Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-01-30
Wanted. 10000 Young Men.

than half the people of the countr.
who are engaged in any useful EN-
Payments, all other ranks Of in
dustry are better filled than this
Agriculture furnishes the raw ma
tcrial for nearly all cur manufac
lures. yet while the factories anl
workshops are overburdencd witt
skilled laborers, the harvest field:
are too often worked by the poorest
labor that strolls the highways
Educated mechanics, formerly sue
cessful merchants, and highly in
| telligent manufacturers are seeking
employment by hundreds, but find
the ranks of their c4llings full,
while agriculture has plenty Of room
for such men. Thousands of young
men care adrift in the large cities, .
as has been very aptly stated,
'.simply because they can do moth
ing that anybody wants done;' but
let them 60 to the farms Of the
country and they will find abundant
opportunity for intelligent, willing
labor; at low wages, it is true, bat
sure to result In health and happi-
ness, a thousand times better than
the precarious existence they mains
tain in the city. If the trades and
professions have 10 employment for
the myriads of idle hands, the farm
can furnish enough for all. The
unoccupied lands Of the West, the
abandoned farms Of the South, the
many neglected fields all over the
East, al offer opportunities for
every idle man in the country to
gain bread, clothing, shelter, and
ultimate comfort and happiness ;
for out Of tho soil comes ali we eat
and wear We are not urging that
the tranps and vagabonds Of the
cities be turned into farm Iaborers,
for tramp in the country is even a
greater evil than a tramp in the
city, and it is quite as impossible to
make him work in the fields as in
the shops and factories. But tits the
unemployed, intelligent, active
workmen that can find useful ems
plOyment on the farm. And to in
telligent young men, and active
men out of business, but possessing
some capital, from $1,000 upward,
agriculture holds out tempting
promises, and promises that she will
fulfill to those who work for them.
There are few farmers more
successful than the merchant who
conducts his farming on the same
prudent yet intelligent business
principles that gave him success
in trade. 1t is pleasant fact to
contemplate, that over four and |
one>half million acres Of new land |
were actually occupied By settlers
in the Western States during the
last fiscal year, and especially |
pleasant when we consider that the |
settlers were not emigrants from
foreign countries, as in former
years, except to a small degree, but |
were mostly from the overcrowded .
Eastern CT ieS-many of the class
above described. The real estate
dealers make the statement, also,
that the demand for small farms in
the Eastern States has never been
SO great as within the past year or
TWO. This movement tends to an
condition Of affairs for the
whole nation, and We hope it will
90 on until the old and proper bal
pnce between city and country is
,estored. But to the young men
ust coming on the stage of action,
agriculture offers special attrac-
lions. There is great need among
farmers Of more education in those
branches Of science that pertain to
the breeding and treatment Of ami
mails, fertilIzing the soil, growing
plants, and all the various
phases Of the calling.
Those men who are familiar
With the advancing thought
and practice of the
time, and bring the most intelligence
to their work, are the most success
'ul farmers of to-day. So it will be
n the future to even greater de-
gree, and those farmers and others
who desire their sons to become
leading agriculturists,
and prominent in public affairs,
should see to it that these young
men receive as good intellectual
as those who intend to en-
bark in those callings that are uni
versalIy admitted to require lib
cral education. Veterinary medi-
cine, agricultural manufacturing
and trade, and even agricultural
journalism, are also open fields 10
young men educated in agricultural
science and practice Last month,
We gave an example of what col
.ege-educatel man had accomplished
by bringing his mental faculties,
disciplined by study, to bear upon
worn out farm, and then upon i'm