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] POSSIBLE DISADVANTAGES OF THE HIGH SCHOOL LAW The State. As universally granted by you recent correspondents as to th compulsory educational law now im pending, the success oL' our education , a I efforts is of the highest imporlanet It is, therefore, vitally important tha no mistake just now should be math All readily admit that high school are very desirable, but too few ma, possibly consider what disadvantage may result from tdo great an ambi tion and eagerness to establish their and thereby secure a portion of tha fund thrown out into t'he present fre school system by the state like a veri table -apple of discord. Lot us brief ly enumerate some of these disadvan tages: First. These high -schools impos additional taxation upon a people al ., ready too heavily taxed, in that spc cial levies are to be made, both t erect special building's and to pa higher salaries, all without materiall improving the possible advantages o the common free school system. Second. They disrupt and deprcs the present free school system, over crowding some schools, and depletin, others. Third. They crowd people int towns to the injury of country com munities, thereby depreciating th value of real estate and educating on people to loaf around towns in idle ness, trying to live by their "wits,' which is an inoalueulable menace t honesty, prosperity and, we may add white supremacy. Fourth. Neither colleges nor com moil free scliols, but mongrels; thes high schools interfere with both teaching our -people on t lie one ham to be satisfied with brief superficia i training, and on the other hand low ering the efficiency and grading of th ^ common schools, 110 ambitious teache caring to teach a merely primar; school. y'1 Fifth. They render inadvisabl the enactment of a compulsory cduca tional law, now impending, I he stat having 110 right to -force the people h patronize schools beyond walking dis tance, especially after having des troyed (he schools at their doors. Other disadvantages could be men tioned, but lot these suffice for 1 warning "to make haste slowly." The educational effort of the stat' should be: * First. To erect a good, ellicien school in every community, where i will be easily accessible to all. Second. To make these school nice all the needs as to primary and sub collegiate training, which can be done Third. To adopt <1 compulsory edu ca-tional law. Fourth. And to leave collcgiat training to her many state and pri vate colleges already in existence thus developing her present resource without oppressing present institu S lions, and without inflicting upon on people needless changes and unendim taxation. vi We have written briefly, but liopi v all will consider the subject well be r fore voting unnecessary changes. B. STUDIES OF ROOT LIFE. Bureau of Plant Industry Carryinj On a aVluable Work. The experts of the bureau of plan industry of the agricultural depart ment arc gelling al tlie roots of th > mailer. This is literally true, for lb root experiments with plants are tin ^ outcome of a study of the problem: involved in wide and shallow planting as opposed lo close, ordinary planting In I he former methods, 11 great roo ) development would enable the farme \ to do well wilh very little rain; ii ' the latter, his reliance is entirely 01 rain. Kxiperimenlers have hitherto beei 'handicapped by the absence of a de vice properly to study root growth but Ibis difficulty has been OvcrConr by A M. Ten liyck, a member of th ft Dakota station. Mr. Ten Kyck dug i I trench two feet 'wide about a blocl of earth in which were growing sonv plants, the roots of which he desire* to study. When the block stood on quite clearly aloue he made a ligh wooden frame to fit around it nn>l cov ered Ibis with common wire poultr; / netting. This held the earth in plac and enabled him to pierce it througl with small wire rt>tls, which were thci fastened at both ends to the netting When enough of these thin wire rod had been run through, to hold up tin roots in case the earth was waslie* away, he covered the top of th ground with a thin plaster, of Pari paste, which soon dried holding tin plants he desired to examine firml; about the base. The subsequent stages of this pro ecss, which has boon adopted by th 9 bureau experts, involve the wasliim of th j earth from about the roots will vf soft, warm water, leaving them whol fff ^ exl)0SC(l an(i suspended upon tin \\ ires 'which hnd been forced through r the earth. It becomes easy then to lift the cage, with its plaster of Paris roof, holding- the desired plants, to r such a place as desired for study, e Care is taken to dig the surrounding trench deep enough in the beginning - to avoid the possibility of the roots ' 'H'ing still connected with the each t IxIoW. " The root experimenters have met s considerable difficulties. For one > thing the fine thread-like portions of s the roots are destroyed at their extre1 mities by the warm water washing. . '? 