The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-02-26
FARMERAI SDPLANTER.
! MoRE Than OF NE Thing NEEpEp.
rhs Factors Neces sary to Success in Agri-
culture.


Tbs Factors Neces sary to Success in Agri-
culture.
More than be les of cotton, and more
- yan 14e bushels of corn, and more than
so bushels of wheat, and more than $50
bus hels of oats, and more than 500 bush
els { 4 potatoes have been produced on
one a ere of land. Other acres of land,
under similar circumstances would have
Droduc ed as much. Way not have more
Of the Imilar circums stances? To pro-
Once sue b extraordinary yields, extra
ordinary kill is necessary Then why
not have 7ors extraordinary skillP Ex-
traordinary , skill can not be acquired
without tie; Nchers. Many people erro-
neously thin x that they have learned
certain thin ys themselves. Bear in
mind, there are other teachers than
pedagogues, lecturers and writer's
Any object or hing cognizable by the
human senses m ay be teachers. Every
man is a teacher. Some teach failure,
others success. The wise learn of both
to avoid the one and attain the other.
Two thousand years ago an eminent
statesman and practical farmer, in an
address, to his, countlymen, used these
| words: "Nothing can exceed my
amazem, ant when / see men diligently
searching foT' the most eminent teachers
- learn of them oratory, geometry,
a,.oI, lecture and sculpture, while there
= - =. \ Rome Single teacher or pupil
- ~ 80, lture, the greatest of all
ea;o.eas.,, d, in another address on the
same subject, NC Sdl1 |nen - =
consider this art ,1:ty ~. Gnu We" ~
as comprehending sA y a. - vac. OK
tent, and then descend W noi: - :
alton OF the parts which ~ ~. 4
fear I shall reach the term Q. me
before shall acquire a con. ns
knowledge of it." If the agricultm u
ancient Rome presented such field TO-
study to Columella, how ought we to |
view it who boast of superior appreci- |
alton of the fact that 'fknowledge is
power?" We need more teachers. This
is true But greater need is that o.
pupils, eager to learn. When we con- !
slider the difficulties that have been sur
mounted by seekers after knowledge in
every department of life, we are struck
with wonder at the insignifcance of the |
obstacles that suffice to keep whole gen.
erations of men in ignorance of matters
most nearly concerning their temporal
welfare. A new energy must be in
fused into the generation now at the |
threshold of active life. Teaching, both
by precept and example, must be car
ried on by every means available |
They must be taught not only to be |
teachers, but to be pupils. Knowledge |
does not go seeking for a Judgement, !
but to be won, must be wooed with ardor. /
Lay not the f1attering JUNCTION to your |
heart that knowledge will accumulate
upon you like lint cotton to the coat of |
the ginner. Man is a fool by nature, |
and sheds knowledge as a ducks back |
sheds water. Whoever would possess
knowledge must run it down as he |
would hare, and claim it by his |
right of conquest. When the entire |
agricultural community becomes a body |
of teachers and pupils, such Yields as |
those mentioned above will be more |
common and some thing not infinitely |
less the rule.-Texas Farm and Ranch. |