Exeter Advocate, 1915-4-29, Page 61 THE FATE OF AMNIA;
Or, The South African
('BenTER eel.--teentinued).
"What on earth pcaseeeed you to tell
him?" the aeked Judith, the aret time
they bad a moment together. A diet:nit
relative had died. And Lard Olaueourt had
atiggeeied the eaneelling enganemente
at leeet that week. and the two found
tlaeireelvee, fer the iliet time for many
month*, dining atone. Later, no doubt,
isonecone or other of their ababitneer who
came ard went, eveuld step in on their
areatopertiee. The twa were readies the
evening peeere, leot, given over to a. _
Seeling irraatien with the reletame for Tnie time. baring full control of leer
• havieg at leaitt postponed hie de preesion, Mrs. Lorraine raised bet' serene
cease till the end of the season. blue eyes, and looked him in the face.
"Do you ,see that the L3' on girl ie go. "Oh, I don't know. beeauee .
eieg to be znarmed?" Lady Judith realized The fact that they both laughed, see
the ramatent ebe bad uttered the words, ed to ena hie, plirmeet
that a had twee a fatal remark to make. "Why. thath the very reason."
It had brougbt upon nes her mothers Then sh lid knOw
invited the Giaucourte at a moment -when
he was away, and Lady Glaueourt bored
to death ehaperoning Judith through her
area season, and he had allowed Judith
to go alone, under the chaperonage of
Lady Bill Penwicle with what result we
have underetood.
Yes, it certainly was an extraordinary
piece of luck, and. Judith "wee conscious
that bale the triumph of it ley in the fact
that it was so unexpected. Be had been
very attentive to bet' last yea, then Ile
bad. gene away to Washington, where he
had heard that she 'Was engaged. to Sir
Hubert Grethain. People are always en
fond of anticipating beets for fear they
should seem not, to know them early
enough. Thee summer he had hoped to
reach England on leave earlier in the
year, but it had been imposaible, and it
was very fortunate that lie had not done
so, for if be had, be would ha,ve found
her considerably taken up -with air Hu-
bert. Its it vote be did, not reach London
till the middle of July. and Lady Glaa-
eourt never let go of him till she corned
hint off to spend a 'week at Glayeourt,
their place in Hertrordehire.
As a matter of fact he woo quite ready
to be caught hold of by Lady Glaucourt,
provided that be ultimately re -leaned him
&favor of her daughter, Judith,
When Lady Glaucourt was informed by
And in reply to her suggestion, Hugh Judith tbat be had promeeed, and that
Glover, who had been revolving Me very She had accepted him, she at down and
plan for several weeks, put out the tenta. sighed from sheer relief.
tire rerearkt "This time I hope Judith . ." she be-
gan, but Judith silenced her lay one of her
be -
"se wouldn't Marry me. " most terrible looke'The could not bear
to hear her mother put into -words juet
what
did. not dare think juet
!cog e: et potol queet am.
Ci • latervan "throe en earth made yea eWeil, tame, going on for three and take 'place as 600n as poesible. If it
"Oh. a gal as good-loolting as that,
EDUCATION COMING TO THE
FARMER.
New Life Has Come Into the Old
Counties of Ontarto—Agrieultute
al Education is More than a
Name Now.
Away back in pioneer days the
leaders in affairs, arleaational; laid
the foundation of our public school
system. The first schools weren't
very ornate, and the teachers had
little training, judged by the pre-
sent standard of qualifications. The
three R's were considered to be
quite sufficient—mental decoration
wasn't at a premium—but the pu-
pils were taught obedience and
thoroughness, and many of our
greatest men arose from those little
obscure baekwoode schools,.
toe was going to do. What the re-
sult might be, she
As villages grew into towns and
now, she was content to eneee her luck towns into cities, the ambition of
to the full. to try and care for hint anti educational leaders grew with
Put up with his love -making, and imagine them, however. Teachers became
-
that an would be well. It was good to be better qualified, new eubjeets were
loved. good iv forget the paet, the future added, and higher institutiene
elle did not even dare think al. oniK she .
were established until the present
eomplicated and complex system
was evolved. And the citizens,
generally, were very pleased there-
at, and prided themselves that they
were wearing the latest in edaca-
tional fashions.
