The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-03-11

world has come TO believe that his natural
companions are his oxen. The whole drift
OF sentiment outside of his own immediate
circle has fixed that status for him. They
do not, it is true often proclaim it from the
house tops or tell il in the street, but the
silent impression is satisfied that he has no
rights that any other occupation is bound to
respect.
Now, gentlemen of the agricultural press,
the farmer is fairly well informed in the
science of agriculture. The average farmer
has read some and has bad a steady practical
experience. He has many neighbors who
are we'll informed and who put their scien-
life knowledge Of agriculture in practice.
A large number Of farmers are keen observ-
ers, and are getting good deal reStiye
under this process of confuing his nose to
the ground like the point of his pillow. He
IL beginning to want 10 know more about
the science of government. His agricul-
tural papers have piously avoided giving
him ray of light, word of information
on this subject and he is growing very
| impatient. He wants to know as much
about his government as he does about his
farm. 1t is dawning on him when he looks
round him and sees the ranks OF other occ1-
pations we'll filed with slick, we'll to do and
apparently we'll cared for men and women,
that there is some other cause for this diff
ference than hard work. and he is beginning
to firmly believe that legislation has very
great deal to do with it, and the more he
posed TO study the science of government
and the practice as we'll till he understands
/ them as we'll as he understands his farming
business; and the agricultural paper that
doesn't catch on 10 this fact and adopt it il
going TO be left. number of the old solid
fellows like the american Agiculturist,
which it is fairly supposable that anything
short of a moral earthquake would fail to
shake out Of their old routine way, are
beginning TO prick up their ears to the
sound of the new music that Is heard from
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questions as well as poultry, grass and grain.
II the Country Gentleman and others Of that
class which have so long stood at the head,
do not in the future cater TO this new de-
mand they will, unless signs are deceptive,
fud themselves losing ground.
The Amcri.an Farmer is just now in a
transition state and no better opportunity
could present itself for meeting the growing
demand for farm paper to get abreast OF
the times by dcvoting liberal department
| to the treatment Of economic and govern
1 ment questions, independent of, and without
regard TO the machine party Of the day.
Such papers are the demand Of the hour
and cannot fail to grow in popular favor;
and Maryland offers promising field for
such a paper.
Even careless observer who has attended
large agricultural meetings within the past
two years, could not fail 10 notice The half
way attention and mild interest manifested
by the crowd, when purely agricultural
discourse was being delivered, and what
intense eagerness and attention was given
when are form speaker got the stand and
began to discuss economic and govern
ment problems. The audience was as atten-
tive at the end Of two hour speech as at
the beginning.
/ We have one more word to say in this
T connection. The scissors, encyclopedia
agricultural editor cannot conduct polit-
ical economy department that would be
worth a cent. He must be student in that
department or fail.