of seed corn and other seeds 

 is a regular exercise, by which, along with 

 careful lectures and demonstrations, stu- 

 dents learn how to tell good seed from bad 

 and how to produce the best. 



The war against bad seeds and slovenly 

 methods of judging we have carried into 

 Africa. Three great railroads in Nebraska 

 place well-arranged trains at our disposal, 

 free, to run over their principal lines, 

 stopping at each main station for a a^-min- 

 ute lecture on good seed and the way to tell 

 it. The minute a train stops, one, two or 

 three cars are filled with farmers and 

 farmer boys eager to learn. More inter- 

 ested classes I never witnessed. A passenger 

 car, one end fitted up with charts, pictures, 

 samples and a little platform, is an excellent 

 classroom. As the 26th minute begins the 

 whistle sounds, out go our pupils and the 

 train sweeps forward to the next station on 



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