New, as the system developed a,
paradox developed with it. The
average farmer while respecting
,
editcation and agreeing that it was
a very attractive decoration to
have when it wasn't too expensive,
did not care to invest very heavily
in it himself e A feeling that farm-
ing couldn't be learned, from books
grew so strongly that it became a
trait of rural character. The sea -
tem might have been at fault, but
the educated preferred to blame
the farmer himself for these condi-
ti-ens.
"Was there ever such a man I"
they cried. "He is so bound to
tradition and practice that lie
doesn't care for education. He will
not develop the stientific view-
point, nor will he allow his children
to do so. The majority of those
aim stay on the farm never attend
high school even, He is eatisfied
with the methods and knowledge
that were emasessed by his fathers
before him.'
An Idea That Fell Down.
But the farmer had his own
views of these matters, and, like
most of his views, they were the re-
sult of hard experience. He didn't
always advoeate them where every-
one could hear them, but he rea-
lized none the less clearly eertain
things that his eritics did not. We
an imagine a shrewd, intelligent
man addressing a lad fresh from
school,
"My fine fellow, you have gone
through. a process of absorption
and have acquired considerable
mental trimming. You can talk
more -correctly than I, -you afe
vaguely familiar with a quantity
of historical dates and foreign
phrases, you can write a graceful
essay, you have some aptitude for
figures; there are other things that
you have that I know little about.
So are you .practical 2 Can you
tell me anything about the soil ,oe
earth or clouds that will be of prac-
tical value to me? What do you
know about trees, pleats and crops
—what will make them thrive or
why they fall? Can you perform
the operations of farmnig even as
well as when you left for school?
Cam you do practical calculations;
have you a working knowledge of
banking and of the woeld'e busi-
ness transactions? No! You have
not ;You were never shown these,
only see teed about some of them
vaguely and some not at all, you
say.
was content that the marriage e meld
..Y4'..4. ...:' I •:ee .. ." teen. after a etee 'went tea teeering a. little.
Se.. III:u?'' twenty eaue Mama married yet and Lade, dlan't• the. told hereelf, 443mething w"14
And beearac, the alien -Jae moment bed Mama:art le ..) ahatoue to get rid of her', eerie)) up, or her own courage would fail
comelettey gene by. Judith enswered: that s/te atraciet same the turn going me her.
' Upon My v.vid, I don't knew; I ter. and down the istaire and implored them to
of delight. He had come over on purpose
The young man wee in a seventh heaven
three ehena tie' anybody agate." taee Iter awa.e.'
al rattly theek, teough i_ mailea you Once more Hugh Glover laughed. but to 'see 'what was haPhening. and when he
emeray eiteni I emy it. that .eem temld 110 tbihF time With xeeil,4 mirta. It eialint. at- in Judith again, her beauty dazzled him.
She would be the ;facet exquieite Ainbassa.
wieee :hal merry Hugh Geever. Atter ah . tract him. the Pietitee. the di iof :miring
it ie lae elute. :vet now teat hie W.:iv ,e. a eete te he ha elee. -wave mother wee drice One day that had ever been eeen.
. offering ber to :Ina man. Somehow, mew. and the faet that elm wao beautiful and
"Ite eon atiagaia ':i...it ae elate.* have to cher great neeceeity ie, boeever much welhoff. gave hint that comfortable. con-
e ,;.4- Juaah milted. mai ay tho oim mai: :het one ,N obligati to linat tenet( tented feeling that he was net belith mar-
''1
for hie money or lee position. emet
cep:. eme et her teee. Lade Vie:rue-m:1z ttenirateetee, alai t" 11111 ens'is ideate, rea.
aiam that it weald iee ttlt!N. :0 Part,tn.• Elie zneuee, aed tbe romance aeaehated with Year elie had eeerned to him a little ,'old,
imam* rat: . enmete ameeee anther and emeahee lean . a little. stiff, a little bard almeet. Vita
• anythiegelee iu the mind, if not in the Year be wondered why he bad never no-
t!II AFTER, VII. heart. ree fairy prince, with what re. tieed how eliateieitelY teuder her eyeshielitute• the youea.
