The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-10-29

vos kent we're rarer than those that had
none Farming implements were OF the
s;mnlest kind. / remember the hrst
tbresbing machine, horse power, brought
into our neighborhood. 1t made its APP
nearance about the same time the hrst
p;ano came into the village. think both
we're generally regarded as evidence OF ex-
,ravaSant innovation, likely to break their
owners All this has been changed. Inc
introduction of improved agricultural lm-
njements which substantially dates back
scarcelv twenty-five years, has tendency
A. hiring about the same kind OF changes
in farming that labor-saving machinery
has effected in the mechanical arts-the
gangplow. the reaper, the header, thresh-
ing machines, enabling one owner to cult
waite more acres, increase the size OF tarms'
and make the use of capital more esseDl
tial condition of success.
THE FARM LIFE OF To-DAYon the
Now, almost everything prodyonsumed
farm Is sold, almost everythmetimes the
in the house is bought arpool now fix
markets are distant, as,snta Clara. The
es the price of wheatjomes interested In
farmer necessarilmethods Of exchange
the laws of transportation. 1t is import
and price Of know what kind Of weather
ant he she England at harvest, how much
thew helssia can spare, and how many
wheare on their way 10 his nearest port.
81; important that the friction in hand
Il ng what he has TO sell and what he must
y buy should be as light as possible, and that
he should not be taxed in extra profits to
pay losses by bad debts, Now he desires
to know about where the money is to
come from to move the crops" He
needs more capital at some times
than at others, wants bank accommoda-
tons at low interest As moneyed inter-
ests, manufacturing interests, and CON-
mercial interests. from the nature OF their
transactions, have their capital and pivot
ed centres, aud as from the nature OF theil
pursuits agricultural interests have not
but are necessarily diffused as the Others
: are concentrated, it is eminently prope
| they should organize for their own ad
e vancement and protection Farmers liv
h inv in comparatively isolation ought :
z feel that there is network of sympath
: connecting each with all. This want tn
Il institution of Patrons of Husbandry
e through state and subordinate oranges,
# intended to supply. The specific object
If il proposes will require patient thought an
p sometimes careful experiment, but it ca
;, hardy fail to contribute to social enjoymen
n TO a cultivation OF feeling Of esprit d
C. corps, and that sense of honor which n
st suits from pride of pursuit and mutu
of pledge. During the panic in New fOr
in the associated banks for some time r
ne ceived and paid out as money certihe
ed checks of each other The word of mel
-o- Der of a grange should be sterling in eve
10 transaction, and pass current as the coin
ng the realm. Not only his fields, but b
~ life should be made fruitful by his ass
IN citation. His presence at home should
ace an atmosphere Of peace, and his intiuen
an among his neighbors as fragrant as an I
)ne chard in bloom.
as DESTRUCTION or TREES.
,Vtsy Recurring for moment to the period
4, my own recollection, 10 which | have beit
- referred | recall with regret the destrl
~ ton OF trees. Now, il seems almost w
. nn ton and cruel The spreading black W
III, nut, the straight, 1.-THE hickory, the tenC
~ ash, and the hardy oak, were girdl
co. telled, logged, rolled into heaps, a
b,n burned, to get them out of the way. D.
10 quarter, perhaps a tenth Of those tr'
al left standing, would be worth more n
II ! tnhn tle Nclus from WHICH lhtl '"
the cleared. Win not the California st
,or's grange take the trees under tn
81, CO. fostering cure, and the subordinate gran
Nm i make it point of honor with their me
han bers to plant trees2 | hope they have
Ill., ,bn will establish an honorary degree for II
,bIe All value is the result Of labor. The fal
nm, er works nearest to nature, and gets n
ba of her assistance. Nature is his sill
,rost partner Buto what form Of value d
bn,e labor contribute 50 little, and the invisi
ia forces Of nature 80 much as in the plant
~ and growth of trees.
Tbat One word and | have done. | h
lob, known farmers who toiled all day, aud
ituI most every day in the field. when a dt
no half hour spent on the house and gardel
,,ca making home attractive, would add NJ
Fnrj to their real happiness than all their I
o. For, after all, home is the true source
MAJ lasting joys Fortunate they have ha
,tive homes-blessed are they who make ii
,ppi. happy