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THE 11E7 BOO; U
.. �, HEQ IRED
Mr, Thomas' Shaw on the; Great, 'Want of
the Day. -
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The twenty-eighth convention, of . the
40ntario Teachers' Association, v;ras Oen,
eluded yesterday afterhoon at the, Normal
School, Toronto, •The Preeident, Mr: Je 11.
The following; offieers, *ere elected for
the ensning Year : • President, R. McQueen,
Kirkwall ; Becordi•ng Secretary, R.- W.
D. H. Hunter Woodstock; Treasorer, W.
veil;., J. Hendry, Mi'mioce. ,
. The President introduced to the convene,
' ' tion 'Mr. Thomas Shaw,..Secietery of the
.- ' Central Fanners' Union, vibe reed a paper
en "'Agriculture in Our 4titral Sohoole."
After coniplaining that agrieniture was not
taught in the pithlic Hohools, Mr. She*
, on the subleot,nealing closely- with what it
should contein. The felloning', are the
The reaeons why egriculture has not re-
. ceived more attention at the hands of our
educational authorities are not far to seek.
It has been 'sbught by those wile need it
k most—the farmers. Ilitherte they have
' been ao,logely absorbed with the work of
remoVing physical obstructions on their
' farms, end getting bread awl butter for
their families, that they have not given
due attention to the nature of the mental
•foocl they shouM get at the scihoril. They
. have net clamered for the introduction of
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. an agripultural textboek, or it would have
come long ego.: They have been Content
with bread when they. could have had the
butter -fa the akin . :This P•roviike 'has
•
High Bchoole.. by tho score, e:ndtheee ere
not. toO many,. Min yet it has but One
:ll'hengh• the -Guelph College' Werehriniful
hie eon there. the -1•409
the, ignoble °Content of:the fanner. Thud it
Lis that the floneer axonal oommunitiesare.
:setae place amongst the thirtyrather thin
• he iikpreseedtightly against the well. We
demand.. Now• thet farraere denim for it,
adapted to the. wants of :Canada • eannot
• come from :Britain. et any country .but
. Canada. The soil of Canadaforbideit, the
. cliniate of Canada forbids it,. and the honor
• of Canade fOrbideitt ,• It mint he Written'
"illthe forme of tuba Schools. It let° him
both -talent Mid' drink; nnd .. clothing end
It. is the ateed•he tided from' the'
, that *invert him • tO hie, last :resting Place:
Whyehorildn't lie be tatight• :this (rem hie
eatlieet infancy.? We know of imatudY so.
,well celoulated teitiendate the perceptive-
' feciiltiee it a tender. ,age the study
..The ..proeperity • ef every one is
,largely, beund • up.; :with • that .of
• the farmer, Thenumber of the.spikee in
• • ard.farmers. I believe they bWn 'More than
• steak theptefeseiOns.' The part they nlay
iii needy
two-thirds' teeter, and. thetefore they ire
, tion at thehandief Our educational autho-,
Hies, 'A boy who, to the ptectioiti training:
• -he getit at home; adds sound. theoreticeilha-•
fitivOionfrozOta wheel text:book will beat
Thereld noleubt in My Mind as tO the
beet Mode Of .intreddeing• agriculture. into.
'cleat mit°. that the inediutt of instruc-
•Of the, -name, do,,not in the Meantime
-of agrioulture; het do favor the'•WhOleivile
•, • . the Went of departmental.iiiitruetion in
Ptiblie• attention, and: theee. for the time
' book will be,. bnt I tan telt, yen, at?
. already Mere than hinted, thet he will he a
Canadian, and I may add that liebends:
, will bear upon him the.. marks Of hard and
ehild will tinderptimd it, and in .eo
pleasing a Manlier' that' hoth young and
old will loge ita read it: :It Will be rather
under than eater ecientifie, hearing upon.
tether for inatiirer ninicle, though, if •
;finely minced, 000.10-. of it good' foe
bhildten: ireposeible to con:
•e • Cattle' beast,Atiritig'the firat year Of its
pomade of flesh ' per clay,. on a len :feed
' dttring the third year of the same. . Bat
his boy if taken in time. It i@ 'a; hopelees
Matron
task to, •endeavor , to convince ths• ,:arm
niter_ are...,,defe�tive
�.,�.. l��-their,
nghtere May bo-e4s�ky caiivhzne'd-,if-�i rk sr
young. ' Thee truths,, eimple..aft they are,
mean millions to Ontario .every year.;
,CONTENTS or THE WOK.
I will, treat of ;the soil; of Ontario-.-
ttheir.formation, composition, And more
peoially the crops they are: best capable
of prgdt}oing,.hence the 'tyle of farming to
which, beat adapted w.a give the different
modes of draining, and the benefits that
follow when this ie properly and jndi.
oionsly done ; also the RMedea of tillage,
most suitable to them, noting in a general
way' the allowances to be made, for the
class of farnsing 'adopted, whether mixed
or special „It will treat of a rotation of
crops; ,having;. a due regard to variations of
.soil and, subsoil, the disturbing influences
of climate, and the . resources to which
recourse must be had when this rotation is
interfered with, through. lack' or excess pf
'moisture, snow or frost, taming .failure to
one or anumber of crops.. The prinoiplea
that ';underlie' successful farming will be
made' prominent. Here we refer toadapta-
tion of; animal - andplant life to locality,.
having reference. to market facilities as.
well as to sustaining then; in an ever in -
creeping , vigor ;the,, proper uttlization of
labor and ..labor faoilitieei and, the 'great
wisdoin.ofbeing forehanded in'everytbing.
