If they knew how to go to work. “There is plenty of land lying waste in the South that might have been improved as the land about the Madison School has been improved.” The soil of the South can be made the means of supporting the farm school, and students from needy places can be taught lessons of self-support.
(PH012 13)
“Properties will be offered for sale in the rural districts at a price below the real cost, because the owners desire city advantages, and it is these rural locations that we desire to obtain for our schools.”
(PH012 13.1)