The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1884-07-19
= COILS VINO make TIE WORLD
WISE.

Henry Ward Beecher recently made
an of.hand address before the Storrs
Agricultural School in Mansfield, Conn,
in which he defended fancy farming: "a
gentleman must have two stores in the
city to support one farm in the country.
He has fancy barns, fancy stock, fancy
poultry, fancy stone walls. l am one of
EN-. 1t takes six months of lecturinp
to pay for six months of farming. Plain
farmers laugh at all this. But, after all,
it Is good thing, for men with money
may thus show farmers without money
how such things can be done. Since /
came to Peekskill every farm around that
neighborhood has increased in value %
per cent, They have better farms, bet.
ter stock. The fancy farmeris the fool
that makes all the neighborhood wise.
Let us speak kindly Of the fancy farmer. u
In the one remark that the fancy farmer
Is the fool who makes all men wise in
his neighborhood, he hit the nail on the
head. What is wanted at present, is
more fools Of this SORT There are now
considerable number in this State, 1t
is doubtful if they ever get credit for
the good they do, The pioneers in every
calling are those who run before the null
tituae and herald better things to come.
The wealthy and prosperous denizens of
the larger cities of the Atlantic States
have redeemed many waste place in the
old and halfdeserted towns. They have
taken some of their money to the country
and have expended it in Improvements. F"
Now the majority of business men in
large cities have been brought up in the
country. They never forget their early
associations. No merchant who, when a
boy, drove cows to pasture barefoot, will
ever forget his country life. He will
dream about it sleeping and waking He
will go back if he ever has an opportu-
iily w nave aHoeiieI BOut WIFI nature,
This time very likely he will 60 full.
handed. He will buy farm somewhere
IN the country, and will perhaps spend a
great deal of money on it. Some of his
neighbors may secretly think him fool.
He will, Of course, be classed as ''fancy
farmer" ...-...
When Nicholas Longworth spent
something like a hundred thousand dol
lars In experiments to find out what
grapes were best to grow in Southern
Ohio, and what was the best straw berry
1or the market gardeners in that vicinity
to produce, no doubt there were a great
many who considered him little better
than fool. But he went on with his
experiments, and added many hundreds
OF thousands of dollars to the wealth of
his State. The fruit-growers pro6ted by
his fancy farming" They could not
afford to make such costly experiments.
But here was wealthy and public.
spirited man who could do it. He con.
sented to be fool in order to make
others wise. .... .....
Now the 'fools, in this sense, are con.
tinually teaching wisdom. A wealthy
citizen buys place in the country. He
can afford, in most instances, to make
costly experiments. He does not need
an immediate profit on his investment.
His public spirit suggests improvements.
he makes fences, roads, bridges, builds
houses and barns, plants orchards and
Vineyards, sets out shade trees, brings
down water, it may be from the neigh.
boring hills. or bores for it Thousand
ieet, more or less. After a while the
dull and uninviting place which he
bought has been radically changed. Its
natural resources have been developed.
The "fancy farmer" has not made much
money. Perhaps he has made his city
business contribute to his country i'm.
proyements. But be has got q great
deal Of satisfaction out Of his work. He
has made one spot in the world, which
might have been dreary and repulsive, to
becomes delight to the eye and solid
satisfaction. In his fight with nature he
has trlumphed. 1t may have involved a
larger expenditure than any neighboring
farmer could stand. But all his country
nelghbors will profit by,it. They will,
In their own way, undertake improvs-