The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1861-10-03
Agriculture na "a Profession.

Mx..r. FD1ross;-Much has been said and
written of the dignity and Importance of Agrieul-
tp,e As we'll as the responsibility health, pleasure
&c, to be acquired in the pursuit oft; but com
parativsly little is said of the opposite or shady
aide the subject The following selected article
on .farn culture" think presents the subject in
Q candid and truthful manner, and doubt not VIII
receive the hearty appreciation OF all candid per-
sOns.
Gan useful enploynents are honorable, but none
are wholly SO that is TO say, there are none that
have not their weak side-that are not in some re.
spsots open TO objections The truth is, that what
aver ia of use may bo abused, and whatever has
advantages on side has also perils on the 9TH
err Moreover, it is better that each avocation
should understand its own weak side.
For some reason farmers dislike TO discuss ag-
riculture OF tho shady eide. There are many o.
them too sensitive to remark, and lean to the mis-
taken idea that they cannot afford to hear the truth
and vet no class should moro foarlessly welcome
all that might be said. TheD occupation lies at
the foundation of society; humanity Graves "bread
and sbe newspaper" but first aud always bread
There IA nothing in farmers life that forbjds the
development Of the broadcast and lofest munhood
charm, unknown to any other walk Of life. Rural
life in some form and to extent is the ideal o
almost every man of simple end beautiful tastes
The r.al md mora u ORTIZ Of the community re-
ape thelacmer, and adTnrc5 snd the farm.
B .,5s nor ;,s- true that good and .houghJfu' me"
r-- ..s. -"sn .6e farm HIS ia per3is. here %re
ss.. ..e-= ...sqa + e. 81 h..la.lrs- life. an.
.sa. ssne.a ire. ' i'- : ing
.e.lat s,iiL....,e T. one # tDese trJ-
~ :-s.ce.s live somewhat Isolated lives HuI
tEeF sy.. uiton leave tAcm, rot beo&u-e they dis
ike tn, soj, but because they long tor the fuller
sympA;hy and more vivid emotions Of populous
places. Akin to his tendency is mental apathy.
All etaployments tend t. tul iutn routine aud The
fIrmer more than any o,Hsg, 3eatu.c lie is -
much alone. Many man ?iods through life, lbs
ing great deal OF time ia useless drld.scr,; he yer-
lily believes be has not time iortnou2ht and YtuGy;
and yet if he had taken an hour a day for those
pursuits, he might have discovered Whist would
save him twice that amount Of time. lie usually
plows his garden last and plants it at odd moments
and yet the modest fraction of an acre yields him
larger per cen!age than any other land he tills
He has no time, be often THINKS, for trees and flow.
ers, and yet he could them more readily than
another, and thus make his home charming pic
ture which the citizen would envy. He does not
often enough contemplate farm life as II means of
education. His grass plst and roses, his trees aud
vines, would require a triiiing outlay in cost and
labor. and afford daily lessons to his children in
taste and refinement. That vocation is the most
desirabIA which produces the nohlest men. We
know that all professions rooted in the soil, and
that farmers, on the whole, raise the most proms-
ing boys. they do the finest cattle and horses.
But does the boy who remains as home develop in
to more symmetrical manhood than those who
leave the farm for other pursuits! If he does not
If in any respect he is in danger of falling behind
he has only to bestir himself to find Il remedy
The culture Of the soil need not cranp or prevent
any other culture-mental, moral or physical. Aud
to say nothing OF enjoyment and usefulness, the
muscles which are guided by the clearest mind and
wsrned and quickened by the most generous heart
will achieve most efficiently he results of manual
labor.-C0r. Of Country Gentleman