Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-07-26

I the animals around him. ~oW 1i9Gl raE ta
In the third place, this severe and cohtin-
uous manual labor will make him poor
man. Brain work pays anywhere, but es-
pecially on The farm. Mind has wrought
some wonderful changes in the science Of
| agriculture and the progress Which this
science hal made in any country may be
taken rs al accurate measure Of that coun-
try's progress iii civilization. Statistics will
show that the man who has successfully ap-
piled his mind to the soil is the successful
tarmer. and not the man who expends all
his energies in unthihking, and therefore
often frnitloss, muscular excrtion. once
lived near farmer WHO, for two Successive
years had his whole cropef corn destroyed
! by water, ,r.When half the pli g OF a single
4 crop would have e1feetually dIained his land.
/ This same farmer, rather than hire an, extra
1 hand for a month, put his Wheat in so late
that onerhalf faded to withstand the severity
OF the winter Il HeisSi.onetof that class who
think ] farming don't pay Brain work on
4 the, farmi will double the productiveness of
! the ground. u It viii make swamps and bar
rem lands productive and orchards fruitful.
It will. keep stock fat and healthy on one
half the fusull, supply Of food ,ad 1t keeps
;machinery from wearing out, ~ ItIkeeps the
family f. ri .Aqealtly, happy and Yirtuousa Brain
work On the farm, makes the farmer rich iii
both moral iand opeecpniary q sense, While
;eNeesssiye, manual lab laqllor77th the deadly foe TO
brain Work-Wilt make q man poor, .lniser-
able and wicked n aIntelligent, scientiiierag-
rict.ltnre is ope If theEmost pt!ellectlpl tel , in-
bdepelnyl.Ient and fpoblepurspits in life, while
mere nsGle, tarminggs ggsisl islpne q, the post de-
gradln2,aoqd etl anil}sludsg al l,926aa9
b. In the fourth place, this fcoptiauots mus
cullr udgery dives the more Intelligent
boys tawaY FROM the farm, Thhe,Ii ,Iiltartnelfs
boy isttaught tllpt aWork is the, principal
thing, ia lite and as he groWs old he beglns
to think that it is pretly, mpchall pch Of Life. iI 1t
Lis, supposed to spoil q farmers son. fjorlhls
vocation to get anything into his bead but
work. zUuder this mode of education ,he
either develops into y mere muscular ana
chine, or else. if he; be unusually Intelligent
and makes good use eief. his opportunities al
the district school, llet realizes that 4there,s
another life-that there,is something better
worth living fpr ti'p,pn mere physical exist
sence,!tn Lie soonl learns, by experience, that
the hard bodily labor yeShausts himdlnd in
terferes with his intellectual development /;
hence lie wants to leave thefarm and follow
some other occupation Which will give him
more leisure to cultivate the nobler, portion
OF MS hattlre.8a1q n41ft 93gsii Ill oHt
Tn the last place. 1allis.exhausting manual
laborois sinful. saGed never intended that
man should 'expend,, ,all1iis energies in the
mere effort merely to exist. TfEIlis life OF
|continnous muscular toll shuts outiall that
|iGMl-like in our natures, aand brings man
i down to the level of the brutes that perish.
TO so dwarf our intellectual natures, blunt
our perceptions: and ,ltltien our sensibilities
as,to render Us incapable'ot seeing orlappre-
! ciating the wonderfiilior bealltfilli in nature
/ conceive to be q sin Off small magnitude
4 and one for which God will hold ius acco unit
- = AGRICULTURAL ITEMS. So III
Sonoma county, CAL. produced last yea.
/ 1,40O. 900 pounds Of butter, valued at $780,
900, besides 100000 pounds of cheese, worll
/ $1,000, f4..,fa,,o-,a, n,6 aaa ,.
The Indiana State Board Of Agrier.turs
/ bas decided. to, charge but twenty-five cents
admission to the next fair, Instead Of Gtty
| no,,ta fn,lnariy