1 he threads, however, at the points 1 where they ended, have V en analyzc ed, and it has been found that even at this early stage of the progress of he nourishment upward, the great chemical t work, the taking from the soil of lime, sodium, nitrogen and the e like had been completed by the tiny I- filament. Somewhere, a little furth! er on in the soil which had been washo ed away, the work had been going on. y It is the understanding of this process y which is now desired, and which is f still apparently as far off as ever. Nevertheless, some valuable results s have already been attained. Natural . ly, the investigations .so far have conrr cerned the plants most valuable to man?wheat and corn, potatoes, beans () and the like. i- "Hoots" observed one of the bue lean's investigators, ''seem to possess r actual sentience in regard to their search for water. One of the inter' esting- and valuable results of this in0 vestigation is that now science can deI, termine which of the plants are deep feeding, and hence which are most . suitable to dry, insufficiently watered u soils. For instance, a species of wheat i, which had the power to dig do\vn-six ] feet in its search for food and mois1 ture, would be better adapted to the . dry regions of the west than one that e could dig but four. There are certain r species of wheat which do splendidly < yr in naturally soft, sandy soils, but whose roots are too weak to dig ' p through heavy soils. This cannot be i _ determined by simply pulling up a e stalk. It requires such an investiga- * 0 lion as this which the government' i . has inaugurated. "Another thing which has been proven by the investigation of root - development is why land laid down to x grass is made better. It has long been known that when the wild prairie is p I first broken the soil is mellow, moist I and rich, producing abundant c.rops. 1 j Alter a tew years of continuous cultit I vation the physical condition of the I soil changes. She soil grains become t j fiber, which is bad; the soil becomes - more compact and heavier to handle; !. it dries out quicker than it used to; - it balks worse and often turns over in hard clods when ploughed. This e compact texture makes it difficult for - the young roots of plants to develop ', propeirly. It also causes an insufTls cient supply of air in the soil and - makes it sticky when wet, dusty when r dry, so that when loosened by the Z plough it is easily blown away. This is because it lacks roots of the right e sort?stout, hardy, deep reaching - roots. "A little table of soil conditions is being prepared for regions in which these root investigations will prove < of especial value?which will .prove 1 interesting and suggestive, seeing that \ ? it may be modified to suit almost any , | region. It contains the fact that an | acre of soil to the depth of one foot 1 j iv< estimated to weigh :i,22.").00 pounds - | and then tabulates the facts, namely, t.i:it within the first loot of soil there is found: (i.i'J'J pounds of phosphoric L> acid, :i'2,S!)7 pounds of potash, -17,-107 K pounds of lime. Thus within the reach '> of nearly every plant is found four times this sum per acre, for nearly all I | plants reach four feel downward with r ! I heir roots. 1 "It is figured out that this means 1 enough phosphoric acid to supply the wants of 1,400 annual wheal crops I and of the other constituents even more. The relation of this to the root I investigations lies in the fact that no e i root should be deprived for lack of 0 ample ploughing of free search among II these chemicals for what it needs." e . j j hducat ion turns the wild sweet brier 1 into the queenly rose. ' ;E. SHEEHAN ! Augusta, Ga. s Bottler of Imperial Ginger 0 Ale, Root Beer, Cham- < e pagne Cider, Wiseola and . s Domestic Lager Beer in f 0 pints, 10 dozen to the cask, $8.50 per cask. Write for complete price r list. Wholesale and retail 1 dealer in Wines and Liquors. .' , . V.i, ;: ,!*. ; ?'/ /.b? />'' >fr } ' ' i* :: v .'/.J'V jj*V. V LOOK A T THESE j| Canadian Oak Rocker. This beautiful Cane Seat Rocker, made up of select Canadian ai ried Oak, is so well guaranteed to us that should ycu buy one and it id not give entire satisfaction we would replace it with a new one ny time within a year from date of shipment. Regular price $3.50, 1 pecial price $2.50. I p? 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