Show opportunities for young men antens intensive ive Form Farm lne line the winona agricultural institute Is 13 located at winona lake ind it Is 13 one of the most promising signs of tho the era of a bettor better agriculture it was founded by the winona assembly which Is 13 commonly known as tho the western chautauqua tho the agricultural institute tute however Is only one of tho the several educational institutions that has been organized by this assembly there Is also a technical or trade school at indianapolis a training school for bible teachers lu in new york and the winona park school for girls all of which ore are in ili it a flourishing condition and the product of the efforts of benevolent men and women the winona agricultural institute differs from many other institutions of the kind in that it believes bo llaves in ili training the hand in the pursuit of tile the practical work of preparing the soil planting and raising crops caring for animals and tile tho study of the kinds anti and la in fact embracing anil combining tile tho practical and ana scientific towards the advancement of this important industry moreover its ita object Is to train mid prepare young men to gain a good livelihood from it small tract of land and placing tho the value in tho the boy rather than in the fantl in other words the student Is train d to get the most out of a small acreage as he Is most likely to bo be forced from circumstances to start on a small farm whdeh may be increased I 1 in scope or the small farm exchanged for a larger one thus it will be soon seen that tills plan offers a much larger per vent cent of success to the student than if ills his training was nil all based on the obtaining of a farm consisting of from forty to one hundred acres the class room and practical work 19 in charge of practical tle al men who have had exceptional training for this work the dean of the institute E B 7 nol HoI llster Is a soil expert with a visional lat vit lonal ional reputation and ills his past years work at ANI alnona tiona lake has been most interesting the students realized from their farm mid and garden crops on forty acres of land last year ilS OOOO and this work was all performed by the students themselves tile exception of the employment of two 0 extra men and the engaging of the s services rl of eight students to remain and look after the crops and do the marketing during the holiday season even eveia this business was all carried carded on by the students under the direction of one ot of the professors thit th it la Is to siy say the leys boys raised the crops marketed marke tid them handled bandied tho the inanc money y and the success of tho the venture both from froin a financial standpoint as well as the training the boys got Is being used ns a basis for enlarged opera operations tons this season all with the view to bring the students in closer touch alth nil all tho the agricultural processes IMi enting the practical work with a course of lectures and studies that will simplify the science of agriculture the dealt has bean engaged in ospert ost pert practical wor wort t with soils ant and plants tho the transporting and marketing of crops over n ade w de range of climate with a variety or of soils embracing many ny portions of a that area which lies between the foot hills bills of tile the rocky mountains and long island in now new york state and from the central pirt part of canada to the everglades in I 1 allori ida and Is now in addition to ills his work at winona directing the reclamation of a largo large tract of tidal khlil lands hurts on in the connecticut coast lie ile imparts tits this and other important fe features of his experience to tile students and is anxious to prep ire young v men to take up this export expert work and intensive farming lie he Is a thorough believer in the extension of our prosperity nna tile the increase of the strength of the nation through the development of our agricultural resources and dolls deals with tile the problem from a practical point or of view lew lie ile Is anxious to inaugurate a movement that will begin ath tile improTe improvement ment of tile ab nb intoned firmi in tho the east continuing cs tard cun to taking up those parts of tin the acini arid aria west where farming fanning Is carried ou on under irrigation training young soung fineu to get a living on oil a sinal I 1 acreage demonstrating tint that teu ten acres may bo be made to produce a greater income than a twelve hundred dollar salary in tho the city |