Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-04-05
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It is often time The caIlins
Of the farmer i nest BE one
known to mani ard - We Of
one necessary on q more
honorable or hane another.
That the fart hono ose "a 81 Of
other calling wa false hat
farmers as fe cor defeC % be
inferior to me O. lins5 Is + iCiFFI
to be equally And It VII ever
continue to be 50 until the farmer be-
comes as well educated as the lawyer,
physician, senatDBg auf men OF other
vacations in life to Bhbh the masses ooks
for advice; until he has as much knOWl-@
edge; as profouad haa mastery OF sienceZ
and philosopt principles; as much
self-knowledgs and self ependence; as
many VariedsattM as much brain4
power, thOughtpower, sheartspoRer, aas
they. Until chat time, he will be iffe-
rior to the others in power and influence;
and no device nor lpretense,, no. declamaTs
ton nor protest inoi sOphistryy can make
it otherwisesh4t is the difference between
we knees ana Strength. % DaLa9oonf may
What, then, have, we to. say in favor of
the calling ofagricrlt ure ? It is the man
that makes the calling and not, the call
ing the manar betgsaypersOn enter what
honest ocuPationlih be- inlay and make
success of itsand he will BE ,k6nored for.
it. Better Be an Alexander among boot.
blacks thapia fQp in any profession on
earth. ,aEanlzzjb ,nfsiaifsp g1il. -a1q
Surety ofssReoess and freedom of con-
science are tmo Of the great essentials to
human happlhess, In, the, Broad prairies
about us we may. have them both.,o 1t is
a business maxim that the, occupation
which yieldsfthe smallest returns. at first,
or is the sloYest in yielding returns, is.
the surest OK success Il feif - .r..f.., 10 =
Over ninety pei cent, 1T rs said, of,
those embarking in mercantile pursuits
fail in the enterprise zHoW few lawyers
are really sueee8sful awhile there is al
ways room AE stop of the three black
graces, Divinity, Physics and Law, how
many entering must be content to exc
out a miserable existence at the first
round of the ladder! The field of agri-
culture stands open inviting you to take
up her work, glAtanteeing yOumoderate
success, at least fer your efforts; and, yet
at the same time she requires of you, for
her highest DEVELOPMENT, a wider range
of knowledge than any calling on earth.
If ten men endeavor to support their
families by nerchandisesin "a township
which affords adequate business for but
three, it is certain that a majority must
fail, no matter how judicious their man
agement or how frugal their living. But
you may double the number of farmers
in any agricultural district without
necessarily booming one to. failure or
even abridging his gains. IF half the
traders and professional men in this
country were to betake themselves to
farming. tomorrow they would not render
that pursuit one whit less profitable,
while they would largely increase the
comfort and wealth of the entire COM
munity. And while q good merchant
lawyer or doctor may be starved out Of
nny town simply because the work he
could do we'll lis already confded to
others, have not. yetTheard of a tenn
perate, industrious, intelligent, frugaland
energetic farmer who failed to make a
living, or who, unless Frustrated by dis
ease or disabled by casualty, was pre-
Cluded from securing a modest indie
pendence before age and decrepitude di-
vested him Of the ability to labor -
Good farming is and must ever be a
paying business, subject like all others to
mischances and adversities and to the
general law that the struggler up from
uOLuluS W SouIcCuilIS 10 SNCI Ill d1uuOuo
and almost always a slow process, In
the few instances where wealth and dis
tinction have been swiftly won theyhave
rarely proved abiding: There are Pur.
suits wherein success is more envied and
dazzling than in agriculture; but there
are none wherein efficiency and frugality
are more certain to SECURE comfort, and
competence.-Prairie Farmer. Oh