g gI relinqueelies ban. were, hew full of feelinthat's
1
how at me*
Yee, Ilite,h illovera wife am, deatl, iencl iu order to marry the elderly men with thee' eeemeel to be euffueed with miete, ae
he wee deeperately in a to oe money, the bald head. ;tad the epect twice, and the if ehe meffered. He dicl not know that it
Tbat Seeall'd worm.. then ge, wife's death. hinileie earn hie notee, while men narhalie ..,t1,1ah ea' In°11 nfeag°Tlized. ,nlaternaitY thn't
althotigh thee ha I been Je.orgyanied by are tueeter, mid aleiteet at any age can had hi -ought that expreemon to aer eyes.
the feehtig of remeee Wli.t.'it estucp. evea often lind the women of their dreams. TO him elle scanted more than ever the
alien tit. :a ee iliaconiy erceeneed eo Netwilheaanding that Ile wae it, WidOWyD, eMbOdiMPST of an exquieito Madonna,
lave d;,.. 0,==d we rathee !lei; et. have net elial all aneammouts widower of no pro. When she could forget, when she wile
been vere land to ;bane rat. f4..t ,,,f her fceeitat. thigh thover bad hoped that if he not given over to dreatis and misgivings,
h eath 'Nat, reudered more tut:ph-atm ay wee ree marry :Again. and he (lease quite Judith realized that ihis Auguet in her
the tett ;het a nee mie death
t £ eve eliat le2 .tee. to do if he didn't, ii it ' own home, hit ii gave 'her ae etrong a,
4 felWO of eeenrity as anything could. was
eaveralit'd lam. They had Ilt-IIT Wert l'e w‘"Ild thlel• what lle dth'eribed a 4
rielt. the Glover,, bee what male they had rondo:10;1e widow. a widow W-,:th at least the haPPiest she bad spent el late. Some
of her g.rlishnefs returned, and if only
had Man Lena atid new her tether, who " "TUI."'elle.
bed C•41. ' 411 ':,ti en aeivg he. mitaahter. • Den t yea thialt ciommwomau will. find it had not been for the preeenee of her
aet °meet the iiceetee et eer am' Yettre meet,him ,1".'er thasher' he lead (ince mother Mu, might have been given over
av a feeitig 7,t•i von:;,5,4, 71., 4:,,,,,...ath.,.. .o.iieJ elm. liorreine, while he: own am. entirely to the enjoyment- of the present.
• iir.3.?y, tz,, ...;,..-,.. 0,3: .,:,.,.., nv !,,, f..I.,Ioli v.11.. :0 Wad 4^4;mt•olee tie little like Ilut elle felt that. to enioh with aur thing
thlTi':.,:•...e4. t.11;.. it. sti,' 1,',0:4,....Z.1",i 7, i:t' ,11:7,t..... VC! : ' " L' n 4rY "N 14‘V.4-'•11104 iiii(* forgetfuleeee. she would have to be
:', ,.: am. ne mei :hem. "..t..kii, ,i,,:,,,,,10-. .1. W.41.461 With no ehildrenth
. at NVS,... eomewliert, with ber admirer where no
E.. ' V+1,...3: III' had been !oohing tor dareig tbe Cne lounv. Her motheee imeeence vicut
I: a leet am a ,a, e +7 :.Iti'..' ..47 ,I.,-,., c t,..,Z It..,v 'Ave•liS„ andnow Mi--.Lerraine ed her at every turn, arid eveey word *he
Le' mli• '1'4 v, ?:''4.C.,' .7.' Ir'Atf,,i '110;* HO • E'''',-,-*.t'i Judah. Judith who bad ma'am raid eeetned laden with deceit. Once obe
laid :i teartal ?.....I Z .•:-. ,,i rEi V, a i. .,, 71r4iir !q. t•54 Iltl, --,i,-. ..1 gloreeo., arabtenow on the letd felt tic,.eo etronglv that she lead
mead :7-* ‘4 t.:,41'.:' ii ii,,..:1. IN -0, !i'ii 'i ee: lea- j`.7!..14 -7c- ..ri it -. Tue.,.t ,ilit.iraatv tleetelite. hut e.eoloon to her wailer abont I.
