Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-03-08
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ls2 ass Progrsssys Farming. 4
The io'lowing which we clip frou
the Commercial of Bangor, Me-, az
plies Ia this county as we'll as q
that and applies as we'll as 10 ihl
mechanieal pursuits as to sflruaing
aud especially does itsapply to ad
vertiser5 s - .smaes So 81
u Progression IL a peculiarity O
The age in which we live. Itis no.
| confint d to the arts and sciences
but Is widening and spreading in
every direction, and is being felt In
every department OF business learn
ing. Perhaps there is no one thing
IN which progression. Is more appar-
ent than in the actual business OF
farming, and the nIeans by which
ID Is carried on. The methods and
implements OF former years have
been superseded by new, or inn
proved and better ones. The far
fner no longer draws on physical
strength to do work which can be
easier, Detter and more rapidly done
oy horsepower. He no !, longer
wastes unnecessary strength in us.
ing the heavy clumsy tools of other
times; he is not satisfied with the
COW which at her best will give only
Two quarts of milk per day; infe-
rlor stock must go TO the butcher,
aud we find him ready : to adopt
every movement calculated to make
life easier and better in his c0udi-
ton. In fine, the farmer, to-day Is
The progressive farmer.
Ore makes fruit rsiisinga special
ty. His object i5to produce a SUI
perior quality of fruit which will
command q good price when the
market Is Oyerstocked with fruit Of
Inferior qualities. He Is shrewd |
to know That the best arti- |
cles always find a market and so |
the, old trees are reuOdeled aud /
grated with the best varieties,
youdg trees are bought and set out,
and in a few years he has the salts
faction Of carrying TO market the
kind OF fruit everybody wants.
The ultimate object, Which all 9TH
ars are made subservient, has been
10 live and thrive. Another man
seeks to yattainthe same through
another avenue, that OF, stock rails
ng. He studIes the business IRON
very standpoint, and endeavors 10
produce the kind of stock that will
meet the requirements of the mar.
Iet. OF course he takes into consid7
ration his tastes and facilities for
aising horned cattle or sheep. An
'ther adopts dairyfng, and other
hooSes mixed husbandry as a line
# 'foperation but the ultimate object
If all is, to make money, Each Inan
must choose for himself thespecialty
( any, for which his condition and
are best suited, and
,eep even step with the progress
4 improvements or he will be ike
Y to fall short OF the goal FOR which |
e is aspiring. ~
Four men are going TO iBoeton.
heir starting point is Bangor. One
wants to reacn his destination with
he least possible delay; and so he !.
axes the first through train. AM
ther man chooses the steamboat 1.
1ethod bfconveyanee, as suited To .
is tastes aud mems. The third :
lan, who has but little ambition, ;
nd is very moderately conserva- !
I've in his desires aud expectations, :
oes by the old method of convey !:
nee by stages. The fourth man :
as no ambition, not enough to rise
bove the plane on which he was y
Orne. He Is representative ofa :
lass who'live from hand to mouth, =
ear In and year out, throughout
fe time. He has some Indefinite :,
lea of getting to Boston, but how, :,
+ when, don't trouble him in the
.ast. 10 With absolute indifference, = =
G adopts the primitive mode Of :,
and starts on foot. The :
are that he Will die be- :,
re he gets there. :,
The object of these men is 10 get l."
! Boston. The first two by differ
It routes, reach there easily and
,eedily. They may represent
ide awake, progressive farmers,
no make up all the modern inn >,
subseryient to their in Il
rests. The third man will prob :,
,ly get to Boston i'm time but >,
e two former will have been -
ere, completed their business, and -
turned homo, long before he ~
aches there. He represents class ., .,
farmers who live easily, aud have ~ ~
, ambition to do more. He can -
Irdily be called progressive far -
er. The fourth can hardly be ~
assed as a farmer, and WIS only -,
rown In to represent class who ~
cupy piece of land, and just oI
axe out to live. What little they :,
ltivate is very poorly handled, =,
ID they live chiefly from other -, -
urces. b'