It will include the wide eubjeot of ferti.
lizere, and the deep subject of the princi-
ples of feeding. annual and plant life. The
right treatment of this, seotion will throw
firebrands into the -scrub stook aystem,:•and
thin the ranks: of land robbers, who are
;ruining the agriculture of•our country, and
itwill slay the intruding weeda of Canada
by.the .lin'hdrede and the thonsande. There
will 'bo a
. •CHAPTER, ON wEEDa
and, innate,their habits and the best
means of detroying them, with plates of
the most dangerous of the intruders. The.
methods of destroying themmint.• have a
due regard tolocality,- for those almost dia-
metrically—opposite •succeed- best•in differ
Mit localities someti..'es. A T:..1 - :e. 'on
witeat•o' ive - e cm • and products, pos-
sibly of their origin,certainly of their
utility, oharaoteristioe, and:a summary of
the .principles, of management,
FARM ;ARCHITECTunE,•
With plaudean - drawings` i4o -.lie#a-,g,
Roeser ption 'the moat suitable modes
of fencing would be valuable, and so.much
at least; of forestry as treats of windbreaks;,
and the trees :moat .amiable- for reforesting:,
itss are of attention, including the Useful
varieties -of fruits;.adaptati®ns. and outlines;
of-xnanagemeht, with the pringiiples of:sue-
cessful•-gardening The farmers': garden
with, a'diagrani, will. Serve.an excellent put.
pose. 'There might be ronin: too for the
statement of the, general principles of bee-
keeping,,.and• the beautifying of home and
surroundings:.
J '7 TItB •FARMEE5' DEMAND..
• The: farmer's -Of this • comitry 'are 'soon
frem the shelf in ont High Schools •and
given a •pliaes.ainerig the OW three, and.
when they alik •it it is going tote dorie:
ieinfinitely mare unportint to get
itfiret, into thecommon-daluicsW,where the
masses rimailhe reached; When' therm • get
into the fairYliand region Of agricultural,
study they Will extend, their ' explorations;
which ehalleceenteaCh the' higher soheols,
In the general 'directions Of the depart-
mental regulations I find :the fellowing in.
reference tethe nee Of the atithorized teit-
book: "- Special attention :should., be giv.en
:What they feed uppri; how fanns ate been-
tified ana cultivated, the value, of shade -
*me 'what trees to plant • end 'When SO
plant them, the relation of: agriculture to
otherpgreints, the effeCte of cliniate on the
of every: Friday . afternoon.' I. .don't
know 'Who wrote' :these. regulatione, ,but
with all•due deference to the :gentleman
feak he Wad a '4' book ferment"' It is Very
-well teknowl how phintegkoir. And what
ia it tiniMportant to know how' to "beantify
faring, but • lees so than to knOW hOvv-
te make them profitable. The relatiten of
gricilltute te:other perm:Lite is not of little
effecte Of oliniate on thehabite de people .'
might. prove a profitable Audi.: for 'pupils
in the Aigli School or• the .Agiioultural
plimate-on the habit'? Of platen' bY which
life id instaireed. The poetical selections
ruraldubjeots I would relegate to the
4,- Talks on natnial history " me part: Of the
Friday afternoon exerciae. In the conipila-•
tiOn of Our textbook it, should Meter be'
forgottienthat the la,rge majority of those
whe Andy it Will • never attend a 'higher
aehOol,., end „therefote the' overwhelming
knowledge that:ii inteneely practical:
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.It is. qnite possible that all the ,
her -eleseee may noi be very °fishy
holeconinatinity has already been shOWn;
nt the extent of those olainis heti not been
nfeeie I eon eeercely see the chi the
rthe side., Agriculture in Canada is
mid be cOmpelled to eat ef ite fruit is an
en question. Thd' leavyer Of the city
e Andy of agriculttire, While the mebiber
the wheel beard 'night • chooSO diffetr
tly in, the Cape of hie 'tom Iint •
urity that MOO over thi-apart of our
bject will be dispelred before the advent: -
g light of the exprestiion 'of. nubile epin:
whigh
Sire. of inajOkititati, Rs to hoW 'far the
at
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of this; textbook shall extend. an the.
meantime.let :ng have, the book at__the mar-
dliin' agrioonln taral literature . that is yet
to be.— -
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=one °haslet, .prury
Drury, Minister of Agrioniture,.
cane in while the. paper• was, being to
was called upon to address the associati
He said he, hed Dome to the conclas
that, there was something wrong in
system of education in looking at the eff
produced upon the young menwho pass
step beyond the Public, Schools.' •
regretted to state that the young men- w
attended' the High. .Schools,, Collegi
Institutes, and universities seemed, :to
imbued. with an idea that labor with, t
hands was nndignified: and unbeocming
a gentleman. The result hid been • t
those who had been looked forward. to
the hope of the future of agriculture in ti
country. had, gone into other pursn
There had been 'a • Measure, of.disappoi
went. is the effect which education, had h
upon the tastes and 'inclinations of t
young; men: Ho had' always loo
forward to the time when. the farme
of this country..would be well • educat
Men in the broadest • and .most •fibs
sense, He saw lie reason why, the farme
should not aim to educate their ohildr
brit he had known Many' instances whet
after farmers had had their sees ednoat
in the high -schools, they refused to retux
to the farm. He did not •know, where the
fault lay, • but this was a great matter
disappointment in -the educational ,syste.
.
'If the introduction of a test 'book upon, t
subject of agrioniture wonid ineet the ca
it would be a boon to•the country,, All
the professions were at present' ove
crowded. Canada could furnish unlimit
means for . the employment-' of tens •
thousands of our beet' men in the field of
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agrioniture.: