ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN^ ASSOCIATION. 
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herbivorous animals) is the subject of brief mention, or per- 
baps is entirely neglected. ’ * 
Hoes the pupil study botany? He will learn to define 
PimiTi u°with°th te r " 1Ca l f 6 ™ 3 ’ he vviil become somewhat 
oer os ; i C b,n ? mia n SyStem of nomenclature ; he will 
perhaps analyze a few flowers and learn to speak their 
botanical names. Ail this is useful information and very 
piopei in its place ; but why omit that part of botany which 
isbroi rht°f-,r °f r a ' UC m the a S r ‘ cl 'hurist ? The^tudent 
s brought face to face with pretty wild flowers. He learns 
botanv ” n and fi f^ °‘ s . lxt > , , of thcm > and—he has “completed 
infhestudv n u n l h fl y . paSSes his “firstexamination” 
many schoois.) ( ’ ^ ‘ S mUch more than is done in 
He has finished the study, but he cannot tell “ a red 
oak fi-om a white oak,” “ a hard maple from a soft maple.” 
a hickory from a butternut,” “a black walnut from a butter¬ 
nut, a bass-wood from an ash,” unless he learned it at 
home on the farm. The pupil has. completed the study but 
his attention has never been directed to the different species 
of weeds in the garden, or to the different kinds of graces 
at are used foi forage. • He cannot tell a red clover leaf 
from a white clover eaf if they are alike in respect to size 
ennial° eS ^ know whether red clover is a biennial or a per- 
As with chemistry or botany, so with other studies. 
our ^^ r K feS f IOnai , men ” have - for the most P art . arranged 
our text-books and our courses of study, and it is by no 
amTmethn P i nSI m f hat T fi " d therein j ust those branches 
profSnat life ^ Cakulated l ° fit the student ' 
f-,rme V y? hat T Wil! m .° d f m -n igh SCh ° 01 eduCat '° n do for the 
, re P eaL ’ !t Wl make a “professional man” of 
tion ’ and the figUreS are not wanting to prove this asser- 
Ij nif .5 f q t f h ? tWeIvC aad one .' half millions of people in the 
ted States engaged in gainful and reputable occupations 
not far from 3 per cent, are engaged in professional ser- 
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• . Per ^ a P s !t \ s safe to sa y that the lawyers, the phy- 
artist nS> nnd fp aC 1CrS / the Cler ^ men ’ the journalists, the 
st S and the land surveyors, constitute something less 