.ie t o.ea-ae. tia, ea, ‘,... aa..,....4 Ny ,.0. '4,1:0 W.;4-. iolD4114., Iht. !OA Iiind i't la ennall be .14:17 I beg of you mot to draw me, into
eale. eemetv. ;....t.'.!: ,1,. :-• til'I'Y .n i:;.tvo,147„ , lath eei r tlemiebt "1 nmrrYi"gi the Conversation when yea and be and I
end het, v eft .716,41( th,,r, f. :1,a1.,1s, Lc, me Am - \-:.!;”:•::;:e4 thl•-!,' 454114i44.1 lie tile very are a gather. I temple- eana talk to him
Mee: . CVO( "ii'i; 3II.F Tor mcl. 0:1 .ter07.1nt ,!II II,:;11: . It 4-11:+1;...11 et perteraiug hie before You. It would lw much the same
4% ti3,.,. iT.Q4 N.k.tif. ,..4.,,,,/ ,,,,is, ..,N.,,,, had !; and. a, mama ug tie her new that lt:v thing if Madame Dunatir at there. Can't
Cti) it ,toutvalle era ,,lememee 3, ..the, Vi ..f.. ,..te haul. el faet it mauled to bine you tan, how trying it ittle Her VOieP VAS
t+itth.:‘ ce hie mioririniea" lee aim even a ' that la, would h•ilk' 10 dO that in :thy irritated, ptavieh, byeterical almost. It
taveritte Ii4` eerteilltY IVa!, very aurae:tea! mai. Ma jne, ilic. feet of what bad hap- WAS the that time rate had ever appealed
unit lie bed maatmmanee
et eh he hal., tem.!. ntadt• hint elattik. \V it,- it Ilitidy to her mother, the first time elit, had lift.
me :lc,* At ; i;:o ;14%-.',-1. ...f b.,, 4,tat,. hale* teat lie had 1.(111 Zile only one? ed the curtain, even a little bit, from off
fr.'etid. lire. Lorraine, `alio engerinied that The erl wee Lie:. there wee no doubt her inner emotioue, and Lady Glaucourt
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be -ii it marry Ju.tib. one at ataria, in of the:. Of courec . r he litid been very was 711Ystifled. Vras it- pethible. she trek -
Curran Street, wben he etopp.:h at her Yonitgi a wae inituaeale of hint. but rionne ea hereelf. that Judith really felt it so
doer to arealeteet with her, after ridlog I bow a etamed to lean that elle had not ; much? While 13.110. Caine to the eonclueion
with ber at the Park. For Hugh Gamer et.t.med eo very snrazeeed, and the fact that there was that in her daughter which
nee Mle of: Ilic*p. men uho lia.c.L. eemee. 1 that ,.ht- et ill wandered through London wao beyond her green. Was it, possible.
thetg they in '-ii till the end, and tether dr.:Laing-room-a looking extremely beau: i. the wondered. awakening to a revehetien,
rt*rit.cv their fortunee or ge under aud die. I fill, und followed. by Iter train of eligible that the had thought it was the right
uppear, but he would never be nthity of? y, mig men, alio, th, the eectiente emceed. thing to do to tell Sir Hubert?
(To be continued )
Pone teonotnita. never eponge an h;e ea each ether. if they grow lea; in mina
Inmate more than Is mirmemeat le a , Item yet inereaeed itt totality of Value. ------nm-----.
mare for it ie mit censalered thonginn l and v`,.'ere of a more marrying type. bed
velum a WAN grama th.. team ee oe., . tied aimeelf that tam% harm bad not I
friende, and temeace their beet eigare, the been them. and that eo tong tie no Otte , A Doubtful Compliment.
1144!t if ha being a man ice in a way. a , luiew ,andtweause ehe wile a young girl, i
set-oll, in :Mee days of man -dearth, and ! beeaue" he woe merried, be held ha! "I can't just make out what he
molting beam. on which he rode 'meet I chance-. He did net knew that there laid ',. • , ...e
merninge in the Park. and reviewed the been a i hild. lit, bad avver heert an hale ! " he fiat dO VOn mean V'
A t-1ttl.tt:oll to be reviewea. Either he had ; flee trip to Par e he bad NOt i'VNII. beard .. a
really p.m., too far in einne ilirtatant, acid ! allent. ai- a. la:Atter of fail. a laid been in I nehe
ited to ,,c .1 how to gt•t ant Of a. or, , the winter when the (11311012rt6 Wintld in '! "What did he sav 1"
haiterta. his wife had threatetted to! any ',I 1' halm lean out of town. for thev I "He was agreeing With something
eeve him, or ewe paYing Ide (bide. er 1. mver eame te Lenden till the end of !
