The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-08-02
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that Vermont produces a fine "crop of men"
the great fact still remains that the farm.
ers of Vermont have not kept step with the
onward march of improvements In educa.
ton. There should be more brain labor
and less nerve killing toll of the body.
Il cannot to strongly recommend to the
farmers The great Importance of cultIyatipp
their minds as well as their fields. To do
this system of lectures and libraries with
farmer clubs should be established in every
town and kept alive by all taking an inter.
est in it. Merchants, mechanics, LAWYERS.
doctors, and dlergymen all have their asso.
Citations for each others benefit why should
not farmers rdopt the same cause.
II will not do for the young man Just start
ing in business to say he has finished his
education, for education begins in the era.
die and ends in the grave. Mental labor
is more effective than manual. Stephen
son, Fulton, Whitney, Morse, Elias, Howe
and Mccormick saved an untold amount
Of manual labor by little well directed
brain work. The mind requires its food
and its nourishment as we'll as the body.
The penalty for starving or dwarfiue the
one is as sure to follow as the other.
The mind needs cultivation as well az
the field The facilities for improving the
mind have more than kept pace with the
improvements in agricultural implements
and methods of culture and the man who
ignores either will surely be the loser.
Again there is great room for Improvement
in the social life of the farmer. In too
many OF our rural districts there are no
advantages for amusements or for the cul-
ture Of those graces and accomplishments
which go to make mp n higher order of
life. In fact were a move made by the
youth, to benefit themselves in this direc-
ton it would be frowned upon by the older
people, as being waste of time and money.
Is it any wonder then that farmers sons
leave the homestead for the city. Is it
any wonder the young man leaves home
whose soul is thirsting for knowledge, who
aspres to something more than a mere an.
imal existence, to find abroad that mental
food, that higher order of society, and the
amusements which his soul Graves. but
which are denied him at home
Would you keep your children at homer
Would you wish them near You when the
indian summer of your life is coming on to
take up lifes burden where YOU shall lay it
down then make that home attractive and
happy. Teach them self reliance. Give
them I'm interest in the affairs of the farm
Snd above all do not Kill them with over
cxertion or hard work and they will stay.
Most of the leading men of New York and
Boston were once poor country boys. The
men who are giving tone and character TO
the institutions of the West were New
England boys. Would these men have
succeeded better if they had staid at homo
and delved among its cobble stones for a
bare substance. True all do not succeed
who go away, neither do all succeed who
stay at home.
This subject of Improvement in agricul.
ture and in the life of the agriculturist is
30 varied and so broad in its scope / can
do little more than hint at some of the top
les here presented. 1t would have been
pleasant to have discussed these more in
detail but cannot trespass further on your
time and will leave you to reflect upon the
matter at your leisure.
If shall have kindled in your minds a
desire for more dignifed, more intelli-
gent and more thorough system of agri-
culture shall be richly rewarded for COM
ing to this meeting.