The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1882-02-11
WHAT FARMERS NEED TO KNOW
AND DO.
Address OF Secretary W. I. Chamberlain
a: the Barnesville Ohio Farmers'
Institute.

Lafc5 GAS CcnilSuFH We might
consider the farmer in three fold sense.
an agricultural man. a business man and
a social man and 10 no other vocation
do NC find this tFio OF the above named
characteristics. And while youall have.
no doubt, concluded from the nature Of
my subject ;ha, ] would dwell chiefly
on the agricultural point, and give YOU
some idea OF the general line OF farm
labor and Is methods, how crops should
he planted and harvested. VET this shall
be omitted IN my remarks, and siiall
refer YOU 10 the business and social fea-
iure Of farm life. To succeed in farm.
ing. sound, sensible though; must be
brought 10 our help. and without this.
the muscle wrakens and our income
diminishcs On every American farm
there Is need OF more intelligent brain
work The American farmer IS lab0rer,
wh.le the English farmer IS 4 gentleman
who manages his lands through other )
heads. We cannot increase our inielli-
gcuce hcacfioiIlly by being laaded and
Praised uaT from the sweets and sun
shine neither does success teach MS
entirely the secret Of operating with i
good result. and putting money into our
pockets. but failures sharpen our wits,
and hard knocks brighten our eyes. As
Ike Par;ing,on expressed himself when
the doctor lcil HIM some medicine.
tasting and viewing the bitter dose. he
said Mother. ! think you need this
ipccac worse than me Il NIGH; make
you feel better and stronger, and |
would jas, , l.evc have molasses. So
with the farmer. nc would Just as .'leye
have molasses. but we must know tina,
bitter sometimes adds to oui knoWledgc
and icaches vs. 10 be more careful in the
/ future.
In what DO &C farmers mos, lack p
Not 70 much IN the rearing OF stock or
taking care Of Il. Compare the little
boned. slick. fat and perfectly formed
hog OF to-day, with an OHIO pig Of
eighty years ago. Then he was long
legged, thin hammed. slab sided and
with a terrible preponderance OF snoui.
I he must have speed TO get on, of the way
Of bear, could stick his nose through
/ the third crack OF 4 fence and root up
the fourth row Of potatoes in a field, and
/ jump a seven rail fence. and so with
I other classes OF stock. The quality of
all has been made better and better
I All this has required time, labor and
thought, Through intelligence. speed!
has been brought TO the horse. milk and
butter TO the cow, eggs and meat TO our
hens and beef TO our cattle. The same
improvement IS true in regard to our
fruits, vegetables and flowers, and the
better our productions. the bigger our
pocket book there is no danger of over
crowding the market with good fruit
GAINESVILLE strawberries will never 20
begging for buyer. Farmers think it
easier to purchase the result of this
labor than to assist in elevating the
standard by our own brains, and so we
can buy the latest varieties of potatoes,
and the blooded calf, while we exercise
no thought in improving the same, and
from this fact do we see that more sue
cess may attend our fruit raising than
in the growing of our wheat and corn.
In the proper management of our annual
crops is where n great many farmers
lack, for we may plant the tree and
gather loads of luscious fruit we get
poor wheat and corn from the lack OF
proper judgment in their growing-and
like the old lady who went to take the
train, inquired when it would 20, was
told by the agent to just take a seat in
the depot il would go in a short time !;
she did so and the train came and went
and still she sat, and when told that the
train had gone, and being asked why
she didn't get on, exclaimed: ''La me,
! thought the whole conSarn was agoini''
So some farmers think that IL other wide
awake men keep climbing up and per-
fecting the quality OF farm productions,
that the whole ssconsarn" will go and
there is no use Of them making any effort.
Teach yourselves to reason and think
more. Make your mind accomplish
useful results and do not depend on your
muscle so much.
| In the businessdepartmcnt Of the farm