tell her father; or Mee hie ereditore "iVeTe i JallUary, .1.Itd then silly
he lad naturally horee, a very ...hem tollgate. 't vouldn't have :moiled her ! meant, said ea -id the conceited man.
eiaration, for with him tht•re wae aiw,tse itue of the (hairmurte, and the episode of ''Wliether he was praising me or
for a feW weeko• I had just said, and he added, .Ne-
4ltutrr71;: him or eemeone ahem he pe ram ; Laney. :114. 0:41er woman bad developed beth
in this eity -knows as much as
ultime wieital te be friende wale mad' 0,-. i aethma, ondthey had tepent their wintere i
•en It the eold ehoulden It had beetene at Nice or in Cairn. t you think yeu know.' "
a syenm of hie Ode, to review the eitumi elel•walatanding hie brilliunt and elever',
tem and elan uut a 0. ume of amain, i lieetta-hrt euggeetion. be had told .hinteelf '
i
with a eteverneee whale if bcstorkd 00 that Judith would not marry him, net un- :
more prolitable :hinge, might have gone I km. -a very ugly thought outlined itself, i Growling teems to afford a lot of
far, • one he would not have told his hoeteee, r
ee : COTMOTt to soMe men, but it is- an
And the idee had already (warred to - for elle wee n•ot thet sort. not at ull.
bum •whieh embodied all that was contain. she had been there would hare been tui ! abomination to the rest of the pub -
eel in her euggeetiola when Mee. Ur-, t.rd ef the garden c. Eden. On the eau- I ;a
i's tie in an-wer to his elaintive renetrk: trary. cite hadwhet a French writer it "'h
' Why e haven't enough left to pay foe , dieeribed wittily tie ."une animal:le hon.!
. my weehing. I'll have to waeh me mehe nete.' It really amueed her to have fast ;
reheelh and hang them hp ou the paateee people at her huuee, and to garahle. Half I A woman mounted the step of a,
en 'Hyde Park," had math the wom,
"Why on earth don't you marry Lady
Judith Reaoh?"
its laughed a little awkwardly when she
added:
"I really thialt you ought to."
He tried to meet her eyee, hut elf
en in London would be far hap.
! turn-
pier tieing qua. y, a . t
alie would have been horrified at his I versed sabre. The conductor touch.
Idea, andpeeshly havc‘ cut him. ever ea! ed her lightly, saying: "Excuse me,
terwarde, for she had a rode of honor and;
different kind Her imeial strength Jar i out the eve of the malabehind vou."
ed them purposely away, gazing with an inethat No, the idea, if he ever gavel — ,
intensity at the tea-pot. which that object why to it, would lie entirely between Lady He s my husband," she snapped,
did not eeem to juetify. He evanead to Judith and hi:nee% but for the moment , with the tone of full proprietorship.
know what she meant by -I really think he still hoped that the "comfortable wed'.
• car carrying an umbrella like a re.
morals of her own, like men, only of a madam, but you are likely to put
you ought to." Did she know?
If site did, she wasn't going to tell any-
body, for it would throw a great deal of
dieeredit on her house -parties, which were
considered already -well not exactly "Ilo-
thera meetinae," at Lady- Vane Harris
had remarked.
"It is not a place where one can take
the -jeune fille," someone had said pnr-
oesely to Lady Glaucourt afterwards, and
Lady Glaucourt had felt guilty of eare-
lessneee, and had been obliged to take up
the herr/tines so as to make theta all
right.
But young Phillip Lauder declared it
wasn't a. place you could take your old
mother to, even.
"Then who on earth goes r someone had
asked him.
"Only the very ripe."
And Mre. Larraine's country house had.
earned the unenviable name of "The Gar-
den of Eden."
Perhaps, as someone said, all that ear-
ed it from the police, woe Mrs. Lorraine's
frankness. She had been described as
"one of the pure to whom all things are
rotten."
"I don't pretend to be good," she used
to say, "and 1 don't pretend. to be slmek-
ed. I am simply doing openly- -what
everyone else does hypocritically. Of
course the right thing to do is to go to
the Moulin Rouge -with a prayer book in
your hand, but, I think it would be alas-
Phernoue. :When I reach the pitch of de-
spair, which I hope won't be for a long
time, when I want to read my prayer book
shall do so in Church. After ell -what
constitutes society—the desire of one vex -
son to see smother, and if people meet at
aim* house who are friends instead of bores
-why shouldn't they?"
