Show The Illlnol Inlllul IToitb What lira the farmer of Illnol goIng go-Ing to do about the development of > grle < iUiiral education In their mliUt II Illlnoui to bo forever behind her litter lit-ter aisles In thin Important matter We ask thl of the farmer ICUM the farmer have It In their power to give an effective nunwcr It they demand de-mand a forward movement the forward for-ward movement will take plaee Them Is I no tao where ucla education will pay better Illinois tuna facllltle pov touted by few htatm The greatest advantage ad-vantage in I tho nearness of her market mar-ket anil center of dlitrlbutlon the city of Chicago And yet her farmenhavo as yet foil llttleof tho Inlluencoof the newngrlciillnro What la I the rra ion lri > balily the fact that tho state pnaesaes a mighty business metropolis hu forced the agricultural merest Into tbo background and called them to lio neglected Tho present mole of institute work Is I of little value The 6000 spent may ba counted as largely wasted It does not fulfill minion of educating the farmer There ore Institute and Institute Two general and lia tlnct plan are at present being followed In Imttltute work In thl country One plan very prevalent make of the meeting a tort of con ferencewhcre farmercomoaml exchange ex-change thclroplntoni and experience Wo have attended many inch meeting and conventions and from careful observation nml comparison bollovo them to bo of llttln value to the farmer chlelly because an much error no truth is I propagated In them Method that Mlcnco lau long ilnca proved to bo of no vote I sod even harmful aro freely advocated and often tho error come out on top touch occurrence are not rare but eou non This kind of institute work should be abandoned Ill I thus Vlnd hat is I fostered llllnobto day The urn of 10 II I given to every county that hold an Institute Haifa den amen may get together and run a wool ng of that kind and draw time money for IU I expenses In auciublle of thin kind wo liavo heanl ndvocatul tha tot owing fall plowing to dektroy cut worm leaving cow out of loom In winter to malia Item lanly denuding cow panture ol tree and all shelter from the lunimer nun 110 tha cow wouUat waste tlmo renting mulching tree to keep them from budding In the spring till all danger of frost U I pant putting iron Illllng around pear tree to keep them from bnghtlug cultivating I them to keep them from blighting non cultivation cul-tivation lo keep them from bllghllnr putting chips I around them to keep them from blighting Thoo are bit few of tho many paper soul dUcui idon that have come under our slut + ltl notice Worno one even might bo cited Within few week at a contention one of the lay speakers doirlbtt tie process by which the scab appear on thin apple He claimed to leave made the di cocry llfticn jean ago It wa done Iy a certain Inkcct he tald the name of whIch he cave with the hublt ho attributed to Ii A noted profeuor from tho University of Illlnol arose und attcniptitl to correct i cor-rect the tpiakcr giving the true cause I of the scab und ihon Ing that the In keel referred to never ale tho fruit but I lived upon tha leaf only Tha llrt speaker rounertiil hU claim and cuma out ahead as tee profcMor u at too gentlemanly to cmtlnuo the this cuwlon Such thing arc reported and go out to the maup and I tho reader knowing neither the ipeakor nor beIng be-Ing versed In agricultural science nro as likely to believe ono ai the ether Thu second at holding Institute Is not with tho Idea of conference but of Instruction It la I made In fact aBort a-Bort of unlvcrilty extension wurlr This Is I the method punutsl In W U coniln and It Is I tha only method tha should bo followed any stale lho general plan U to glvo thu niaum of thu farmers tho benefit of mixler iclcntflu thought and InvMtlgatlnn In all ngrlcultural matter lho teacher telccttnl are for the purpose of emlnatlng only what ban been I demonttrated to bo true and ooh mero theories of their own In WI ixmtln tha whole work Is I wisely controlled and no person U I nl lownl to waste the them of tho meeting advocating sumo ciplodit theory or relating worthleM vxper cures Illinois should place her work In I charge vof her state unlvcrtlty A be selected to corps nf teacher houhl travel from county to county holding Institute and giving the farmer the rtnult of the accumulated knowledge of our experimenter and the teaching teach-ing derived from the work of our own and foreign itatlon In thU way only will the stale over be bencfltled by the money expended The state should appropriate at least J100W for the work of the coming year and an Increased amount for the work of sub xiiuent year The work can not bo carried on without a good supply of money ms allOrlotendent deotlllg all of hi tliio to Iho atate work will require n good Hilary for a good nun can not be hired to work for nothing Too rigid economy In this work will bo a foolish policy There Is I no doubt that the legislature 1 will bo willing to vote any turn the work may require If they can but act that It will result to the advantage ad-vantage of Illinois Fanner lie vlemv |