Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-01-26

The man who succeeds in maxine
farm ing among the masses more intel;
leciual work and less physical will ben.
etit his fellows mo than did Columbu;
NaShin ton or Lincoln. We are asked
why do not farmers more frequently oc.
cupy seats in Congress and in Their lev
is!ative halls? Why d. not pro ession-
al men look up to the farm NC class
with greater respect? VIII do iarmers'
boNs leave the farm? / answer or tie
reason that ia mng. as managed at
present. does not exercise. stimu ate AMI
develop the intellect as it might, and as
the professions do. Ii is useless to ID lint
to the use illness o the Ia mers' voca.
on alone as a reason for the r a Vance
ment. v hat matters it if mn ii PES
some little good to his fellows if he
negiects that better part, hat God
gwen spark o dvinitv, the mind until
he is TN tied or the greater O. ,od. the
greater in uence that he might vie d!
Heads wn in this life. Not he who
violates the hou's of sleep b. early ris.
in :; not he who tolls unceas nglv, and
'rimps and saves. M heads win in
the b t lie. though hands are worn. bis.
tered, knotty and ralloused | know of
men who have ''Succee led at fam np''
whose success | would not take for m -
self or my children rs GIT. and ac-
cept what these men have | st in in
tclligen e, in knowledge of the wa s
~ the world of the arts and of lit.
erature. They are dwarfeu men in
this respectfully contracted narrow
ness o. view, mar own ass of ee i'm :,
n r ownesS of the highest cndowments
Not that there are not farm who arr
in ellectual, and who MAX. m;nr in.
telec ual work. There arr many such.
Pu' w.t. the masses the mini not de.
velOped. and. whatever ther GA II i'm
gold. they are becoming poorer da'lv
IN the true sense. som people do no
dare tell the tru about these mat ers
through fears o hurt NO others feel.
ingS or injuring the q ca caus they
WIS to vance. AL a mistake! Let
the truth out it will hurt no one. You
can advance n cause in no Other way.
One taus. OF the fcebleness of the in
fuence of he Agricultural press to-day is
the fear OF e ell ing unD easant acts
facts that realize I, without the cour.
age 10 a Vance them
If man s;udi law. and s. able. he
may receive thousands of dollars for
single ODinion. WHAT man is there on
ca tn whose OPP MON is 80 vauabIe n
aTrcul ure? None. No for the reason
that We have no men whose o lin ms are
valuable. but for the reason hat rs .
ass, farmers do no va lie their opin.
ions. They are sci sat sfed-content d
with their in eriOr methods and the D.
SIT on VIII CHI the occupy scientiiic
men are To- day making herculean e Tor
t. help agricultural intere Is. but the
prOspe t is not a tering How shall
we doct r sick men if ther will not take
me licine?
! will ask the reader If he IS satisfied
with the class OF men tat the present
methods o. farming build up. Now. |
am farmer-was born and bred a
farmer. l love arm NJ and farm Ii
L adm re some the grand characters
OF the farm 'rs ! know. YET. when 10 *
over congreZa of armers at fairs
or other gathe 'ings. and gaze nto their
faces and study them IN body / am
not satisfied 10 have m 10 follow he
same methods. No. the man who so
condu Is h arm NO "a o make n m.
self and his family druid es. dwar' no
intellectual endowments and @ Owth,
is burying h'msel and them IN liv NJ
grave. Do not wonder that TIE bo, try
TO dig out.
But how >hall farming be made more
inc lectual work? IMPLY w In nking
more, planning more. and working les.
Work j. well, ont war alo w / not
accomplish m lch The arner whose
time not worth more IN planning and
experimenting than the wages o his
b red en-yes. five t mes no els
max NC his business intellectual. There
is emo Ioh about farm nr 10 engage
the deepest thinker perpetually. Ii the
larper studies his arm and his faru
as men st1dv n tronomy an geology,
he VII become Intellectual He ..annot
he p it. hope have not stir, ed u a
hornets ne t. snail be- eve | have
not. for nv motive IS good would
give a new impetus 10 rIIral life-the
gran eft, and nobiest Of all Ii es we
knew how TO get tn. sweetness out OF
Tt a. les Il. Green. IN LuraI Ntw
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