The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-05-15


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FARM SuPREM MACY.
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some Reasons Why the Farm Boy Co.. To-
elA.'y co'nos oat An A'e 'Eln'..
Wlsh 70 compare. says Wl !lls e
sne Sou f Gent4s IAN, the City ocy
Wltn stne farm ooy. me average 10Y II
Town as Drlsht, Keen ana seli-assertlng !.
lie is neet Of hand and eye. ne is I z.
READY answer. tils look taxes an alr 70. y
sel1-de1ense. graceful and eyasiye. 1ls
HE Is IN the passing hour, Needless o.:
things gone, ready for things to come:
OF the farm boy hardly know what
{ to soy ! know7him too we'll The glllt
! OF the wind Is on his cheek. He has INC nc
], ar Al 8. OF one VINO could DO chores WORK anu
pofy:ss MOE AS ne aapper. nlmDle MP.
pant I'm pcrtllnent, unplucky. " me ~
seuects upon the past ms laco IS toWaru
sne 1utnrc. IN. starting then, the qnlck
perception OF the city youth IS 'natched
against the tireless reflection OF the
country boy who makes the better
nght? .z sg,s.s.. go -
Mark how uneven theastart Equipped
Tor the city boy stand the primary. the
grammar and the high-schocl: Within
his reach are public libraries, news
papers, museums and theaters. He may
visit churches, courts, political halls
ana clubs. he may study the forms OF
banking merchandising, manufacturing
snd shipping. tie is in touch with the
sctlVe, progressive world. knowing men
d emlnence' whose daily walk polnts
Out the pathway OF success.
Inc farm boy looks out from between
tne plow handles, de1ected by tho re-
pose anu s1lence ana loneliness OF MS
: daily toll Slim the chance Tor him. TO
acquire q lazy. tenn poraz1ns, yleldlng,
luacK view OF lie. no great blue SKY,
whose beauty mas never oeen told,
teaches him to reflect lie acts in the
open hold where the air ana earth are
built into grain, and then into power
whlch pulls ms plow, ana then into
nlgher one wh1ch'nolds us course to the
turrow, ana 70 MIN tnese become the
hnger-boards to still higher whose
very mystery 1hcllnes ms tnougne 10
truth and honor-two Things alone need
tul TO keep the boy ar1snt'
history gives 3 strango reckoning 1or
: tnese ooys. over against one city BOY
VINO reaches 41Ae places' ten country
ooys go 10 congress; WE'VE go on the
bench; ten become governors OF States;
ten come TO the head or great business
enterprises MOI single clty-ored BOY
mas yet been elected PRESIDENT OF this
Republic. This, to me- makes the farm
supreme. In legislation. either State
Or federal, 1t may strike blow Tor blow,
ana one oetter' But the knowing OF
us might shoulo make IL serene. In
Iced, ne VINO IS conscious OF just cause
and an adequate force. 1nclines to be
generous.
l now wish to illustrate wherein
think good may be done the farm boy.
Three years ago l had two companion
Iranscendent crab trees growing in the
clay which came from my we'll. They
were not so thrifty as my other trees.
The leaves were Hght-colored and
small; the trunks marked with sun
scald. In July l stimulated the one
further back with strong mulch. Its
leaves widened and darkened; it made
magnificent growth. l was proud Of
that tree. The next July it began to
blight; cut away the dead limbs, but
the poison settled, and pruned until
the trunk and tender branches were cut
to the ground. The other tree bore fruit
last year.
II, as school boy, had studied the
geography of Persia little les and
apple-trees little more, both trees
would have fruited last year. Indeed I
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something of root-grafting. budding.