The Penn's Grove record., 1886-03-06

Their control of the business 81 trans
p|ortation Of itself would suffice to erect
them into a separate taxable Glass;
Laucqster A;d}igeacll.
\. I1. Mcclure 10 the Farmers
Nj. y. X. Mcclure, editor Of the
Philadelphia Tim6s delivered an address
lcf,Ie the State Board of Agricultural
in February at Tyeuton. The follow
ing extract from his speech should be
of interest to our farmer readers.
Mr.. Mcclure sud that enc who leads
such Il busy life would hardly impose a
prepared speech upon az audience. lie
had noticed that it was characteristic
of all agricultural societies 70 select Is
their speakers men Who know the least
about that industry. lie related lis
personal experience in farming. audhoT
his crops were destroyed for three sue
csssiye years ly the rebels. In lie
fourth .ear, l-t4, he succeeded in s-oI-
ing them into tie barn, and then Gen
cal Lee came along ard burned tbs
barn. That comprizel all his know
ledge Of farming. There are few mla
however, who observe the industries q
the country who canIg. see sel4etals
il Their favor.
One thing, said the -SeaEer, vaIc4
roa,drulIs Important industry j, as
little study into lis principles by sa
farmers. They 90 100 much as tae
fathers did. thinking that the best way.
There Is no. a single industry il liz
land 50 little UNDERSTANDS Us business
The farmer, secs tins progress Ia aSl-
cultural u.a 4Iez aaf He a3es H4a aa-
vance E-llal.Ics aleaaca they can
ns. stand sin lie asked Aaw mary
IL her respective u~sle13t1hoo3 an
5sTs.aga the character q The sol, The
frr.5}l zers NEEDED and villa. il could de-
and why: BY na1 knowing these SIN
ne fac a VAST amoautaf labor : vast
ii. How many farmers, lie required.
would believe if You told tAe.a that
deem plawing would make the ground
mois. in dry weather: and though this
be true, men act every day As though
they did net believe it. The farmer
need not read a great many books but
simply understand principles Of the an
and soil around them. They dig a we'll
and throw the soil cut, from which ere
Icing a.,uxurious growth springs up and
and vet he does not profit from the eA-
p~erierce. Al he has to de- is 10 open
the soil-wotcct it from drouth, pro-
feet it from wet and let nature enrich
it from her b%ounteous resources. lie
thought the farmer needed a plain par
teal education which viii make him
get more for his labor.
There is a prejcdice, Col. Mcclure
said, against Theoretical beck farming,
But plain, common SENSE IS necessary,
and without that the farmer cannot
prosper. AS soon as land is made val
liable, just so soon will agricultural
nav, slipshod fatnbHg will never pay.
They must understand the business.
There was not n person present, said
the speaker, who would say that labor
with a little practical common II
will produce far better results. There
fore it is II Of the duties of all agri-
cultural societies to instill these plain
prize piles into those under their iniu-
enct.
lie then proceeded to speak of the
home of the farmer. 1t was one OF
their failures that they did not make
their homes attractive. They seem
afraid their boys would be to great
gentleman. But the speaker wished
to impress upon them that IL mai who
is not a gentleman looses his highest
prerogatiye.
The beauty Of home should be i'm
pressed upon all, as neglect Of this iSa
crime against their own household.
Men very frequently say that wealth is
required for such things, but if they
vonld use some of their spare moments
in setting out the flower and
shrub and shade tree, until the neigh
bols would stop and admire the i'm
rrovemcnts, it would add to the attrac-
tiycness. Children gong out from
such homes will bear the impress
though their lives. What the home is,
so is the county; as is the county, so
is the state, and as Is the State, 50 is
the county.
The speaker referred to the impor-
lance of the agricultural industry, and
said that when that was depressed the
whole people felt it. lie urged them
for their own advantage to guard their
government aud to smite party corrup-
ton when it appeared. The %yeonanfy
should be taught sotlat they will stand
as a bulkwark against the combination
of corruption in the cities,
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10th. LEGISLATURE.
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