Sauk Rapids frontierman., 1855-06-07
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i Dlsrf1ii'Es IS AlhotifTii Il q IL u q I S.
Il book Farniag ss0p 4 nm. & How All
|ycu knsw that Have ysu trisl it'l
yro0uurseli and failed ii Ii. 81 az yod spi. i. |
out prejudice for which You have no
particular reason What do you moan
|by . book farming' DO YOU Intend
~ NV that because knowledge !, pit II |
print, Il isno Iopge good for any ,hingl 1
'Ifi you leaf 4 lhips 81 i.a,p II y ! Book, /. il
thefsiors u les value than II yon re-
ceired Il ffpn your peighbor H If your
boys have been 10 school and have
learned sps.Ihliing. Ili /. i has been from
books row gave .hem no books,
they gained ho lsnowled dye Men who
FIsarnth lie fscts' sofs science, do \. from
books ,hoss who learn thelnews, do il
from newspapers. What il there about
farming thnt ia truths cannot Ne print
ed Ifone man fats bis pig il half tho
time his neig ghbor does and gets him
twice az fat, cannot that be printed and
still be, true /? and could not third man
who reads il look into the matter and
learn how ID do II IS farming perfect
and Il mol, !, how is il to be made better
Book farming sc;l puy Il has paid ];
a
i does pay and i is going on still to pay
Il may not pay you. You may be too
stupid Or too prejudiced, o. too contrary
to profit by any other man experience.
Or you may be man of good judgment
50 as to be independent Of other mems
opinions or practices, and though not
learning much from books, may learn
from observation and reflection. Ifthis
is true, you ought to give your expert
ence to- others. 4. ".
Rookfarming will pay. The Stock
men. Of England have made themselves
rich, and their names known all over
the world. by book education put to
practice. As much as Agriculture is
better and more sound and remunera-
tive, and honored now in this country
than it was thirty years ago, it has been
made SO by books. twill pay the man
who will think, and who has sense e.
nough to separate that which Is reason
able and applicable tohis circumstances
from that which is mere theory. and
bosh A man who believes all he
hears is fool so is he whc trusts in,-
plicitly all he reads. Books are not in
vented to take the place Of sense and
Judgment !: they are to aid and instruct
them.
a." My Father and Grandfather far,ned
'ritho,i ,hess ne,o lights So they did.
They rode on horseback and in coach
es instead Of a rail car. They paid 25
cents letter for postage; they didn't
write by the lightning. They cut wood
with shear steel axes pitched hay with
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wrought iron forks; cut their rye with
sickles moved with English scythes 81
and ploughed with q strap iron plow..---
They fed hogs to 400 pounds, and
thought that something ID brag about !;
and crowed Justify over 4 800 pousd
steer. Father and Grandlather we're
good men, and knew some things better
than their boys do !. but their boys know
some things which they didn't, and he
would be sap head who should merely
act their lives over again. In our day
we are expected to act according to our
circumstances, and not according to
theirs. Had Father and Grandfather
known what you do or may know, they
would not have acted as you do for
their acts would have beftted their
times. a 4 e s y s ss n ses
" That do Aose c;ty, ,jello,cs kno,o 2''
Not much, perhups. They only claim
to know what they have learned !; and
any man has a right to do that. What
they have learned has been in the coun-
Try where yod are. They still seek To-
be instructed by you thatsihey may scat
ter il abroad for others. Do not disap-
point them by Withholding yous stock uf
knowledge ~ Prairie Fa,1ner.
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The meanest and west contempt
Bile action we know OF, IS for d. white