The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-04-24


bloed at his behests.
How truly should 1t be the subject
his intelligent care and fOrethought
How industriOusly should he labor {
increase its fertility, and TO enhanc
its beauty. With a generous hand h
should apply those fertilizers his grow
ing crops require these he viii gathe
from the stable, the swamp, the as
heap, the wood pile, AND indeed froI
! every available source and the com
post heap viii become an inValuabl
fixture. He viii employ wise rotation
| diversity his crops, and perhaps, learn i
the end that the surest road to the high
est fertility and success, viii be owe
! the firm grass sod. He viii, however
adapt his crops to his soil, employ tn
best methods of culture, the best impIe
ments of husbandry and the most profit
able strains of stock,
To enhance the beauty of his farm
his fields will be laid Off in regular an,
convenient form, his fences viii be sub
stantial and comely and along thei
rows the valuable clover and blue
grass will be substituted for the growtl
| that usually comes un Oidden that is un
profitable and unsightly. His ou
houses, properly located, will be com
modious and in good repair, and viii
exhibit in their appointments
thoughtful consideration for the com
fort and well-being of his stock, aQG
the convenience of the master. Nc
worn or gulled spot viii be allowed, il
its ghastliness to supplant the invalua-
BILE locust grove, which in its stead,
will give beauty and be a source OF
profit. Such a grove will not only
hide from the sight growing defor-
nifty, but it will supply Che waste of
timber, furnish posts for fencing and
building and is, in fact, the only and
cheapest way to utilize such a spot.
If there be no quilted spots or rified
hillsides and there is a scarcity of tim
Der, the thoughtful Giles county farm
er will select suitable spot upon two
acres OF which grove sufficient for a
400 acre farm may be cultivated and
which will in a very few years supply
the timber that is an urgent need. The
farmer who neglects this duty to
needy farm, will, in the near future,
reap a rich harvest of Inconvenience
and regret. Even the public road
should be so located and so improved as
to enhance the convenience, beauty
and completeness of the country home,
which with its orchard OF well selected
fruits, the neatly kept lawn, the bright
and beautiful flowers, completes the
picture of the possible home and farm
Of the thoughtful and thrifty Giles
county farmer.
If L do not suggest to your minds
many such homes and farms in our
county, have indicated the direction
Of every farmers efforts in an honest
purpose to discharge his duty in the
premises No condition is so lowly, no
life is so devoid of hope, of longing
for something better and higher, per-
haps, as to justify the entire neglect OF
duties that combine in their re-
iuirements so much of what the farm
er owes to himself, his farm and his
county.
Who that has once seen a beautiful
home can forget the pleasing
picture? What is indeed more.inviting
10 the eye? It will turn with relief
from the contemplation of the splendors
IF the city with its costly edifices and
its magnificent works of art, its busy
scenes and It's turmoils, its abOdes of
poverty and its haunts of vice, to view
panorama of mountains and
yallies, of green fields and waving for
7sts, of rivers and lakes, but with in
creased delight to the beautiful coun-
try home in its atmosphere of elegance,
comfort and repose. The happy blend
ing of nature and art here eXcites the
liyeliest emotions of pleasure because
with the beautiful picture is associated
the idea OF human happiness and refine
ment.
I come now to speak Of the duty of
the Giles county farmer TO his county.
This involves the consideration OF the
obligations of the citizen. II he has
been faithful in his duty to himself and
farm he viii be proud of his county
and his citizenship. He viii be jeal-
Gus of its honor, and Jealous in advan-
ing its interests. His pride will be OF
that character that would have prevent
ed its dismemberment in the past and
would have so improved its highways
as to have attracted to its center the
trade and travel that have been forced
to some extent to seek outlets in other
directions and which would, even now,
with thoughtful regard for It's best
interests, consider how the mistakes of
the past may be remedied, A pride
which will regard our good town Of
Pulaski as the complement of the coun-
ty and factor in building up the COM
mon prosperity while the town itself,
liberal and just in the construction of
its reciprocal duties, will be careful to
guard against all occasion for the jeal-
ousies and distrust which sometimes
interfere with the kindly relations that
ought 10 exist between them.
In the isolation of his country home
the farmer may have due regard for
his individual happiness and success,
but in the duties of the citizen he is
brought in contact with his neigbors, ,foI
the common interests can only be pros
pe-ed by active and intelligent cooper
atiCn.
The farmer, then, who appreciates
the duty he owes to his county in pro-
noting the public welfare, in develop
ing its resources, in protecting its in
dustries, in improving its highways,
building up its schools and in securing
the faithful execution of the laws, will
be brought to consider the value of or
ganized effort. A little reflection will
convinceIhim that combination is nor
NAL condition, and springs from the in
stinct of self-preservatiOu. 1t is not
surprising then that we find almost ev-
cry class and interest Well organized to
protect and advance its own welfare.
Business and capital are so thorough
ly organized in fact that they arc able to
WELD an influence and power, not only
sufficient to control their own interests
to their own advantage, but the general
interests as well. No Gnorganized class
can withstand organized effort; it must
suceumb to organized power sooner OF
later, and submit TO its behests.
There is, very properly, however, a
growing conviction in the minds of
farmers everywhere that organization
alone will enable them to meet organ
lied power on equal terms, and to coun-
teract its influences when it assails
their rights and interests. Through it
alone can they maintain their equality,
protect their homes and interests and
secure for their future those inaliena-
BILE rights guaranteed TO every citizen
under our form of government. To the
want of it the farmers Of the old world
owe their present degradation, and ig-
noble subserVieney.
Though agriculture through corpOr-
ate greed has for years been handicap
ped with conditions that have imposed
unjust and uneQualed burdens upon it
which have robbed the farmer of the
lust rewards Of his lab0r,yet It is so
important that when it prospers every
channel trade sWells with the generous