Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-07-08
ARBOR LODGE.

ARBoR LODGE.
s the president Of q bank and lie rich, and all
Of his possessions came out of the soil. Around
him you will find many poor farmers. Thew
came TO the same place with more money and
better prospects, but they were shiftless. They
have not stuck to their work They have left
their farms to sell patent rights and have been
Inveigled into schemes TO make money fast
without work. No business can succeed with
out thrift, energy and brains. Pure muscle
will not make a good farmer or a good farm.
The land has got to be manured with the
brains Of the owner in order to make ID pay.
The average farmer is better of now than he
has ever been and believe he will continue to
improve"
OUR FUTURE NABoBs.
''why do you think sop asked.
at Is the only logical conclusion" was the
reply. The government lands are nearly all
laksn up. Slovsnly farming is wearing out
bome Of the best farms Of the country, and the
limit Of cultivabls farm lands has been nearly
reached. We double our population every
twenty-five years. In Q quarter Of q century
We VIII have 1S0, 900 900 to feed instead Of
Dc, 000, 900. and their food is all to come from
the soil Of the farmer. The result is that lands
must rise and farm products will increase in
price. The law OF supply and demand makes
Y certain that farm property will be the most
valuable Of all property in the future, and the
farmers vii be the nabobs-"
MONEY IN NEW ENGLAND YARNS.
"Wll We have large farms or small farms In
HE future, Mr.. Secretary" asked
II think the tendency Is toward small farms
Our farms will be more like those Of France.
The land will be better titled and the deserted
farms will be brought up. Take the abando ned
farms Of New England i believe that the next
great emigration of our farmers will be to the
New England states Land has dropped down
In certain parts Of these states so that you can
buy tracts which were once cultivated. for from
o. 20 81 per acre. These lands have been
abandoned by theiI Owne-s going to the west
Tbs- have laia iS!e fer years and nature has
beeE rsfersilizing them They are now covered
With underground and they will have to be
cleared again Bat, wei farn1ed. they viii pro-
Once pro1tSbly. and within the past few years
capitalists and others have been buying them
xnow q nuu5sr Of rich men who have large
srsc-s Il Ns~E1glsrd Austin Corbin recently
bo1sA. 1904 acres, aud Morrison. the famous
bridge builder, has Just purchased large tract.
Yes" concluded the Secretary emphsticslly. Il
look for the resurrection OF New England and
II viii again blossom as the rose.
NO DEAD LANDS.
''Hov about the lands of the south? / sup
pose many Of them have been killed by bad
farming"
NO; they are not killed" replied Secretary
Morton, and proper fertilization and work will
again bring them into bearing Speaking about
mining the soil makes me think OF an old Mis-
souriAn who came upinto Nebraska to buy some
tand He looked about with doubling eyes on
'ne dinerent farms Of my neighborhood until
some OF the agents wondered whether ne knew
nytning about land, and they asked him
w1etner ne had ever farmed- He replied. Yes.
= NV aggravated the soil for nigh onto thirty
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