The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1886-04-21

tect themselves against the Weaken-
ing enc-oachments that depress and
exhaust. and, sooner and later, ruin
those engaged in it.
"As it must supply the revenue, it
must coltrol its expenditure.
NO government can long retain
it's power; no people its happiness
and comfort without q prosperous ag-
riculture, and agriculture will not and
cannot prosper unless it pays, and
pays well those engaged in it.
Here is the key note to the whole
situation. Let agriculture be the
source of profit and wealth, or rather
secure the profits and wealth right
fully belonging to the agriculturists
to them, and then no longer will be
heard the doleful voice Of the moan
ing farmer depicting the misery Of
his class; Of the vain efforts to induce
them to Join the organizations and
associations Of their class; to induce
the children to follow the avocation
of the parents, instead Of overcrowd-
ing the professions and other avoca-
tions, and Aocking in countless herds
TO cities and towns. x r
UNLESS you do this, agriculture
must continue to languish and de-
clinc-the avoidance and contempt
of the world-and you and your class
must for generations to come remain
the contemned serfs Of any and all
who, seeing your supineness, simply
combine to use you.
Farmers, awake to the exigencies
Of the situation, and sleep no more
till your task is finished and your
duty done
Having become convinced that
continuance Of Summer Meetings
upon the present plan will not best
subscrve and promote the objects and
interests of the Order and agricul-
ture; have obtained all the inform
alton I could as to the system and
plan of the State and Interstate pic
mic, held for the last twelve years at
Williams Grove, Penn, and will at
the proper time submit it for your
consideration, along with q short re-
port of my five days attendance there
last August, and the observations I
made cn it, and the impression it
made on me.
Starting twelve years ago as To-
cal Pomona Grange picnic Of three
hours duration, two speeches and a
basket dinner, it has grown to its
present mammoth dimensions Of five
days duration, one hundred thousand
people attending, averaging twenty
thousand per day; coming from
twenty-five different States; densely
covering fifty odd acres with build
ings, machinery. stock and people,
all working with perfect system and
order; instituted, conducted and con-
trolled entirely by farmers, striking
ly illustrating what intelligent COM
bination, cordial cooperation and
Jealous effort can accomplish, when
resorted to even by farmers.
In any sound agricultural policy
education should hold high rank and
be literally provided for. That edu,
cation which will best train and make
proficient for intelligent, progressive
and successful agriculture, and con.
sequently efficient and useful citizen
ship.
This training or education cannot
be ACQUIRED in a short time or from
any one agency or institution. 1t
must start very early in life-in the
home, the house and the farm. There;
and there alone can the eye, the hand
and the head obtain economically,
purely and correctly the knowledge
and skill that is essential to the prac
tical farmer. No one institution un
der the name Of school or college coulc
cover, within any reasonable time
, term, course: corriculum or cost the
wide sphere and scope that is neces
sarv to bestow a complete agricultu
raj education.
4 complete agricultural education
, includes almost all that is requisite
= in each and every specific profession
+ OF avocation, and but few things tina
r are specifically taught and useful t.
the lawyer, doctor, merchant, engin
! eer, architect, mechanic, chemist, sc
Y olagist, botanist, linguIst or scientis
q but is, in almost an equal degree
o useful and advantageous to the &C
! tive, intelligent, progressive and sue
cesstul farmer. Instead Of contract
=. ing the scope CT agricultural! educa
! ton it should be expanded to tn
T. fullest possible extent. I most hear
0 tily wish that there was first clas
4 agricultural college or institute i
O this State. thoroughly organized an