The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-04-06
A NEW LEAF TURNED.
The Farmer and the Town Man Con-
trasted---The Odds in Favor of the
Farmer, If He but Improve His OPP
pOrtunitieS.
durham Recorder. |

For the last few years the farmers
have been trying to make money, and
have, to a large extent, neglected the
one thing needful, that is, raising their
supplies The result of such course
is now we'll known.
Provisions are scarce among them
and are high at the stores. Their
tobacco crops have failed to bring the
price they anticipated, and the result
is disastrous.
We are anxious to see every farmer
in the country on the road to pros
perity, and when his granery and
smokehouse are filled from the pro-
ducts of his own land then success will
crown his efforts. The manner in
which his affairs have been conducted
for the past few years have caused him
TO come to town for everything. He
spends much of his time and money
in carrying fertilizers to his farm when
upon that farm all the elements for q
better grade of fertilizer are plentiful,
and if the time spent in coming to
town were put to making composts,
the results would be marvellous.
We have had experience enough at
farm work to know what we are talk
ing about, and had it not been for a
defective hand doubtless we would
have been behind the plow to-day.
Some people look upon farm work
as kind of drudgery in which none
but second class people are engaged.
These people are simply in error.
Many farmers are much discouraged
and complain of hard times, but the
fault does not lie in the farm. The
land is just as productive as it ever
was Spend this summer in making
your supplies and next winter will find
your granery we'll filled.
There is one drawback to many
farmers that is not taken into consider
alton, and it is a very serious one.
Many of them come to town perfectly
sober but before leaving they must
take few drinks and carry quart or
two home with them. These drinks
are not taken with view OF being
benefited, but simply because they
want and don't know what they want.
We have known farmers 10 bring wood
to town and get its full vulue in cash
and then spend half of it for whlskey
or brandy, and the remainder for flour
and meat. Such farmers can find no
legislation that will benefit them.
Some young men brought up on
farms seem to think they could dress
much better if they we're living in
town. Such thing is not an i'm
possibility, but if they would only take
a second thought that would be no
inducement for moving to town.
Dress does not make the man. Men
are made of better material-braln
and muscle. Have you never seen an
apple that looked perfect on the out
side, but when cut open was found to
be perfectly rotten within? Many OF
these finely dressed people are just OF
that material. They place a high
estimate upon themselves-they shine
as stars of the first magnitude-but
will not bear a microscopic view.
Never walk across a stream on rotton
log, if you do you will fall in. Some
people are kept down by trying to
keep up with all the latest styles in
dress and otherwise. Be yourself. II
it were stylish 10 wear nail kegs tor
hats, some simpleton would try 1t.
Some ladies would goto church with
the tail feathers Of a male chicken on
their hats if they only knew the
feathers by some other name. They
would wear gloves of ordinary calf skin
If you will only give them the name
kid" We want to see a genera
revolution in affairs, and would like te
start the ball to rolling.