Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-05-01

!. study pOliucal economy anu tchcu INC
children tho science of agriculture and the
love of home.
1. Teach and practice honesty as the only
true policy, and truth as the lever that
moves the National heart. beats In harmony.
5, Organize and act in unity to secure the
rights common 10 mankind. and which are
Nationally yours.
j. A. pAEIELLY, BARNAH, GA.
/. 1t Is better To stay at home, attend to
business, work and make money than to
leave home, your business, and spend
money on frolic.
O. A man must love his occupation or bust.
ness above all others to make II success;
with that love, he will study, watch and drive
his business, which insures success; without
that love, neglect and inattention will cause
q failure.
g. A farmer should be self.sustanlng as
far as practicable, by raising food for man
and beast; raising his mules and horses,
hogs, cattle. sheep, poultry, etc. Corn, oats,
| rye, hay, potatoes, vegetables, strip, cotton
and, as far as time ana circumstances will
allow, save and make ell the man ure he can.
| 4. Prepare lands thoroughly, plant and
cultivate properly and well, economic time
and every thing connected with the farm
and the farmers business generally. Go
with your labor and see that 1t does good
work, both quality and quantity, and do all
the work you can, every thing considered.
| 5. The farmer should study his business in
every relation connected with farming.
| Read agricultural papers and every thing he
| possibly can pertaining to farming. etc.
| Read of politics to form an opinion OF his
| own. Read as much other good literature
as opportunity and time will allow. Guilt.
yate home, love and taste, and prosperity,
contentment and happiness are sure to fol-
| low.
@. b. TERRELL, MONTGOMERY, ALA.
| l. 1t is fact that no farmer can succeed
In making full crop who frequents town
or public places and leaves the cultivation
| Of his crop to nirellngs. He must give his
farm his personal and constant attention.
e. 1t Is fact that no large Weld can result
| from the cultivation of acrop with Inferior
tools First-cas work must be done with
| first class implements.
g. 1t is a fact that the old system OF deep
cultivation is ruinous to the growing crop,
and no farmer who follows 1t can make
large crops. Shallow culture Is essential to
large yields of corn or cotton.
4. 1t is a fact that most farmers make
great mistake In planting too much land,
thus rendering it impossible to give the
thorough cultivation necessary to make
| large crops Plant less and cultivate more
thoroughly and your cribs and cotton houses
| will be fuller.
5. 1t is fact that some farmers lose as
much as they make by the neglect OF stock,
| exposure of farm implements, lack OF proper
barns, stables and shelters, failure to save
and apply home made fertilizers, and care
lessn ess or Indifference in blowing their
lands so as to prevent washing, etc.
J. DAN wooDALL, GAINESVILLE, GA.
l. There can be no genuine or continued
success in farming where there Is not a
| yigilant, enthusiastic regard for the reten-
tion and building up of the soil. In our ex-
rest, the rotation of crops land the less Gle AN
culture crops the better), with a good sup
plement 'of homemade fertilizers distrib-
uted broadcast, except wood ashes and poul-
4 try manure, which can be used to advantage
In the drill.
O. The greatest hinderance to agriculture,
as well as to every other industry in our fair
land, is the near.sighted, e-ideaed,
domoralizing system of education, so called,
in our country, that puts a glittering pre-
MUM on idleness and soft handed places,
while 1t relegates life sustaining, progress.
moving, golden, God ordered, God. honored
toll to the shadows of dishonor--
work hardened palms and sun burned
cheeks are things to BIO ashamed
of. If we expect agriculture to get dig
nfie6 share of the coming generations,
we must dispense with the farcal and
adopt the practical in our educational rela-
tions While our young men have no oar
: but textbook to put rudderless bark
across the ever.changing sea of life, with its
pillows of difficulties. its whirl-pools of trial
and averse winds of disappointment, We
should not expect them to make much
| speed. While our young ladies' have no key
to open their way to the great store house
of usefulness, except the piano key, We
should not crticise her dlstaste for the
. practical or her awkwardness in trying to
be useful when she In led by example or
pressed by necessity. If | am not digress-
, Ing, let me add to this that ! admire the
| good sense of the woman who told her
niece, the training and schooling of whom
she had in hand, that she must learn
how to cook and do every thing
, about housekeeping before she took les
sons on the piano-first usefulness and then
| a following OF ornamental we want schools
that give physical development with mental
| music and a high standard conscience train
ing. No school should fall short of this.
With seven children under my guidance
stand aghast before this great problem, awed
| n fhn hand nv fratprnal and natriOtC
responsibility, and menacel on the other by
} the baleful influence of an improvldent edu'
cation. Had / Henry Grady's tongue, pen
influence and resources, I'd work reform
in popular education in the next half de-
cade or would wear out those mighty in
struments of his. We are glad to see he Is
already mailing up finger boards that point
in this glorious direction, giving full in
dorsement to what industrial schools We
have, and taking an unprecedented interest
in the calling of those who guide the plow.'
This was written previous to Mr. Grady's
death.-Ed.
g. Labor that does not rise above the eye
servant standard-is incompetent, unsatis
factory and Improbable in agricultural pur
, suits.
, yestment on the farm. Their number,
, should be increased by actual weight test
! Their light droppings amount to one ton o
splendid fertilizer to forty hens in twelve
, months, TO say nothing of their healthfu
: tribute to the table and that forty cash dol
. lars they slip in your pocket for every forty
chickens you think enough of to care for.
s. The best quality and the most prolif,
} results can not be obtained from milk ant
butter through tho summer or warm season
4 unless YOU provide a cool temperature. Thu
l channel can system for raising cream, Will
=. the convenient medium of cold we'll waite
:, (the temperature of which 1t preserves to
comparative perfect extent), Is the simplest
I easiest managed, aud beyond doubt, the bes
+. creamery on earth.