-So .it had become 'the fashion for people
to utter little screams of sunrise at find-
ing their particular friends at the Lor -
Tames', and while everybody -played very
high, and very late home -were kept, no
one so far, had added to the distinction
of their partico by having been discover-
ed cheatieg, and no divorce court had yet
revealed that the erring ones had, met at
the Lorrainete house. So, for the moment,
aseisted by a -very charming emeband,
who was in the city, making a let of
money as a etock-broaer, things were go-
ing smoothly. And at this hate, Mrs. Loa
Caine, who had no right whatever to be
in the smart world, played the part, so
-to speak, of female quack doctor to Loa -
don society's soul, and from three to five,
when the beauties were resting ear their
afternoon drive, could be consulted in
' her boudoir on the subject of eaandals.
She wee tint ilanatured, mid hod certain-
ly given some vela, good advice at differ -
eat Mame.
When she had. invited Judith Roush, he
had no arriere pensee, She bad rather a
feeling about youzeg girls, and rarely ask-
ed them to leer parties, a
She but MI a matter. of fact, .intertelea
hen party to the a very notoleteive one, and
• . • • • • '
ewe would take pity on him. He had just
reached the stage when he confided to her
all the, things that had. never happened.
to him, in order that she might forgive
him and undertake to reform him.
But the idea wouldn't desert him, it
...tuck like a 'bur, and returned again and
again, revisiting him, almost with im-
pertinent ineletenom a few days later,
'when eventcrowded together, in order to
make life unbearable, and to bring before
him the state of his finances, in a manner
which resembled the brutality of near re-
Itetione.
Hie father-in-law, through his attorneys,
in response to a letter from Hugh Glover,
intimated that he never wished to hear
from aim again. His ohleet friend, from
whom he had already borrowed a good
deal of money, in charming language in
termed him that he va.s.inet going to be
married, and. wanted every penny he
could lay hande on, to do up his country
place. And his tailor refused to give him
any more media This wee very eerier's,
for without clothes he could not even go
and make love to the widow.
But it would not be so easy, he told him-
self, to renew relations -with Lady Judith.
He had. never 'been an habitue of the
house in Piccadilly, he did not even fre-
quent the same people, and, as a matter
of fact, of late yearn he hall not gone to
large warble% or dames at all, unIees it
was to meet someone opeololly, and on the
few act-a:teens when they had met, he had
been eonertore of a, ere re on her part to
avoid him, while he e .1 beau too thick-
skinned to read the dettetation on her
face, the horror with which he inepired
her. But he had left her alone, and the
two, during the last two years, bad 'fallen
completely apart. The episode at the LOr-
raines' baring ended, so to speak, the ac-
quaintance which had. begun the first
year Lady Judith came out, and been car-
ried on -very discreetly on account of hee
-wife, at the house of friend's, and in cor-
ners of beautiful gatelems, or on the river,
Now he -was in a -dilemma. If he wrote,
she would probably not answer, and if
he called he ‚would probably not be re-
ceived. When they did meet, they o -wed
it to one of those eheneee, which usually
bring &beta the minor and possible
things we eleeire, and which would make
one !believe that a good genius presides
OTST the details of our life, if it -were not
that the same chance le generally offer-
ed for good and evil alike, and as often,
as not leads to huge cataistiaphe.
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',Wow, there is my son Henry,
He has not had the schooling you
have had. He did not even pass
the high school entrance; but he
was educated in the practical
school of life. He is skilled in farm
operations is enthusiastic, aggres-
eive, quick in emergency, and
strong in action. After all your
education he has a better training
in those things that make for suc-
cessful farming than you have,"
Of course, the farmer saw the
question from only one angle. He
-didn't appreciate the joy of know-
ledge for the sake of knowledge,
and his ideal may have been too
much the money ideal. But he was
act far a -stray about the practical
value of the system. It fitted a
few for professions, but fitted very
poorly, or misfitted, a multitude
for commercial or agricultural oc-
cupations. So, after all, the sys-
tem was to blame rather than the
farmer. His children wouldn't get
much knowledge that would make
them better farmers from the -
schools that had been the product
'of so inuth thought and expense,
And this was the situation before
the people of the Province became
impressed with the fac% that agri-
cultural training was necessary,
For a long time after the Agricul-
tural College was established at
Guelph, very many were doubtful
of the value of the course, Some
are doubtful of its value still, hue
the majority of the farmers realize
that it is a, good thing. They know,
of course, that the practice of farm-
ing must always be learned upon
the farm; but they believe a good
deal of theory can be blended to
very great advantage with the prac-
tice. It all rests with the student
himself as to whether he c -an return
to the home farm and apply his
knowledge in a sane and practical
manner.
