The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-07-02

WsS susouVeV W Icsct SO man vtsiOus
~, Ignorant, impractical, and, II
'oursc, unsuccessful. Il was used BY
versions who believed that tho art of
arming could al be learned behind the
plow, and that nothing remained To he
known beyond what was already known
by the most ignorant man who ever
plowed farrow. Now, 1t IA q sad and
serious truth that none think they know
50 much as they who know the least,
and u has turned out that those persons
who were used but q few years ago TO
scorn bo0k.farmer, or o farmer who
read agricultural papers and books, have
been more helped and beneii,cdby these
very studious men than they know Of.
In fact, they owe nearly all that they
know TO books and book farmers, for II
they have learned something from other
farmers, and have adopted plans and
methods and the use Of tools and nipple.
mcnts and seeds and crops from them,
they have either directly or indirectly
gained this knowledge from book.iarm.
ers, who learned 1t from books. There
Is nothing new under the sun, We are
told. Aud book.farming Is BY no means
new. Some persons are apt TO think
that the present age Is the only one in
which men knew much, and that the old
times were scarcely worth living through,
so ignorant were the people Of those
days. But this Il o great mistake.
There were no railroads or telegraphs
In those times, and people were
not 80 refined or cultured as We
now claim 10 be, but SO far rs iarmingis
concerned very much Of what We know
and practice now was quito commonly
known then. Some Of the highest arts
Of farming were practiccd thousands Of
years ago. The merino sheep was at It's
best Ut the time of the Roman Emper.
ors, whose royal robes Of imperial pur.
pie were woven from the finest Aeeces
from Spanish merinos, which were care.
fully protected by coverings wrapped
around the sheep. That old book farm
er, Virgil, teaches Us the art and prac.
ticc Of the selection and breeding OF
seed, and our modern "pedigree" corn
and wheat Is nothing more than the
| nrNcfiCA ri vGhat ha afviscd In MAnv
bin. ,Sos. "a Homs~s conId Owe
oTds IN Nmr Nat isrmsrs shenhe,d,.
csttls.hrecders Anil feederS. horsemen.
And sven hec.kscnsrs. And take the pre.
, MUM every time. After them certainly
came dark ages, in which the arts Of
. peace wero lost in tho midst Of wars and
, blOOdshed, but when men emerged from
,hess ths SooI.' f"rtnns,elv. we're left
, .rJ a.. -. sor". hook is,mer. Tho,
- .".S 49, 49,. ~roStsd hv them
: ~. w. .Ss;, ' s"~Sss,;ons .na "the
.~".s I ..-."a ~ s ~ sm,,,i" ~ thss
'"s .S;"s s ,0"0~ y! '"' 0~""P'' " '~'
go :. ~" ... do, to vh.t o.
8 anu 20 We .Hmo Wv" r.. ~ =; M" .,s; :"
Wsy Ca.. .nc nu ',, ~, si :. :" ms ~.
o Au'ct'os ~ poop'cu, s"u :" " So"s.,s
. W. may c..sm ~ "S W. T""a Iso ,I.a,a
$ "uL H Ho~. s"S a i~'r ~. h"n;,p;"" :
}. "~ VSu s.0T w 's .se. ',arS;,J
70 A"u - 70 81 o.oH =" .;'. ".lr. u..".
.no . eI ~. s%" nv sI,' h"on 1.rmsrs =,
d o me" - u s..n "Ss v - r,SOtv The farm.
70 -" "S AZ; y" " LII. .:'.a -. hSck farmer :,
!. % "o ,.,". my "a ~, !, "a ~ an old hocl
is aay may % o'a .na' =, .I - ~ I ""I w..
y mc' aos' . no o~Us , ~. No, ~ ~. nrse,;c,
ID c.oves - 'sIw o'op, . ..as ' ~ p. "~
10 oI urs,nsxo, y. s'o .. ' s,.a.,"a- " t.,,"Y. '
v. eSa ;a LILLY n,so;i;mo cattle nav
.''.~s .H' - - .ns;,s 81 .hont wS;,
al sno so.y P.".'."0 " =, ,ho;r 49, Its, a,
n ".a;..m.,, =. hs;n~ .om.,h;ro 4
e Q; sSc'emsns' ~ Us, "v,hw ~ thu vs
lt. I S;nS ~St ho"srs. ,hsv hs
nc luz lux 0 ssU US On ;t"th.s All the
lr. I'd " ,ont" ~ ssc. ~. ali mentioned
w a aS h . .nd .,"r o." that thoss NJ
IN O u"n. .v ,-so W.. wrots .Sout thee nr.et;c
nc we're treated verv much 6v farmers
Gu .h., asv =. hook, and hooi. farmers n
w .rs"ts1 hv come nov For Il vas nea,
no s;stv rs:rs after clover Vas first I
.. scr;{eX and recommended by an Enpli
Btu smth"r in a hook on auricuiture M
.o' %.s tried IN a ANAL vsv. ma them Of
~ ~. Alter a second book Vas written abt
". T. And a nrominent And wealthy Ia,
- ov.sr imported seed for distributi,
ng W. can easilv fancv the farmers Of d
ay 6sv iokins about this now plant q
' 70" vsosrv Of a book farmer. and treat
=. Il q Something to be dsspised and
%: iscted because the knowledge Of it ca
md 70 them In . book. bnt the TACT sno
DOL not be lost sight OF, because " goes
tho show that some Things may 90 iesr
~? rom oooks 'nss neVeE 0'u'u W ''''
10 IN 1ne ne'u. ia w., -, =, -,
ing But it may % sara. why lsy 70 M
lay sttes; upon .e.s mss "t iV t 10 NJ -,
tho learning OetcI =. "s ~ ~ W
irep might be replied. 1t - very wen, DO
can tnas Ist%e" stc ".s. ;"a 49, ."" w. :
knowledge can 10 gained from oo'
,ms and arc frequently ready to SIT on
am. Icnco OF 0OoA',ssm.. "uu as'''