THE COMMON SCHOOLS AND FARMING 



rilHE agricultural colleges are now ac- 

 JL complying results of great and per- 

 manent value, in spite of the fact that they 

 are isolated from the common schools, on 

 which good collegiate training is supposed 

 to rest. The country is well peopled with 

 good farmers, in spite of the fact that the 

 school in the open country has given them 

 no direct aid in their business. 



Responsibility of the school 



Sympathy with any kind of effort or 

 occupation, and good preparation for en- 

 gaging in it, are matters of slow and long- 

 continued growth. This growth should 

 begin in childhood, and should be aided by 

 the home and the school. The country 

 school carries a greater responsibility than 

 the city school, in proportion to its advan- 

 tages, for it is charged not only with its* 

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