Delaware Valley College - Cornucopia Yearbook (Doylestown, PA)

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20 THE GLEANER a successful termination in its season. I wish you suc- cess for the ensuing scholastic year. The regime of the '19 class ends now with the deliverance of this hoe. May you cherish and uphold its traditions, as we have done. 0 - -Ualediatorg M. M. Schlosberg. Ladies and Gentlemen:-I believe I am speaking the truth when I say that Agriculture has taken its greatest leap in progress within the past twenty years. Within that time it has risen from one the humble callings of mankind to the ranks of the worlds leading indus- tries. It does not stand out as do some industries, but in its humble way has kept astride of science. It has made its advancements as science permitted, eagerly, assimmilating its discoveries of facts and ad- vantageouesly making use of its appliances. Science quickly demolished the impregnable wall of seclusion surrounding this most interesting and impera- tive of vocations. Once it gained a foothold, once' it penetrated the armor of its traditionally persistent Con- serva+ives,f science swept away in an irresistable flood of enlightment the superstitious of ignorance. The preju- dices of a thousand years were overcome by its waves of scientific fact governing treatment of soil and growth of crops, and appliance of modern inventions to home and field, to barn and pen. Previous to its wonderful progress the vocation of farming was open only to those fortunate enough to be direct descendants of generations of farmers. Now it is open to any one who would make it their vocation, their hobby, if only the necessary training and knowledge is acquired and put to efficient use. To explain before the publication of Agricultural Literature, the necessary knowledge condusive to farm- ing, even simple as it then was, had to be gotten by word of mouth from generation to generation, and sub- sequent experience, making it possible only for the son of a farmer to be a farmer. This condition is done away with at the present day. The farmer's son of today has no advantage, with

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