The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1890-10-24
The Coming Farmer.
Small Details in Buttcr.Making

On,J a few years ago the farmer dis,
cussed how to keep the boy on the
farm. Now he seeks the best means oil
preparing the boy for the most useful
and most honorable pursuits of life,
whether on or off the farm. Business
life. whether in store. or factory. or ON
the farm. must be aetive, energetic,
and directed by an Intelligent will
, power, or it will be n sorrowfulfailure.
1t is evident, then, that it is mental
training that is needed, and nowhere
more than among the agriculturists.
The farmer who is we'll advanced in
gears and already settled down may
seemingly succeed even if not sufficient.
ly educated to transact his own bust.
ness, but the young farmer who
embarks in business now and at
tempts to get through life with
the same amount of education and
mental attainments as was possessed
by the past and part of the present
generation will find himself, twenty
years from now. far in the rear and his
life a failure. The young farmer Of
to-day should carefully tit himself to
meet the demands that will be made
upon him ten, twenty, or thirty years
hence.
The farmer of the future will be a
student. He will be a business man,
He will have scientific knowledge, He
will know why he must use certain
kinds of fertilizers for certain grains.
he will know why he uses certain food
to produce fat and other to produce
milk. Hence he must have education.
Mt least sufficient mental training to
comprehend these truths. {
More than this the coming farmer
will be a politician. not in the lowest
acceptation OF the term. but in the
higher sense which treats of State
affairs from aus and effect. He will
understand the laws Of supply and de-
mand; OF trade and finance, and will
vote and net patriotically and for the
good OF his country. He will Law
aside party prejudice and act upon
principle and sound, practical, com.
mon sense.
The young farmer must get on
board and keep up with the procession.
How! First. by acquiring the best
education that is possible. Money is
the capital, but an education must be
had that will teach him how to use that
money to the best advantage. We do
not advise an elaborate, polished.
college training. it costs too much
and takes too much time. But every
young farmer u spare a year at some
good academy and then wind up his
study BY takinga complete, or partial
at least, course in some good CONF
mercial college. The future farmer
must have at least that much educa.
ton beyond what he gets at the com.
mon district school--Cedar Rapids
(loWa) Gazette.
business Methods ON the Farm,
J. +. Jamison, writing to the Ohio
Farmer, talks horse sense He saw
that farming, like everything else,
has its advantages and disadvant.
ages, and like any other bust.
ness methods. 1t is the want of bust
ness principles. largely, that causes the
wall about agricultural depression.
venture the assertion that seyen-tepths
OF the farmers Of the United States do
not even keep a running account of
receipts and expenses; consequently
they don't know what it costs 10 raise
9 busfel OF corn, wheat, or oats, or
"nsn ths proper tlnns s9nass 70 turp