The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1892-08-11
GOOD FARMING.
EVERY FARMER SHOULD ALSO BIZ 1
POLITICIAN.

of the Main Street VI. +. Church
South, Bristol, Tenn, publishes
| In the Holstun Methodist an
article on farming from which
we make the following extracts
| Every farmer ought 10 BE- a
! politician. He ought To ac-
quaint himself with tn. men
and measures at the froEt in
the political arena, SO as Ia
know how to vJte. He hai
better be careful about recei :.
ing his ideas and Impressions
second hand. The political
dead-beat thinks the farm .r is
his lawful prey. He has uo
money ani he knows the other
fellow will buy the purchase.
BILE votes, and he relies, there.
foie on pulling tire wool over
the honest farmers eyes. Let
the farmer study tho political
situation aud be prepared Ia
vote or accept an Office, IL his
neighbors suggest 1t. But don't
be a professional politician,
sitting ut the street Corners ia
town or at the crossroads store
and whiting sticks and talk
ing politics. Nothing in that
Whenever a man takes up poll
tics as a profession everything
else with him goes to tho dogs,
and he frequently goes in the
same direction.
Practice boOk-farming. Farm.
Ing is science, broad aud In
tricate To know the adoption
OF soil, the influence OF climate
and the effect of the various
modes Of cultivation here aud
there and on this and that, re-
qnires much common sense and
thorough AMI patient investisl
ton. Farmers, like others In
other callinys, are made WIS,
by the experience Of their fellow
i'll the past and in the present.
Read good books on agriculture,
and take one Or mora agricul.
tural periodicals. Attend tn.
Farmers Conventions. Look
and read and Listen and talk
and lesrn all you can ab mt
farming. But, mark you, books
won't run a farm. Some Of the
poorest physicians and lawyers
and preachers you ever knew
had great libraries to which
they were always pointing with
a justifiable pride. These libra
ries Were good tools but their
poor, simple owners did not
know how to use them. Trav-
cling once through a good agri-
cultural section we came upon
a naturally good farm all run
down. 1t looked like it might
have been the home OF spms
poor, penniless, old widow lady
for quarter of a century,
"Whose farm is that?" we ask
ed our travelling companion,
"That belongs to Colonel So
and-so." Row We knew Colo
mel So-and-so as a contributor
to agricultural papers and a
speaker at the Far .ners' Con-
ventioh. "Too much brain and
too little Drawn" we said. Com
mon sense and muscle il the
victorious combination on a
farm.
Use all the improved ma
thinery you need on the farm,
but don't buy esery -so.calIe5i
laboI-saving machine thai
comes along. Keep machinery
in good condition. When a wag-
on, mowing-machine or other
farm implement begins to need
frequent repairs, throw it away
and buy new one. It will
save time aud money. Don't
keep any but the best stock ON
the farm. Fix It definitely in
yi'ur mind what style of a horse,
COW or any other animal you
want to raise on your farm, and
make your arrangements nc
cording. Don't keep any more
stock on your farm than Won
can keep we'll. 1t does not
take any more food to keep a
rat horse fat than a poor one
alive. Don't keep any mature
animal on the farm that you do
not need.
Improve your farm. No farm
ing pays that does not improve
the farm. Beside, the money
you put in the farm liz safe, il
the title is good. That bank
wont break or that boom burst,
your homes. 1t don't
cost much, and it pays better
man any other investment.
Plant some vines, shrubs and
.rees prepare a pit or green
house for flowers. Your chill.
1fen will be purer, better and
more happy for being raised-in
he midst Of tasteful and bean
'ifnl environments. Make home
happy place, and cultivate in
he hearts OF your children a
owe OF home. Don't be always
'rums'ing about the hard hips
I farm life, until you drive
our children away on a wild
az chase after wealth that will
1reck their characters and
ring your gray hairs in sorrow