Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-06-26
FTIIE HORNY HANDED
WHAT The LAsT DECADE HAS DONE
FOR THE TolLlNG FARMER.

A Extraordinary Decline in Prices
Joined with . Great Improvenent In
Quality Of Agricultural Machines and
ImPlsments cad Almost Essrything the
Rsrmr nuys--GrAnd 0pportsnityT 90
So An ths LAtsst Inventions aAd
improvements, and to Learn Factory
Priess--Tsn Days Of PROFIT and Pleasure.
an the sweat Of thy brow shalt thou eat
thy bread, was the doom pronounced in
holy writ upon the whole human race.
But this, which seemed curse, has been
the greatest blessing Fer al the advance
that mankind has ever made from idle
savagery I'D 10 the highest civilization has
been the direct result Of hard work, in the
ever enduring effort to make life easier
and better. 3 aTr EalgEBT lfT
II there Il any one class Of men more
than others TO whom the biblical doom
applies, 1t Is the farmers. In all ages and
nations the tillers Of the soil have labored
early and late, have been exposed to sun
and storm, heat and cold. Their toll has
always been almost incessanA But,
within the last generation mostly, science
and invention have come to their aid, and
have marvelously improved their condi-
tion. The modern farmer il not com
pelled, like his father before him, to rise at
the earliest dawn and toll till the latest
daylight with the az, the maui and wedge,
the heavy old style hoe, the ancient back
breaking as we'll as sod-brealcing plow, the
fail, the scythe and the grain cradle The
moving machine, patent reaper, isulkey
plow and harrow, tedder, seeder, cultiva-
tor, thresher, saving machine, and other
improved tools, have vastly increased his
capacity and at the same time hghtened
his labor. And his wife's toll has also
been hghtened by invention. ls sg..lrf
The modern farmer Is both q mechanic
and scientist to some extent He breeds
valuable blooded stock; he knows how to
use machinery; he aids his wife and pretty
daughters to dress like folks" his home
has its piano, and books papers, maga-
ZINES, carpets, curtains and good furni-
ture. He keeps his carriage; has some
leisure, and he belongs to the intelligent
classes. Still he is ,s ..7.se,r raf.,,I r
g.. THE HORNY HANDED. gG, .g,..
Invention and Improvement cannot quite
remove the ancient doom; they can only
slowly change it more and more into q
blessing. .... r3.....
This is the national census year, there
fore it is good time to take stock of i'm
provement, and note what advance has
been made by and for the farmer in the
last decade. The advance has no. all been
confined to new Inventions and improve
ments in machinery, implements and
appliances, though these have done much.
The farmer has had 4 great benefit from
the general advance Of the country and
the world. There has been q
LARGE REDUCTION IN THE PRICES
of almost everything he has to buy. A
careful comparison made in the market
prices for the month Of April, 1880, and the
month of April, 1890, in village in the
midst Of a farming region-the data being
obtained from the market reports for the
two years in the same country paper, and
also from the books of the same mer-
chants-shows the following astonishing
results: f