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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1906
Page
10
An editorial urges local self sufficiency and civic improvement through home resources and cooperative efforts. It notes rising education, leisure, and public duties, highlighting gardening programs in St Louis and ongoing town garden efforts in Texas amid settlement and cattle history.
A new Year Book by the Department of Agriculture highlights Waterford Pennsylvania as an ideal rural high school model. It details a three-course plan with 80 pupils including 25 in agriculture, strong lab work, outdoor practicum, and visits from local farms and businesses supporting hands on study in plant life, crops, dairying, soils, and animal husbandry.
A three to four week agricultural program engages boys and girls who study cattle sheep horses and drafts. They tour barns meet a Hamiltonian mare and a Percheron stallion then observe live work and photography. Local farmers townsmen join the lesson at the livery stable and butcher shop for practical demonstrations on breed types and meat cuts.
A fragment from a poem argues that opportunity knocks once and fate governs success. It contrasts chance with effort and notes danger in predestination. The text references President James of the Dilversiny of Illinois during a recent commence.
The piece argues for a shift away from money worship and urban excess toward middle class stability, training and opportunity in rural and small town settings. It praises farm and village life as humane, broadening education and community sympathy, while noting transportation-driven city growth and a rebounding quality of life.
George H. Maxwell urges the General Federation of Women's Clubs to embrace homecraft as allied to home arts and crafts. He envisions homecrofter craftsman households owning a small plot and using engines to produce varied goods, boosting family income and independence from factory systems.
Citizens oppose political control in park management roadwork playgrounds and similar improvements. They condemn party responsibility as a delusion and urge refusal to allow politics to influence municipal projects, warning against incompetent or dishonest officials who betray public trust.
European cities lead in providing instruction and amusement in public parks. They invest heavily to create open spaces in crowded districts, while American cities lag behind in modern municipal playgrounds and park provisions for children.
A prospectus for the Homecrofter movement outlines goals to build homebased living on the land, create local gilds, and promote rural schools. It calls for gardens, homecraft training, land subdivision for smallholders, and public works to safeguard and develop rural life while preserving American values and education for workers' families.
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