St. Landry democrat., 1889-07-13

| is necessary for the sustenance and life of
vegetation.
| Continuing his inquiries into the germ
that lies hid in the dry seed until it bursts
the narrow bands which confne it and
blooms into the perfect flower, he will find
an attractive occupation, full of informa
ton. The most insignificant plant will
| captivate the senses and impress him with
it's beauty and charms, and in it he will
find the noblest employment of the mind,
and voices to instruct him that are neither
languid nor dull, but vigorous and elo
quent.
The uniformity and design in animal
and vegetable life was shown, and he ar
gued that from the Improvements in our
senses, in sight, touch and hearing, the
time would come when investigation would
prove that plants are endowed with life
and sensations-heart brain, nerve and
muscIe-and the skilled agriculturist of
the future will be able to hear the heart
throb, count the pulse beat and hear the
and it's cry of anguish when its muscles
are bruised. Like the physician of to day,
he will be in sympathy with his little
patient, and will retire to his laboratory
and prepare the medicine to relieve its dis
tress and suitable to its age and condition.
We are slowly approaching that degree
of perfection when all things come in per
lection and freshness from the hands of
the Creator, when every atom of dust felt
the touch of Divinity and the earth put
forth fruits and flowers in profusion and
magnifcence, such as no mind can con-
ceive. When man, tall, erect, God-like,
perfect in physical, moral and intellectual
strength, stood face to face with his Gre
ator: when hope and joy and bright
| burning thoughts swept from his spirit.
What glorious task for the farmer
To make the flowers to bloom year after
year with greater beauty and fresher per-
| fume; to restore the stateliness and
ma esty of the forests, and to entwine
among the trees vines of every tint and
hue and foliage of every sheen and shade;
and along the hillsides to start again the
long dried up springs with sparkling
waters, to cover the earth with increasing
crops of golden grain and tieecy cotton, to
| feed and clothe it's increasing millions of
population to restore the animals to their
symmetry and beauty by intelligent care
and breeding, and the fruits to the sweet
| ness of those in the celestial gardens at the
beginning; to restore, in fact, the earth to
that vernal splendor, eft to be trod again
by natures descending God"
The student of agriculture should enter
upon it with enthusiasm. 1t will give
dignity to character. seriousness to thought
and feeling, inspire confidence in mankind
and faith in Christianity, and while in
structing it will excite alteration
If he enters upon this profession with a
love and fondness for it there are but two
rules to follow to insure success, and they
are common to all professions. Life is
full of stirring events, gathering force
and volume, and they flow toward it's end
in an apparently resistless stream. But
they can be controlled by the agency of
man SO far as they affect his destiny.
The force to control them lies within
himself. With clear mind, sound heart
and strength of resolution he will find the
means to work out in his life what destiny
it has ordered. The difference in men is
more in their moral than in their intellec-
tual faculties. The designs of men are
generally commensurate with their ability
to accomplish them, and, therefore, with |
an earnest effort, they can accomplish |
whatever they attempt.
The ma esty of an unfinching purpose, |
which is in itself ability, will draw to him
who exercises it, the multitude who wif1 |
look up to. him as safe adviser If politics
be his rJbfession he will be respected as a
stateman, although there may be others
superior to him in statecraft if a lawyer,
as jurist he will be entrusted with the |
Interpretation of the laws when there are
others who are more learned in iurispru-
dence if farmer, he will be the friend
and adviser of his neighborhooi in politics
and law. His methods will be adopted.
The farms and farmhouses will be fashion
ed after his own. Thrift and enterprise.
ell-cultivated farms, refined men and
women will be wherever his influence is
exerted and extended.
Thought and action give power and de-
termine the station and position men occu-
py in life. Thought and action must 90
hand in hand and what is learned in the
laboratory must be applied in the field.
The hands must be exercised and trained
to act instantly with the conclusions of the
mind. No agricultural education can be
success unless manual labor is enforced as
q part of its course and discipline.
Success IN this active age in any occu-
patton lies through industrial education.
IN which the practical underlies the intel
ectual.
Those already engaged in farming, who
nave not the time now to master the ele-
nents of an education, must take advan5
age of the opportunities furnished by this
station, They will have to take formulas
or granted instead of going to first princi-
'les. Time has changed many things,
'ut labor is inevitable and modern educa-
ion is endeavoring to make it more pro
luctive.
Experimental stations for agricultural
They are important factors {
n directing intelligent farm labor Here s
ofore your efforts of scientific farming
ave been crippled for want of opportun- {
lies for investigation. Now you have
hem. They will create capability for
borough investigation and the application 6
f knowledge obtained.
You will no longer wrestle with uncer- I
ainties. Solid and indisputable facts will (
% furnished you from this station for your I
uidance. You will learn to raise every /
hing which you now purchase abroad, and
ssential to the raising of your principal +
rop. You will no longer ship your cotton C
} pay for things purchased abroad to en- 4
ch other localities to stimulate farming S
lsewhere, to create trade and build facto- t.
les.
A frequent visitor to this section, a 9
lanter who is progressive and intelligent, r
40 alive TO Inc req ulrementS OF the period, p
| connection with dissection crop, is rails n
lg strong and vigorous mules to supply a
le annual needs of his plantation hogs
feed his laborers hay, corn and oats e
I'd potatoes and vegetables for market at b
ome and abroad. II
If the agricultural stations and his ex- is
nple shall influence others in the same n
rection it will be but short while be- p
re the aggregate cotton, sugar and rice n
nns in this State will he auidannas of ts