The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-01-01

ralization; none better calculated to i'm.
press on man the duties Of this life, and
lift him TO the habitual contemplation Of
another.
Farmers do not sufficiently value their
calling, or properly appreciate it. 1t is
intimately connected with the business
and pleasures of life, as well as with
mans intellectual and moral improve
ment. From the earth, man derives his
supplies; without its products he could
not live. These products are the
fruits of cultivation. The commerce OF
the country, for more than three-fourths
of the objects about which it is con-
cerned, is dependent upon agricultural.
1t Is the source Of our wealth and it in
wolves The comforts, the happiness, and
the welfare Of our people.
And what happy life, where one is
satisfied with the reasonable gains Of
wholesome industry united with sys-
tematic frugality. The former does not
experience dazzling expectations or sud
den Accommodations. He does not with
other spectators crowd around the
mountain, struggling up itsascent, heed
lessly thrusting down, if necessary to
his success, all who stand in his way, as
if its glittcring SUBMITS and its brilliant
glaciers were of solid gold. No, he is
withdrawn from such hazardous things.
He is engaged in pursuit which is sure
to bring with it, a reasonable competence
and the satisfactions of conscience and
one which at the same time presents the
widest room for the cultivation of the
domestic affections, and the quiet of
delicious pleasures Of this true philoso-
ply of life. Off in the country, spec
ulation may look pretty, very, to the
farmer Did he ever ask himself, does it
have substantial being; does it not
represent that which does not exist !?
The sensible farmer can see that it
resembles the autumn fog which gathers
ON the river bank, rejecting, as the
strcaks of light dart up in the eastern
horison, numbcrcss beautiful colors and
waving forms, and transferring the
spreading valley into an inland sea.
But alas, in a few hours it is scattered
where? In farming he is helping to
build up Georgia, ismaking shelter, food
and clothing for her people, or that by
which these may be prevented or pro-
duccd, such as lands, houses, seeds,
manures, and tools, and labor, by which
these are made productive Of the neccs-
saries and comforts of life.
Trpn tLnt nvnrv ,urn,nr ,r,,,t lao
rich. The castles Of many may be Il log
cabin, and the pine torch does not gilt
ter over FURNISHED mirrors in his room;
yet sleep will fall swcetly ON his weary
eyclids in his homely habtation, nor
will chances Of bargains disturb his con-
science, or betlay his integrity nor will
his dreams be broken by changes of for
cign markets, the rise and fall of fancy
stocks bank contractions and eXpan-
sions, or notes payable and discounts
curtailcd.
Gcorgia's agriculture should be pro-
tcctcd and stimulated by her state gov
eminent. It should see that hortcu.
turc finds favor with the farmers; that
fruit trees and flowers surround every
rural home; that the hearings of fine do.
nestle animals occupy more general at
tcntion that the intellectual part of AZ
riculture he increased, just as toll in
proportion is being diminished. The far
mcr should be stimulated to be Il gcolo-
gist, a chemist and n botanist, 50 that
his business may be more prosperous,
his manner improved, his taste refined |
his intellect elevated and his social char
aCtcr benefited,