The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-12-03


are but two fundamental sources
of wealth in the world-0griculturs
ard mining. Manufacturers pre-
pare and commerce distributes
what these produce-nothing more
This section has no mines oi
wealth, hence she depends primari-
IL on agriculture nothing else.
When agriculture fails, all other
professions droop and die. When
she languishes, as she does now,
the whole country feels it, all bust
ness clogs and Is paisied We hear
of terrible crashes as the great
commercial and manufacturing in
terest fail. How important then
that the farming interest of this
country should rest on a firm
basis all prosperity depends on it.
In seeking for cause for the dis
tress that is on us, we find that our
farmers as a class are not success
fnl; they see nothing but poverty
in front of them without great
change in their methods and the
productions of their farms, which
are constantly deteriorating, slowly
washing away, getting poorer and
poorer. This is hot drawn from
fancy but from every day observa-
ton. But there are exceptions, all
the way from the man who is sim
ply holding his own to men who
are making money, and are happy
and prosperous farmers all over
this country. These prosperous
farmers deeply sympathize with
their brother farmers that are less
successful. They are ready at all
times to communicate the methods
by which they succeed, They of
all things desire that their
brother farmers should be prosper
Gus and happy.
The Giles County Farmers Asso-
sociation is organized for no other
object than the improvement of
Giles county farmers, and no far
mer, be he successful or otherwise,
can afford to be without the expe-
rience be would necessarily get in
this ASSOCIATION. Do farmers want to
raise corn, our association has men
who have raised 10 to 10 barrels
this disastrous year, and they will
take pleasure in giving their meth
DDS. Men who raise bale of cot
ton, men who raise twenty-five
bushels of wheat, men who raise
big crops of hay and forage, men who
excel the world in apples and fruit,
men who raise fine horses and
mules, men who are breeders of fine
cattle, sheep, hogs and poultry.
These men have no secrets, (like
other professions) and they take
pleasure in communicating their
methods to any or all. Conceive, ii
you can, this country filed with
none but the most prosperous far
mers, then we would seek no further
for Eldorado. We have the ele-
ments here for the most happy and
country under the sun,
could we draw from mother earth
her latent resources. Nothing can
teach us how to do this so well as
to associate with those who are
succeeding and willing to impart
their methods.
All farmers are cordially and ur-
gently invited to meet at the court |
house the 1st Saturday Cat 10
o'clock in each month for the dis
,ussion of the best methods of |
farming, and in fact all that per-
5ains to the farm. The question
'or discussion next Saturday is the |
of the farmer-not ex-
clusively literary, but practical.
Come, brother farmers, and take !
part with us; we feel sure you will !
be benefited. No question of Ell
her theology or politics is admis-
,ible in the association. All we
'equire is that our members believe
n farming. Com. PgR. !