The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-03-10

SCHOOLS WHERE tncse pfhcticdi drto uic tauBh',
are not found here. Farmers should be
working thinking, talking politicians, not in
the partisan sense, but in larger aud more
general sense. We should look over our
representatives and select, not for our own |
interests only, but for the good of all. Power |
should not be granted to the few 10 Cypress
the many. We have talked all these things
over, but have as yet done little, business
men arc now acting with us, and We should
unite with any party TO crush out the power
Of rncnopolios. Farmers have been indiffer-
ent and allowed things TO TO by, default to
their injury.
protection of innocent purchasers Of patented
articles is no protection ut all. 1t considers
a person guilty before he il proved innocent.
He must be subject to costs and is srraigned
to prove his innocence. II subverts the
common law, which considers a man limo
cent until he is proven guilty.
The following paper was read by james
Bale:
The question, "What ought TO be expected
of the progressive farmer" is being answered
By the individual himself. AS the soil in
which his labors is confined, is responsive in
the yield of fruit in proportion az it receives
! culture and nourishment in the application
CT manures or fertilizes, 30 will the progress
sive farmer yield to community that which
is due from him in proportion to his moral,
/ social and political relation among men.
/ While there is a striking analogy thus far
, with the farm and the farmer, there il
} point beyond which the analogy ceases. No
farmer of to-day can be oblivious 70 the
means Of improvement, or ignore the incen-
5 tive to take advance ground and not be
' reprehensiblc. AS truly as the law of gravi-
{ tation attracts the falling body 10 the earth,
{ SO truly will the tillers of the soil step out
1 upon a broader plain and take advance
2 ground, IA they apply tho means within
their reach. This is visible in the appliances
I on the modes OF farming of to-day compared
/ with the past. Mind and thought have not
only been developed in the construction of
0 the implements for the working of the farm,
!. but the application of manures and adapta-
a ton of tho soil to the production of certain
$ crops. Or moro especially is ii seen in the
!, great Development of all the domestic animals
/ kept on the farm for profit or pleasure, and
4 then the sign of progressive farmer is vis-
A bic III his maintenance of those institutions
that develop the mind and heart of the
r young i'll the school and at the home circle.
9 The progressive farmer is not silent or I'M
| interested n the advanced thought of to-day.
: The age of cooperative or community opin-
R ions are passing away. This progressive age
: is driving back the fall that enveloped mon s
r mandate OF another, and hold his opinions
, subject to corporate will. None, in my
I his varied institution TO bring forward the
day when every man shall stand upon the
, and assert an opinion enlightened by the
+ rays Of imrnutabe truths, when the prin-
ciple underlying all true greatness will assert
z itself and men will only be respected as they
G reach the plain of primeyal purity. The
! progressive farmer is not satisfied with doing
b. this year simply as he did last; is not salts
/ fed, other things being equal, if his farm is
not more productive than last year: il not
satisfied If bis stock is not Il grade better
] than last raised: is not satisfied if there is
/ not an accumulatiyo force OF thought or
!. mind, a development of the moral and in
2 tellectual powers. The progressive farmer il
G not tied to any political ring organized for
party ends at the sacrifice of the public good,
, but will give his voice and ballot IA he may
q advance tho best interest of the majority
I concerned. The progressive farmer will
5 avail himself of all the help within his power
5 TO assist him in the accomplishment of the
duties before him, and esteem it not only a
:. privilege but duty to educate his children !;
to make not only home attractive by the
4 adornment of art to the extent of his powers,
3 but will cultivate the moral and intellectual
: nature of those dependent upon him. He is
no less industrious than his father was.
D Hands, heart and thought, alike in harmony
! they work. Not in earth alone, but among
e the spheres, and in the field of letters delight
e to roam, gathering therefrom food for mind
3 and heart.
: Invitations were extended to the assoc;a-
ton by q. T.. Morton and a. G. Glidden to
$ hold the June meeting at their respective
{ farms, and by j. G. Gould 20 hold the Sep
{ TENDER meeting at his fruit farm. The Juno
D meeting was fixed to bc held at o. T. Nor
D TONS and the S,epiember meeting NJ L. G.