THE TRAINING OF FARMERS 



culture must have. While the home is the 

 center or pivot of our civilization, it is the 

 last thing to be taught in schools. We 

 have worked out better plans for feeding 

 and rearing live-stock than for humans. 

 The federal government may investigate 

 diseases of sheep in the various states, but 

 it may not investigate diseases of men and 

 women. The whole range of household 

 subjects must be taught, and if so, there 

 must be specialists in food, sanitation,, 

 nursing, house-building, house-furnishing,, 

 and similar subjects ; and all these depart- 

 ments of knowledge must be housed, 

 equipped and maintained. It is probably 

 more important that we now attack the 

 home side of country life than any other 

 phase of the work. 



The mechanical side 



All the manufacture phases of country 

 life must be developed. The dairy depart- 

 ments of the colleges represent one of these 

 phases. All the subjects relating to the 

 canning, drying, and preserving of fruits 

 are practically untouched in the colleges, 

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