Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1869-01-07

MofsG7eTf, ofs5G7reTi h HSny Many tases be Is taught
that be is too smart and good TO- be q farme
er; that tiilling the sol IS too mean busi-
ness for one So bright; that he can do bet
ter in some. other way, for by. culture lie
may hope to obtain an honorable position,
do good to mankind, and make for himself
a name and be really believes agriculture
to be groyelling pursuit, and If he would
be man and attain to influence, he must
leave it. uxrr,.55ssss ,rxgrru
These are tfeprinseipaf causes which lead
our boys away from thsfarm. If they ate
to; be Kept in this sphere, which may be one
Of honor, usefulness and every good, they
must betsugfit, first, the great truth that
in this world Of. ours, there is no true sue
cess in any pursuit, profession or occupa-
ton whatever cbut what comes as the re-
ward of close application and labor; that
although a life ON the farm is not and ought
not to be exempt from this, yet its constant
variation and change are an actual relaxa-
ton; that it has seasons of rest and enjoy
ment unknoWn Ito others; that It's iabors
are not 30 wearing and exhaustive to tie
whole being; that it brings less of corro-
ding care, and more of real satisfaction as
the hours Of life 60 by. ~ -. ...e.. .,
Again, the boys mnst be taught that all
is not gold that glittefs; that the display Of
real OF spurious wealth, the result of mer-
camille or speculative hazard, does not in
dicate, the solid acenmulations of the ira
ding and speculative portion Of the commu-
nifty; thatsswhae, as in lottery, one in q
hundred has drawn splendid prize, and
displays it ostentatiously, the ninety-nin
have met with disappointment and failure,
and, after passing through bankruptcy, are
spending life tofgshfts and changes, dis
satisfied with themselves and the world.
They must be taught that more property
will be accumulated by fifty young men
engaged in agriculture than in any other
pursuit, though no oneofs them may acquire
large fortune; and SO sure as seed time
and harvest continue, SO sure is it that we'll
directed, intelligent labor on the land will
bring an ample competence, while in other
pursuits there is always doubt, and nine
times in ten failure. -
Again, the young farmer must beednca-
ted to know that his profession is not one
in which the land alone is to do the work,
while the mind has no part to perform. He
must learn, that in agriculture, he is deal
ing with the great principles of nature
that his calling is an art and a science, and
to understand its mysteries, and to be able
to work in harmony with natures teachings,
will call into exercise the highest and strong
est powers of his nature, and give full play
to his every faculty that in it there is full
scope for the highest laudable ambition, and
abundant qualification for his whole being.
His early agricultural labors should be per
formed solely for instruction; to make him
acquainted with the practical application
of taught truths of art and science, and he
should always have in his hand the best
possible implements of their kind, and those
suitable for his age and strength.
In short, to overcome and eradicate this
evil, to keep the boys on the farm, we must
educate. We must educate the instructors
of our boys in the great truth that there is
no pursuit, calling, or profession of man,
which, if fully understood and successfully
practiced, requires 50 large a fund Of yari-
ed and exact knowledge as agriculture !;
none that gives such full and perfect scope
to all our powers and faculties, and proni.
ses. brighter prospects to high culture and
laudable ambition, than this, and none that