But, despite the value of the agri-
cultural course, or rather because
of it, the college has its limitations.
It could not accommodate the
young farmers:of Ontario. It did
good work, but in a very limited
way. Each Year lees than 2,000
students, all told, attended the in-
stitution. So the problem became
not how the fa -Titer -could go to the
college, but how the college could
go to the farmer.
The district representative
scheme grew from this need. In
1907 six college graduates were
sent into as many counties to act
a -s agricultural advisees. For
awhile the wisdom of the plan was
questioned, as it is of every new
thing. But it proved itself. To-
day the number h -as increased to
forty-one, and these men have gone
to their stations at the request of
the farmers themselves. So the
problem of ,the college going to the
farmer was partly solved.
college to their very doors. Of the
subjects taken up, live stock is
usually featured. A brief review
of the methods employed in treat-
ing this line will illustrate those of
all others.
The history and characteristics of
the various breeds of farm animals
are considered, and, apre-die-al
course in live stock judging is
given. The farmers owning the
best stack in the neighborhood in
which the -course is held are usually
visited and the merits of their ani-
mals discussed. The boys are
taught to look for the points con-
sidered by judge -s in the show ring.
The value of different feeds and
the principles -of feeding balanced
rations are explained. Methods of
her improvement a-nd stock man-
agement, the houeing of animals.
and the construction of farm build-
ings a -re all 'considered a.s fully as
the limited time permits.
That is how all ether subject's are
treated. These vary according to
the district and the local require-
ments. At all. classes an elemen-
tary study is given of farm erops,
soils, fertilizers, underdrainage,
fruit growing, poultry, bacteriol-
ogy, farm organization and co-
operation and farm bookkeeping.
The courses were held in the
various districts at those centres
deemed most satisfactory, the ten-
dency being to favor the smaller
villages. No fees nor books were
required, and in the majority of
cases no examinations weie held.
But, of course, at best, only a
foundation can be given to be built
upon. It is only a start, The
value lips not so much in what is
actually taught as in the ability it.
gives the student to study for him-
self and the impetus to strive for
higher things. The association of
a number of enthusiastic young fel-
lows meeting for -a. -common pur-
pose is in itself a stimulation—an
incentive to organization and inter-
change of ideas such as agriculture
has long been in need of,
But the united -work of the class
does not cease with the termina-
tion of the course. The great ob-
ject of it is for the boys to put the
ideas formed at the course to the
a -cid test of practice upon the home
.farm—to blend theory and practice
in the way the beat farmers in
every neighborhood have been do-
ing.—Justus Miller, in Canadian
Countryman.
It wasn't entirely solved, because
one man in a, county worked under
a great handicap. Re hadn't the
time to reach a very large propor-
tion of his Oometituents very inti-
mately or personally. And in that
the greatest value of the work lay.
Unless he did it the college hadn't
got to the farm after all, but only
to the county. ,
This need led to the development
of the Winter Short Course idea
for yidung farmers. In 1908 the
first course was given at Lind -Say.
It had an -tatendan-ce of six pupils.
In 1915 forty-three 'courses of from
four to 'six weeks' duration were
held with a total regu-lar attest
dance of 1,075. The special atten-
dance was far ,greatee one course
in Gleagarry county having an at-
tendance of 100 at a special! meet-
ing, Nothing ceuld idlustrabe the
popularity of the -scheme, mo r e titian
that, nor, by the same token, the
value of at either, forwhatis poem
La -i' with our farmers has usually a
practical value,
The idea of the wietee school Mae I
simply to give the farm lads a i
training in elementary agricaltural 1
Science—to bring the week of the
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