Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-03-18

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How much ough, We 20 be thankful foi
The necessity that has made a. people
Of brain and muscle; that has given an
impetus 20 al ,ha, !. grand in Art. ADD
instructive and beautiful In literature
that has enabled us % level mountains
and traverse seas 10 reach an cleeifis
pen across continents and oceans, ADD
send greeting, from h.iher 10 di'isai Pro-
pies. that unite nations. spread the ce'
meat u common love and tear dosn ias
tArr.cr. q natural boundaries 10 span
our osn va, colniry With numerous
bands q iroa, caffying peace aud PROF.
pcriiy Ia tas.r coafse aud opening up the
vas, rcsoafcs, of GA hitherto uncsplofed
country Virtue and vice ~ side By
siie--onc a necessity 20 the other. until
ihe 6aal triumph u good over evil. In
tie same way ihe powef q man 90 tn
gmph o,pg difficulties is bgs, sho~n ani
bet reused 20 seton where there j. ihc
gfcaie,, necessity va'il finally triumph
iag over al oh.ticlc. and overcoming
d.hcaliie.. maa shall stand the proud
conqucior wi'h al, the elements q nature
a. h., Command
Unil recently. there sas no coed Of
providing ia' the rrpisoishing OF exhaust.
ell soils. as long ,, they were c7mp,n'
lt,,.J nea they podacol .n abundance
B4tsstims passed ihey gradually yielded
% che exhaustive cropping, aud bcsia O.
rcqs.rc -om- return f1r che immense ca
pcndiiarr of fertility that bal been taken
from them. Thea 10 became the iafmei
q look about h.m ioS ihc means u re-
storing i 90 is former produciivcne''
and thus ,he fine point. % supplying ,he
sol ui'h ,hs plan, f1oj To- ihs best and
chcaPts, manner becamc a study TO every
farmer. Bli ials very severy cropping
has done iis Work o. advanoemen, and
civilization By creating the necessity that
Ia, broagb, 10 the fr,n, some Of the Ables'
AL best educated men Of today as agfi-
cultural wniers and ~Orkefs. All this
has i,s elevaiing and motallfing inaa-
.ce upon the farmer a. a class. and ha'
done much toward making L an at. ;,
/, will be seen ,ha, apparent evil j. some
time. bat the torerunner of the grea,es'
god.
Il j. this same necessity that ha'
planted colleges. brougA, experiment.
stations into existence. and changed Oh,
character Of a grsa, industry from one Of
simple wants and requirements 70 one
that allows tree scope 10 iaven,ive geniis,
furnishes plsa,aa, employment TO men Of
the CREATES, mind. aai. wi,h IL still sx.
pAnding power, holds The vat resources
o. the country a. IT, command. TO BE-
opeaed and developed BY IL thinking
intelligent followers.
The growth Of agriculture and the i'm
proyemsn,s made as time advanced, in
tool, and methods. i well illustrated By
l. b. Terry in the Country GeaiIen.aH
Treating on Edgea,ion on the Farm. be
says
one ofieu hears q remark made % The
eject that any fool eau be q farmer, OF
that education is wasted on one Who only
ills the soil Tor living These remarks
were nearer the truth, perhaps, years ago,
when ihecouuiFy was new The virgin soil
sould ylsli abundant crops almost without
care on the part Of the husbAudmAn, and
insect enemies, blight. rust, etc, wer,
nearly unknown. bat now such sayings
are Ear from true. aud We are beginning u
realize that knowledge Il power" on
the farm just a. surely a. anywhere else
In the world Forty years ago our tools
were of the simplest and Fudest kinds, and
not much Intelligence was required 10 uss
them Today some Of The finest maehln.
cry made i on the farm, and the farmer
needs skill aud brains 10 use these I'm.
proved tools 10 the best Advantage, rather
than muscle O. DO heavy work.
The day has passed when muscle rules
the world. The battle axe aud spear were
muscle, The ride and the cannon were
brains. The stage coach and the courier
were muscle the railway train and the
telegraph are brAlns. On the farm, the
scythe was muscle the moving machine
Is brains. The grain cradle aud sickle
were muscle the self.blnder l. brains.
The farmer Of the future will need 10 be-,
. a large extent, an engineer aud director
OF labor. and a student. instead OF a simple
laborcr, As the farmer OF the past was.
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